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Supreme Court to rule on California's Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court set the stage Friday for a historic decision on gay rights, announcing it would hear appeals of rulings striking down California's Proposition 8 and the federal law denying benefits for legally married same-sex couples....
Tags: Trials, Jerry Brown, Politics, Social Issues, Voting
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The Supreme Court mulls a patent over a 'product of life'
In an Op-Ed article for The Times on Tuesday, George Kimbrell and Debbie Barker of the Center for Food Safety present a forceful argument against patents on seeds or any other "product of life." The issue arises because the Supreme Court is considering...
Tags: Vaccines, Crime, Law and Justice, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Breast Cancer, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Robert H. Bork dies at 85; pivotal figure in Supreme Court history
Robert H. Bork, the conservative legal champion whose bitter defeat for a Supreme Court seat in 1987 politicized the confirmation process and changed the court's direction for decades, died Wednesday. He was 85. The former Yale law professor and judge on...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Mitt Romney, Justice System
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Same-sex marriage meets the high court
On Nov. 6, for the first time in American history, a majority of voters in a state — indeed, in three states — approved same-sex marriage. On Friday, the Supreme Court decided to weigh in on the issue, granting review in cases challenging...
Tags: Social Issues, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Did Robert Bork become the creature of his critics?
I expect that the death of Robert Bork will produce a lot of commentary about how different the law would be today if the Senate had confirmed his nomination to the Supreme Court in 1987. That’s an obvious reaction. If Bork -- and not Justice...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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Robert Bork, rejected Supreme Court nominee, dies at age 85
Robert H. Bork, whose failed Supreme Court nomination in 1987 infuriated conservatives and politicized the confirmation process for the ensuing decades, died Wednesday at the age of 85. The former Yale law professor and judge on the U.S. Court of...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Antonin Scalia, Heart Problems
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Scalia defends comparing laws against homosexuality to murder
Confronted by a gay student at Princeton University, Justice Antonin Scalia defended his past writings comparing laws against homosexuality to those prohibiting bestiality and murder, saying he was arguing that many laws are based on society’s moral...
Tags: Criminal Laws, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Princeton University
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For Scalia, no gay people, just gay sex?
Is there anything more to be said about Justice Antonin Scalia’s sulphurous comments about homosexuality, which prompted a gutsy student at Princeton University to confront the voluble jurist this week about his rhetoric? One thing at least: Scalia&...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Planned Parenthood
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The 'animus' of Justice Scalia
In a 1996 Supreme Court decision protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote that Colorado voters had evidenced an unconstitutional "animus" toward homosexuality. Justice Antonin Scalia dissented, huffing: "I had...
Tags: Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Antonin Scalia, Princeton University, Murder
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Gay marriage: Scalia knew this day would come
In announcing Friday that it will hear two cases involving same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court did not include a statement from Justice Antonin Scalia saying “I told you so.” But the thought surely has crossed the conservative justice’s...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Antonin Scalia, Civil Rights, Minority Groups
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Reading Supreme Court tea leaves on 'Obamacare'
Opinion L.A.It's a well-established practice among reporters covering the Supreme Court to look for clues to the outcome in the justices' questions, even though it can be a fool's errand. So it wasn't surprising to see numerous articles Tuesday declaring the...... -
James R. Browning dies at 93; led 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
James R. Browning, the rural Montana native who rose to head the powerful U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and unified its diverse judges in campaigns to enlarge the bench and protect the sprawling circuit from division, has died. He was 93.
Browning...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Corporate Crime, U.S. Supreme Court
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