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Farmers cannot replicate Monsanto seeds for second crop, Supreme Court rules (+video)
The Supreme Court ruled against an Indiana farmer who sought to cut the planting cost of his soybean crop by relying on subsequent generations of a patented Monsanto herbicide-resistant seed.
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Opinion Obamacare faces new legal challenge: Its 'tax' still violates the Constitution
The Supreme Court saved Obamacare by deeming the law's individual mandate a 'tax.' But in that case, the law violates the Constitution's Origination Clause, which says all tax bills must originate in the House, not the Senate. Letting the law stand sets a dangerous precedent.
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Supreme Court: forced blood tests in drunk-driving cases not always OK
The Supreme Court decision Wednesday means that sometimes police will need to obtain a warrant in drunk-driving cases before administering a forced blood test – and that sometimes they won’t.
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Citizenship papers a must to register to vote? Supreme Court to decide.
US Supreme Court on Monday heard a case about an Arizona law requiring prospective voters to show papers proving they are US citizens. Federal law requires only an oath under penalty of perjury. Can a state tack on that extra provision?
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Supreme Court justices' families less nuclear, more diverse like US
Now more than ever, Supreme Court justices go home to non-traditional families. Whether having experienced divorce or adoption, the Supreme Court justices share increasingly diverse family life.
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Can police collect DNA when someone is arrested? Supreme Court to decide.
At issue in the case the Supreme Court considered Tuesday is whether collecting DNA from an arrestee without first obtaining a warrant is an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment.
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Surveillance law: US group can't challenge it, Supreme Court rules
A 2008 surveillance law allows the US government to detect and track the messages of would-be foreign terrorists. Critics say it is overly broad, but on Tuesday the Supreme Court blocked a challenge to it.
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Supreme Court rules that dog's sniff was up to snuff in roadside search
Supreme Court rules that a signal from a properly trained drug-detecting dog is enough to establish probable cause for a warrantless search of a vehicle during a roadside stop.
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The Oath
New Yorker writer and CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin offers an astute and thorough analysis of the relationship between the Obama White House and the John Roberts-led Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court: In affirmative action arguments, conservative bloc seems united
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on an affirmative-action plan at the University of Texas, and Justice Anthony Kennedy, the likely swing vote, appeared skeptical.
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Supreme Court case on use of race in admissions could be landmark
The University of Texas at Austin admits some students based on a process that includes race as one factor – even though the school is already racially diverse. The Supreme Court will consider whether that process is justified.
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Texas man: 'Ready to go home'
Cleve Foster, convicted of murder and rape, was put to death in Texas on Tuesday after previously receiving three stays of execution from the country's highest court.
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Colorado shooting: Why calling Obama 'anti-gun' is smart politics
The gun lobby's bid to preempt new gun-control measures appears to be working. Even in the wake of Colorado massacre, Obama – dubbed by the NRA 'the most anti-gun president in history' – is defending gun rights.
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Chief Justice Roberts: A more nuanced view after healthcare ruling
Had Roberts gone the other way, the court would have wiped away the entire health care overhaul, which is the outcome embraced by dissenting Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Kennedy.
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Economist Mom 'Tax': The dirtiest word of them all
Our favorite mother and tax expert thinks it's a tad ironic that the authors of the health care legislation worked so hard to avoid the term “tax,” yet taxing is one of the most appropriate things the government can do, and ultimately saved the act.
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Obama health-care law: Supreme Court upholds it in entirety
A 5-to-4 Supreme Court majority – including Chief Justice John Roberts – determined that the Obama health-care law was authorized under Congress’s power to raise and collect taxes.
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Supreme Court upholds individual mandate of health care reform law
Chief justice John Roberts cast the deciding vote on allowing the individual mandate to go forward as a tax. However, the court found problems with the law's expansion of Medicaid.
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The Monitor's View Supreme Court ruling on life sentences for young criminals
The Supreme Court ruling against mandating life-without-parole sentences for young criminals assumes that children are more capable of reform than adults. This premise is based on shaky views of character development.
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Opinion Why the Supreme Court ruling on immigration is a clear rebuke to Arizona
Both sides of the immigration debate claim victory, but the court not only accepted virtually all of the Obama administration’s arguments, it also rejected Arizona’s primary contention that local police have 'inherent' authority to enforce federal immigration laws.
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Supreme Court strikes down Montana law, reaffirming Citizens United
Voting 5 to 4, the justices found, in a two-paragraph opinion, that the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling applied to a 100-year-old Montana anticorruption law barring corporate money in elections.
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Supreme Court bars mandatory life sentences for juveniles
Supreme Court ruling aims to give judges and juries an opportunity to consider 'mitigating circumstances' before sentencing a juvenile offender to life in prison, without possibility of parole.
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Most of Arizona immigration law cannot stand, Supreme Court rules
But the Supreme Court upheld a provision requiring police to check the immigration status of people they have reason to suspect are illegal immigrants – the most controversial part of the Arizona immigration law.
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Supreme Court sides with Secret Service agents in free-speech case
A Colorado man said Secret Service agents arrested him in retaliation for his political comments about former Vice President Dick Cheney. The Supreme Court said the agents had probable cause.
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Arizona immigration: Justices seem open to law
Today's questioning before the Supreme Court suggested the controversial Arizona law may be upheld.
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Arizona immigration law: Another setback for Obama at Supreme Court?
Tough questioning by the justices suggest that at least some of the provisions of the Arizona law may be upheld, rejecting the Obama administration's expansive view of federal power.
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