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Gay marriage backers, foes weigh in on Supreme Court Prop. 8 hearing
Both sides of the gay marriage debate expressed optimism Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court heard the first of two days of historic legal arguments. John Eastman, a Chapman University constitutional law professor who supports California's...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Justice System, Family, Crime, Law and Justice
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Supreme Court appears split on Prop. 8, broad gay marriage ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded closely split on gay marriage Tuesday, but Justice Anthony M. Kennedy suggested the court should strike down California’s ban on same-sex marriage without ruling broadly on the issue. Twice...
Tags: Samuel A. Alito, Politics, Gays and Lesbians, Justice System, Same-Sex Marriage
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Letters: North Dakota's abortion decision
Re "N. Dakota's dubious honor," Editorial, March 19 As an obstetrician and gynecologist, I strongly urge North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple to put women and families first and veto the bill banning abortions after a fetus' heartbeat can be detected. I...Tags: Abortion, Barack Obama, U.S. Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy
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Stephen Colbert slams Supreme Court on Voting Rights Act
After taking on campaign finance with his super PAC last year, Stephen Colbert appears to have moved on to a new favorite cause: voting rights. As the host explained Wednesday night  on “The Colbert Report,” he’s “personally...
Tags: Politics, Mitt Romney, Crime, Law and Justice, Racism, Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Supreme Court seems willing to restore gay marriage in California
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, hearing arguments on the emotionally charged issue of gay marriage for the first time, appeared willing Tuesday to restore marital rights to gays and lesbians in California but uncomfortable with legalizing same-sex...
Tags: Politics, Gay Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Letters: Marriage through the ages
Re "Court looks split on gay marriage," March 27 The issue isn't the "tradition" of marriage but rather the role of government in regulating marriage. This discussion is being confused by an inaccurate depiction of marriage as an unchanging institution....Tags: Civil Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Martin Luther, Family
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Scalia's slam of the Voting Rights Act is a bar-stool rant
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is alleged to be one of the great intellects of conservative jurisprudence, but his comments during oral arguments over a challenge to the 1965 Voting Rights Act displayed all the mental acuity of a third-tier...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Voting, Radio
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Supreme Court justices: The case for hanging it up
Over the next three months, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to end affirmative action, whether to overturn part of one of the most important civil rights laws in our country's history (the Voting Rights Act) and whether gays and...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Politics, Laws, Gays and Lesbians, Justice System
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Two new camera-shy Supreme Court justices
Without using the term “going native,” the New York Times reports that Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor have developed second thoughts about the desirability of televising arguments before the court. The NYT’s...
Tags: C-SPAN (tv network), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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The 'animus' of Justice Scalia
In a 1996 Supreme Court decision protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote that Colorado voters had evidenced an unconstitutional "animus" toward homosexuality. Justice Antonin Scalia dissented, huffing: "I had...
Tags: Laws, Gays and Lesbians, Murder, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Letters: How to rein in Medicare costs
Re "The beloved budget buster," Editorial, Dec. 9 Your editorial on Medicare correctly identified novel procedures as one of the drivers of rising medical costs. It prescribed better comparisons of the cost-effectiveness of treatments as an essential...Tags: Private Health Care, Medicare, Health Insurance Cost, National Institutes of Health, Health Insurance
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Letters: Guns and paranoia
Re "Survival 101," Jan. 9 What madness is this? Like a "Twilight Zone" story, we fear a handful of people who threaten our children and families with death just because of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. Even conservative Supreme Court Justice...
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