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Goldberg: A ruling on racial progress
I can only hope that the scourge of racism is finally purged from Stewartstown and Pinkham's Grant. These are two of 10 New Hampshire towns covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which requires local officials to get permission, or...
Tags: Bronx (New York City), Brooklyn (New York City), Civil Rights, Elections, Social Issues
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Drone strikes: What's the law?
In 2011, Anwar Awlaki, a U.S. citizen, was reportedly targeted and killed by our government in a drone attack. Ever since, a chorus of scholars, lawyers and civil and human rights activists has been asking about due process. Now we know they were right to...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Military, Judges, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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'Not some god': Supreme Justice Sotomayor opens up to Chicago audience
Tribune reporterU.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave Chicagoans a closer look into her life on Wednesday, sharing heartfelt details about the stories laid out in her new memoir, “My Beloved World.” She walked through the audience at the Harold...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Bronx (New York City), Chicago Mayor, Scott Pelley, Eva Longoria
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Notebook: Litmus tests await votes in SD Legislature
It would seem highly unlikely Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg pay attention to the South Dakota House of Representatives. Those three...Tags: Parties and Movements, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jeff Monroe, Republican Party
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GOP's Roraback Among Malloy's 15 Nominees For Superior Court Judge
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated 15 new Superior Court judges Thursday, including prominent Republican Andrew Roraback among the familiar names in the political and legal worlds. Many people had considered Roraback the Republican Party's best chance to...Tags: John B. Larson, U.S. House of Representatives, University of Connecticut, Harvard Crimson, West Hartford
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Public Record for January 27, 2013
BOYLE DISTRICT COURT Cases handled recently in Boyle District Court, listed by name, charge, fine and jail sentence, where applicable, include the following. Court costs also were assessed in most cases. Ages and addresses are listed if available....
Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Nick Hamm, Bank of America Corp., Family, Divorce
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Court rules Obama recess appointments unconstitutional
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court, dealing a defeat to President Obama, has sharply limited the chief executive’s power to bypass the Senate and to make temporary “recess” appointments to fill vacant slots in government...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Richard Cordray, U.S. Congress, Elections, Work Relations
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Activist 'upset and disappointed' by City Hall ban
Activist Kim Trueheart, a vocal critic of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration who was arrested and jailed Wednesday after trying to enter City Hall, said Thursday that she was dismayed that police officers would attempt to keep a citizen...Tags: Politics, Public Officials, Government, Rob Morris, Frank M. Conaway, Sr.
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Salisbury elementary school honor roll
Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School second quarter honor roll. Grade 3 High honors ¿ Emily Abraham, Mercadee Blocher, Fern Brinkman, Grace Maust, Garrett Schmidt, Annika Shunk, Syrus Zimmerman Regular honors — Cody Bodes, Todd Fetters, Tanner...Tags: Schools, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Elementary Schools, Human Interest
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Judge to replace former West Virginia State Sen. Walt Helmick
matthewu@herald-mail.comGov. Earl Ray Tomblin has appointed circuit judge Donald H. Cookman of Hampshire County to replace former West Virginia State Sen. Walt Helmick, who resigned to become the state’s next commissioner of agriculture. “Throughout his years on...Tags: Earl Ray Tomblin, Local Elections, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Walt Helmick
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Take your picker: Student and teacher vying for bluegrass album Grammy
Chicago has gotten its bluegrass due with this year's Grammy nominations. Noam Pikelny and Greg Cahill — two players with strong local connections — are competing in the best bluegrass album category. Pikelny, a Skokie native currently based...
Tags: Grammy Awards, Teachers, Earl Scruggs, Entertainment Events, Elections
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Feds charge 5 with hate crimes for allegedly imprisoning disabled
The federal government for the first time has used its hate crime laws to bring charges against five people who allegedly imprisoned mentally disabled people in subhuman conditions as part of a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits. In the...
Tags: Trials, Prisons, Criminal Laws, Laws, Hate Crimes
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