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Angelina Jolie's courageous act will save women's lives
Four days after her April 27 breast reconstruction, the third and final surgery aimed at sparing her an early death from breast cancer, Angelina Jolie was in good spirits at home. Upon paying a house call, her surgeon, Dr. Kristi Funk of the Pink...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Biology, U.S. Supreme Court, Medical Specialization, Science and Technology
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Farmer loses seed patent case
WASHINGTON — Monsanto Co. and other companies that patent seeds may prohibit farmers from growing a second crop from their genetically modified seeds, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously. The closely watched decision was a clear victory for...
Tags: Agriculture, Trials, Invention and Innovation, Fatigue, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Monsanto in seed-patenting case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a victory to Monsanto and other makers of patented seeds Monday, ruling they can prohibit farmers from growing a second crop from their genetically engineered seeds. In a unanimous decision, the court said the...
Tags: Fatigue, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Separation of Church and State, Genetic Engineering
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Supreme Court weighs 'loyalty oaths' for groups fighting AIDS
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Monday whether Congress violated the 1st Amendment when it required global groups fighting AIDS to explicitly oppose prostitution and sexual trafficking as a condition of receiving federal grants. Several...Tags: AIDS, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lawyers, Boy Scouts of America, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Supreme Court seems opposed to granting patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court took up a deceptively simple question in a case brought by breast cancer patients and medical researchers: Are human genes patentable? The answer appeared to be "no" during Monday's oral arguments. The justices...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Chemical Industry, Science, Crime, Law and Justice, Pathology
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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: Clarence Thomas, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Trials, Minority Groups, Antonin Scalia
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Supreme Court may strike down DOMA gay marriage law, experts say
Legal experts said Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they might strike down the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to legally married gay couples. It marked the second landmark gay-rights case the justices considered...
Tags: Samuel A. Alito, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), U.S. Supreme Court, Minority Groups, Civil Rights
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Justices raise concerns about Defense of Marriage Act defense
WASHINGTON -- A lawyer defending the federal law that denies benefits to legally married same-sex couples faced skeptical questions from key Supreme Court justices, who suggested the law wrongly discriminated against gays and improperly intruded into...
Tags: Laws, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Judges, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Liberal justices, Kennedy appear to favor ending part of DOMA
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrapped up a second day of arguments on gay marriage, as Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and the court’s liberal justices appeared headed toward striking down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that denies...
Tags: Lobbying, Minority Groups, Antonin Scalia, Laws, Family
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Supreme Court likely to strike down DOMA, experts say
Experts said that based on Wednesday's arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court appears willing to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. Gay rights lawyer Jon W. Davidson said Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court was likely to permit married same-sex...
Tags: Samuel A. Alito, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), U.S. Supreme Court, Minority Groups, Laws
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Scalia gets it right
In his opinions on abortion and gay rights, Justice Antonin Scalia has taken an offensively narrow view of the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection of the laws. But when it comes to the 4th Amendment's more specific protection...
Tags: Antonin Scalia, Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Drug Trafficking
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Supreme Court appears timid about expanding same-sex marriage
This week, the United States Supreme Court is delving into arguments about same-sex marriage and doing so with apparent reluctance and unease. Today, the justices will consider the federal Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to same-sex...
Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), U.S. Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Family, Strom Thurmond
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