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Religious schools, government money? Supreme Court hears Arizona case.
The Supreme Court must decide if an Arizona program that gives tax credits for private school donations favors religion, or if participants in the program are just exercising personal choice.
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Supreme Court weighs: Should violent video games be sold to minors?
A California law aims to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether it should protect free speech or children.
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What Supreme Court justices asked at Westboro Baptist Church hearing
Albert Snyder says Westboro Baptist Church protesters ruined his son's funeral. The church says it has a right to free speech. The justices asked a lot of hypothetical questions about what constitutes allowable speech.
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Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion
Two journalists examine the life and legacy of William Brennan, the liberal Supreme Court justice who left his mark on the US Constitution.
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Supreme Court weighs need for background checks for NASA scientists
Top scientists at a NASA lab say government background checks aren't necessary and violate their right to privacy. At a Supreme Court hearing Tuesday, justices questioned their position.
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US Supreme Court opens with historic changes
The Supreme Court is in the midst of a significant transformation after eleven years with the same lineup of justices. Since 2005, four new members have joined the court, two on the conservative side and two on the liberal side.
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It's official: Elena Kagan is a Supreme Court justice
Elena Kagan, President Obama's second appointment to the US Supreme Court, was sworn in Saturday as an associate justice. Which cases will she hear first?
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Miranda warning rights trimmed bit by bit by high court
Miranda warning rights have been turned 'upside down,' according to Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of July 12, 2010
Readers write in about Elena Kagan and diversity on the Supreme Court.
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Elena Kagan shows off sense of humor in confirmation hearings
Elena Kagan is as guarded as any other Supreme Court nominee about her views on specific cases. But she is winning over senators anyway – by drawing giggles, laughs and even some outright guffaws from the lawmakers.
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Opinion: 15 questions for Elena Kagan
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan started answering questions from senators today. Here's what she can expect.
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Supreme Court rules for president in separation of powers case
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a board overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission operated under rules that violated the Constitution's separation of powers clause.
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Supreme Court: Second Amendment rights apply across US
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Second Amendment's right to bear arms applies to every jurisdiction in the nation. It places in doubt the constitutionality of Chicago's handgun ban.
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Sign a political petition? Supreme Court says the public can know.
The case centered on a Washington State referendum on a domestic partnership law. Fear of harassment, the Supreme Court ruled, is not enough to keep petition signers anonymous.
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Supreme Court ruling boosts Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling
The US Supreme Court narrowed the definition of 'honest services' fraud, throwing out a portion of Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s conviction. It’s a blow to the Justice Department.
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Offshore drilling: Judge who lifted moratorium has oil interests
Offshore drilling: Judge Martin Feldman, who overturned the government's moratorium on offshore drilling for oil, has reported owning stock in Transocean Ltd, the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig which exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico over two months ago.
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Supreme Court upholds controversial part of Patriot Act
On Monday, the Supreme Court upheld a statute – part of the Patriot Act – that outlaws the provision of 'material support' to terror groups. Such support includes assistance that might nudge a group toward nonviolence.
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Supreme Court rules against homeowners in Florida beach dispute
The Supreme Court ruled against a group of waterfront property owners who said the state of Florida owed them money because it pumped sand onto beaches eroded by storms, lowering property values.
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Supreme Court: judges have leeway on criminal restitution deadline
A federal law mandates that judges decide restitution in criminal cases within 90 days of sentencing. But the Supreme Court ruled Monday that judges could impose the dollar figure after the deadline so long as they said beforehand that they were going to order restitution.
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Supreme Court gives hope to some death-row inmates
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that, under extraordinary circumstances, courts should accept death row appeals even after a one-year statute of limitations has expired.
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Supreme Court relaxes Miranda rights
In a narrowly split decision, the Supreme Court's conservative majority expanded its limits on the famous Miranda rights for criminal suspects on Tuesday. Now, criminal suspects who want to remain silent must say so.
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Registry law doesn't apply to all sex offenders, Supreme Court rules
A sex offender who moved from Alabama to Indiana in 2004 does not have to register with authorities because his move predates the registry law Congress enacted in 2006, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court rules for African-Americans in firefighter hiring case
Some 6,000 African-American applicants for jobs with the Chicago Fire Department can proceed with a discrimination lawsuit over the firefighter hiring test, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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Opinion: Kagan, abortion, and the Supreme Court’s coming moment of truth on Roe v. Wade
A new Nebraska abortion law could make its way to the Supreme Court. Instead of using evolving medical science to redefine when life begins, the court must hold that the due process clause’s primary guarantee of life make abortion unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court upholds federal sex offender law
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Congress did not overstep its authority by passing a law that allows 'sexually dangerous' offenders to be detained past their prison terms.
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