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Iraq and the wobbly Congress
Today, Yoo and Ackerman discuss the ongoing use-of-force resolution. Yesterday, they interpreted the U.S. Constitution for answers. Later this week, they'll debate the hypocrisy of the left and the right on this issue, the questionable relevance of...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Antonin Scalia, Constitutional Issues
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Conservative justice
ERWIN CHEMERINSKY teaches law and political science at Duke University Law School.THE SUPREME COURT term that ended Thursday confirmed exactly what many people had feared: that the testimony given by John Roberts and Samuel Alito at their confirmation hearings just months earlier was a lot of baloney. During those hearings, the two...Tags: Politics, Primaries, Crime, Law and Justice, Antonin Scalia, Colleges and Universities
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Can Congress repeal birthright citizenship?
JAMES C. HO, an appellate and constitutional litigator, was formerly a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas.GENERATIONS OF Americans have understood that children born in the United States are entitled to U.S. citizenship, regardless of the nationality of their parents. When Congress revisits immigration reform this spring, however, legislation to repeal this...Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, Justice System, Illegal Immigrants, Crime, Law and Justice
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Clarence Thomas is too a hypocrite!
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a hypocrite and, no matter what James Kirchick says in the Los Angeles Times, it is important to call him a hypocrite. Justice Thomas' life has been one of such enduring hypocrisy that it is the defining element of...Tags: Justice System, Gaming, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Business Enterprises
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Justice Ginsburg's Connection With NOW
"Ginsburg Has Ties to Activist Group" (March 11) concerns the association of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. This appears to be nothing more than an association with the group from which she came &#...Tags: Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, NAACP, Thurgood Marshall, Dick Cheney
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Court Weighs Challenge to Medical Marijuana
Times Staff WriterThe Supreme Court today confronted a dispute between a liberal state's rights and a zero tolerance federal anti-drug policy, as a top Bush administration lawyer argued that a federal ban on the use of marijuana trumped California's medical marijuana law....Tags: Social Issues, Interior Policy, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control
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'Japanese by Spring' by Ishmael Reed
It's hard to say exactly where Ishmael Reed will lose the typical reader in the course of his most recent novel, which is political tract as much as fiction. Some readers will tune out when the author writes, while discussing the Anita Hill-Clarence...Tags: Government, Politics, Zora Neale Hurston, Colleges and Universities, England
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Kennedy Admits Personal 'Frailties,' Vows to Fight On
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn an effort to restore his damaged political standing, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) accepted responsibility Friday for "faults and frailties" in his private life and pledged to reform his lifestyle so that it will not interfere with his work....Tags: Politics, Justice System, John Kerry, Rape, Crime, Law and Justice
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Winning Law Day Essay: "Equality in College Admissions"
Winning Law Day Essay: "Equality in College Admissions" By Elizabeth Sherwood North Central Michigan College student There are many people who have played an important role in the journey to equality for all. The most notable of those people...Tags: Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, Civil Rights
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Deep in the reeds on genes
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney had it wrong. Corporations aren't people -- corporations own people. The Supreme Court on Monday took up the unusual question of whether corporations control our genetic material -- specifically, whether a Utah-based company...Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Economy, Business and Finance, Plant Openings, Companies and Corporations, Sports
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The stakes before the court
WASHINGTON -- Don't take anything for granted. The conservative activists on the Supreme Court may not be able to halt the inexorable shift toward acceptance of gay marriage, but we probably should expect them to try. The two big cases being argued this...
Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Crime, Law and Justice, Antonin Scalia, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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From affirmative action to diversity
Victor Davis HansonSometime in the new millennium, "global warming" evolved into "climate change." Amid growing controversies over the planet's past temperatures, Al Gore and other activists understood that human-induced "climate change" could better explain almost any...Tags: Judaism, Social Issues, George H.W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities
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