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High court hears Gitmo detainee rights case
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNearly six years after foreign prisoners were first sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a clearly divided Supreme Court debated Wednesday how to determine whether these men are dangerous enemy fighters or innocent bystanders caught up in the U.S. war against...Tags: Civil Rights, Judges, Prisons, Justice and Rights, National Security
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We wish ...
The Times' New Year's wishes do not have a good history of coming true. Last year at this time, we made 27 wishes for 2007, and scored on just 2 1/2 . Then again, we realize that when we ask for things like sensible immigration reform from Congress or for...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, DVDs and Movies, Television Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, Global Warming
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Text of President Bush's Announcement Nominating Harriet Miers to Supreme Court
Here is the text of President Bush's announcement that he has nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions: -------------------- In our great democracy, the Supreme Court is the guardian of...Tags: Judges, White House, George W. Bush, Legal Service, Local Elections
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Seniors Get a Hard Sell on Fee-Laden Annuities
Times Staff WriterMaydeen Tharp wanted a living trust. She wound up buying a $230,000 annuity. Tharp, a widowed homemaker, had invited an insurance man to her home in Upland to get her estate in order. The salesman shifted the conversation to a different subject:...Tags: Collective Contract, Family, Office Equipment and Supplies, Stock Market, Wages and Pensions
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Faith and taxes
MONDAY WAS a rocky day for the 1st Amendment, and the Supreme Court did not limit its mischief to the speech clause. A smaller, more technical case threatens to undermine the amendment's protection of religion from government intrusion, in this case by...Tags: Politics, Local Government, John Paul Stevens, Earl Warren Jr., Crime, Law and Justice
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Chipping away at the Constitution
The U.S. Supreme Court has again undermined the only realistic protection against illegal searches and seizures: the ban on using tainted evidence at trial. The 5-4 decision in an Alabama case is doubly ominous for California, where misguided ballot...Tags: Gaming, Politics, Local Government, Justice System, Judges
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Was Ted Kennedy right about Scotus?
So was Ted Kennedy right after all? A year ago, the liberal lion in winter wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post in which he accused Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. of having misled the Senate (but not,...Tags: Abortion Issue, Politics, Labor Legislation, Philosophy, Career and Workplace
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The wrong lesson
ON THE SAME DAY it expanded free speech in the political process, the Supreme Court needlessly narrowed it in the nation's public schools. In upholding the suspension of an Alaska high school student for unfurling a banner declaring "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS"...Tags: Eyewear, Politics, Local Government, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Justice System
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To some jurists, high court ruling brings vindication
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTo judges and others who long battled strict federal sentencing rules for crack cocaine offenders -- considered draconian and racist by longtime opponents -- Monday's Supreme Court decision brought vindication. "I am delighted," said veteran Los Angeles...Tags: Prosecution, Gaming, Prisons, Judges, George W. Bush
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The candidates and the Supreme Court
Why are the two major presidential candidates virtually ignoring the importance of this election in determining the composition of the Supreme Court and the future of constitutional law? One of a president's most long-lasting legacies is in the judges...Tags: Abortion Issue, Politics, Local Government, Justice System, John Paul Stevens
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Supreme Court greatly reduces damages in Exxon Valdez spill
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Supreme Court on Wednesday brought to a close the 19-year legal battle over the Exxon Valdez oil spill by sharply reducing the punitive damages to be paid by Exxon Mobil Corp. The court ruled that the oil giant must pay $507 million -- about one-tenth...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Judges, Disasters and Accidents, Companies and Corporations
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Justices examine energy crunch
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSupreme Court justices on Tuesday heard a recounting of what lawyers called "the worst electricity market crisis in history." And they heard the story of how Enron Corp. and others helped create the spike in electricity prices in California and the West...Tags: Politics, Contracts, Local Government, Justice System, John Paul Stevens
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