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Hofstra Law dean on a list for US Supreme Court?
Spin CycleOver the weekend, NPR's Nina Totenberg named as a longshot U.S. Supreme Court prospect Nora Demleitner, dean at Hofstra Law School, who is a former clerk to Justice Samuel Alito. As a Democrat she testified for his confirmation. The......Tags: Crimes, Laws, United States, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Sotomayor due to speak at Hostos graudation
Spin CycleWhile the grill heats up in Washington for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, she returns to her old stomping grounds on Thursday. The federal appeals judge is due to speak at the Hostos Community College commencement, on the Grand......Tags: Concourse, Sonia Sotomayor, City University of New York, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Sotomayor missed state and judiciary votes: NY1
Spin CycleU.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor may be politically rooted in New York, but didn't vote in the last two statewide elections, according to NY1 News. The news station's dispatch: "The 54-year old Greenwich Village resident also skipped votes for.....Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Greenwich Village
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Cash for Clunkers Vote Likely This Afternoon
KickingTiresThe fate of an additional $2 billion to fund the Cash for Clunkers program will come down to a debate and vote that won???t begin until after the Senate casts votes to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme......Tags: Harry Reid, Parliament, Sonia Sotomayor, Upper House, Politics
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Sonia Sotomayor confirmed by Senate: First Latina on the U.S. Supreme Court
The Swampby James Oliphant and David E. Savage and updated at 5 pm. Sonia Sotomayor completed an unlikely and historic journey today, one that began with her birth in a Bronx, New York, housing project 55 years ago and culminated in......Tags: Laws, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Local Government, Government
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Cash for Clunkers Funding Will Come to a Vote This Week
KickingTiresTransportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid both expressed confidence that the U.S. Senate would pass a $2 billion extension of the Cash for Clunkers program before its August recess, which is scheduled to begin Saturday....Tags: Harry Reid, Vehicles, Parliament, U.S. Senate, Upper House
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Abortion bill shows Republican inconsistency
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHow is it that the same people who go around talking about the evils of ???government intrusion??? and the virtues of ???limited government,??? the people who want ???government out of our lives??? and talk about ???personal responsbility,??? are the........Tags: Abortion, Charlie Crist, Corporate Crime, Abortion Issue, Social Issues
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Obama to pick Kagan for Supreme Court
The SwampSolicitor General Elena Kagan speaks at a judicial conference in Chicago last week. (David Banks/ Associated Press.) by Christi Parsons Elena Kagan, the federal government's top lawyer, is President Obama's choice to fill the opening spot on the U.S.........Tags: Clarence Thomas, Crime, Law and Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, Local Government, John Paul Stevens
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Obama to make Kagan choice official
The SwampSolicitor General Elena Kagan speaks at a forum in Washington in January. (AP/Jose Luis Magana) by Christi Parsons and David G. Savage This morning, President Obama will name Solicitor General Elena Kagan to fill the opening on the U.S.......Tags: Richard Nixon, Justice System, Local Government, John Paul Stevens, Government
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Kagan: From lawyer to policymaker
The SwampElena Kagan in 1993, when she was a law professor at the University of Chicago. (AP/U. of Chicago.) by James Oliphant The White House during President Clinton's second term was a combustible, ambitious place. While to the public it......Tags: Justice System, John McCain, Firearms, Local Government, Abortion Issue
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US Supreme Court ruling against the NFL could impact labor negotiations
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsThe NFL disagrees, but experts say the U.S. Supreme Court???s ruling today in the American Needle case could bolster the NFL Players Association in its ongoing labor negotiations with the league. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously the league could not......Tags: Antitrust Issues, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Football, Local Government
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High court to hear California prison case
The Swampby David Savage The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and decide whether the state can be forced to release 46,000 inmates -- more than one-fourth of its prison population -- to......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Local Government, Regional Authority, Trials
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