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'The Roberts Court' captures an important transformation
At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he memorably testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Congress
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Supreme Court limits towing firms
WASHINGTON — A New Hampshire man who had his car towed when he was in a hospital recovering from a heart attack and the amputation of his left foot won a measure of justice at the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 9-0 decision released Monday, the court...
Tags: Port of Los Angeles, Heart Attack, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer breaks shoulder in bike crash
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer broke his shoulder in a fall from his bicycle and underwent surgery Saturday morning, according to a court spokeswoman. The 74-year-old justice was resting comfortably and is expected to be released from...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Clinton, Korean War (1950-1953), Stephen Breyer
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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: Boy Scouts of America, Impeachment, Sex Crimes, AIDS, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Supreme Court hears custody dispute over adopted girl
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to decide who should raise a 3 1/2-year-old girl who was given up by her single mother: the South Carolina couple who adopted her at birth or her biological father, who invoked his rights as a...
Tags: Judges, Interior Policy, Sonia Sotomayor, Crime, Law and Justice, Antonin Scalia
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Letters: Gay marriage's friends and foes
Re "Justices ponder gay marriage," Editorial, April 2 Same-sex marriage has been overpoliticized and over-intellectualized. What we're really addressing is the question of whether there should be a law dictating what marriage is. Laws are generally...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Family, Social Issues, Marriage
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Seeking marriage equality
Between now and July, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases dealing with same-sex marriage: one testing the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, the other involving the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage for federal...
Tags: Judges, Defense of Marriage Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Minority Groups
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Letters: Marriage at the Supreme Court
Re "Justices seem to side with gay couples," March 28 The time has come for the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. Laws designed to limit a person's pursuit of happiness by denying him or...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Defense of Marriage Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Family
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In gay-marriage debate, couples deserve more than 'skim milk'
It is not always easy to follow the audio transcript of the last two days’ Supreme Court arguments over gay marriage. Just when you think you grasp what’s going on, someone starts talking about “suspect classes” and “...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Defense of Marriage Act, Los Angeles Times Journalists, Crime, Law and Justice, Family
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Court seems to be leaning against Defense of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON — After two days of arguments on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court seemed poised to give gays and lesbians a major legal victory but probably not the immediate right to marry in all states that many of them had hoped for. Justice...
Tags: Judges, Defense of Marriage Act, Laws, Discrimination, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Defense of Marriage Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting, Antonin Scalia, Social Issues
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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: Judges, Defense of Marriage Act, U.S. Supreme Court, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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