Topic: Laurence Silberman
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Robert Reich The Supreme Court will uphold Obamacare. Here's why.
The Supreme Court can't let the public's already shaky opinion of it get any worse. If Obamacare isn't upheld, it's further evidence that the court decides according to partisan politics, rather than legal principle.
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Robert Reich The Supreme Court's unpopularity could help Obamacare
The US Supreme Court is facing growing disdain from the American public, increasing the odds that the majority will uphold constitutionality of President Obama's health care mandate.
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Two formidable lawyers to spar at Supreme Court over health care reform law
Two attorneys will handle the lion's share of the arguments before the Supreme Court in the Obama health care reform case. In one corner, US Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. In the other, the indomitable Paul Clement.
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Supreme Court declines to take up Abu Ghraib detainee lawsuit
The Supreme Court declined without comment the case of 250 former Abu Ghraib detainees whose lawsuit against private contractors, for allegedly abusing and torturing Abu Ghraib inmates, had been thrown out of federal court.
06/27/2011 08:19 pm -
Federal judges pursue judicial pay dispute in appeals court
Eight federal judges argue that Congress violated the Constitution when it nixed scheduled judicial pay hikes. They want an appeals court to overturn its own precedent or let the case move to the Supreme Court.
11/04/2009 12:00 am
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