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Harris and Newsom highlight opposition to Prop. 8
SACRAMENTO -- California’s top prosecutor used her refusal to defend Proposition 8, a voter-passed initiative that bans same-sex marriage in California, as an example of Democratic values as she spoke to party activists on Saturday. “When I...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Justice System
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Jerry Brown vows to produce plan for reducing inmate population
GUANGZHOU, China -- Gov. Jerry Brown said Sunday that his administration will come up with a plan for reducing the state prison population by an additional 10,000 inmates, even as it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to block a judicial order demanding such a...
Tags: China, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Jerry Brown, Justice System
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Gov. Jerry Brown vows fight with judges over prisons
SACRAMENTO — Escalating a dispute with the courts over California's troubled prison system, Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday fired back at federal judges who threatened to hold him in contempt, vowing to "litigate until the Supreme Court tells us that we'...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Fines, Prisons, Justice System, Trials
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Sandra Day O'Connor ready for female president, but won't say who
PHOENIX — Sandra Day O’Connor is, obviously, quite familiar with historic firsts. Some 200-plus years after the nation’s birth she became the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. There have been three more women appointed...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Politics, George W. Bush, Elections
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Republicans pledge to change tone, not positions
With an eye on the White House in 2016, Republicans spent this week in Hollywood mapping a path to a resurgence — determining how to streamline the primary process and close their deficit with Democrats among key voter blocs such as single women and...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Minority Groups, Barack Obama, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage
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Republicans intensify pressure to limit powers of consumer agency
WASHINGTON — Republicans have stepped up their pressure to limit the wide-ranging powers of the nation's watchdog over consumers' money matters. The head of a key House committee overseeing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he would no...
Tags: Consumers, Barack Obama, Jeb Hensarling, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Gov. Jerry Brown vows to continue fight over prison conditions
SHANGHAI, CHINA -- Contending there is nothing more California can do to reduce prison crowding without increasing crime on the streets, Gov. Jerry Brown vows to take his case, again, to the same Supreme Court that rebuffed him two years ago. “...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, China, Prisons, Safety of Citizens, Jerry Brown
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Judges threaten Gov. Jerry Brown with contempt of court
SACRAMENTO — A panel of federal judges Thursday threatened to hold Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials in contempt of court if they do not quickly produce a plan to remove thousands of convicts from California's packed prisons. In a...
Tags: Prisons, Safety of Citizens, Jerry Brown, Politics, Regional Authority
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Gov. Jerry Brown's prison program blamed in fatal stabbing
The case of a convicted felon who allegedly stabbed a woman to death at a Fontana park-and-ride has exposed flaws in Gov. Jerry Brown's controversial plan to give local governments responsibility for nonviolent prisoners, San Bernardino County authorities...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Prisons, Local Government, Justice System
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Supreme Court's common-sense ruling a win for legal immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession are not subject to mandatory deportation. I hope the decision will serve as a strong warning to federal authorities to stop using laws intended...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Alprazolam (drug), Justice System, Trials, International Law
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GOP rejects gay marriage, asks Supreme Court to uphold Prop. 8
Republican leaders unanimously approved a resolution Friday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8, the measure under court review that forbids same-sex marriage in California. The Republican National Committee “affirms its...
Tags: Barack Obama, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Family
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Lawsuit targets union fees collected from nonmember teachers
A conservative organization has joined with a group of California teachers in an effort to overturn laws that allow teacher unions to collect fees from those who don't want to be members. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Santa Ana, targets...Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Los Angeles International Airport, Unions, Trials
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