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The Beloit College Mindset List for the class of 2016
Every year, Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., releases its Mindset List to give a snapshot of how the incoming freshmen class views the world.
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Bestselling books the week of Oct. 14, 2010, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of Sept. 30, 2010, according to IndieBound*
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Bestselling books the week of 9/23/10, according to IndieBound*
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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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Supreme Court puts limits on reach of human rights law
The decision undercuts what had been a growing area of international human rights litigation in US courts. The federal statute allows foreign residents to file civil lawsuits in US courts for violations of international law.
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Supreme Court declines potential major gun rights case, leaving limits intact
A New York law requires residents who want to carry a concealed handgun in public to demonstrate a need for self-protection beyond that of the general public. The Supreme Court turned aside a gun rights challenge to that law.
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John Roberts: Chief Justice victim of credit-card fraud
John Roberts: A Supreme Court spokeswoman said someone got hold of one of John Roberts's credit card account numbers. The court did not provide any other details.
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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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Sonia Sotomayor criticizes prosecutor for 'racially charged remark'
Sotomayor agreed with the decision not to hear the case, but said in a statement that she wanted to be sure that denial wasn't thought to 'signal our tolerance of a federal prosecutor's racially charged remark.'
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Supreme Court rejects Idaho case on prohibiting the insanity defense
Idaho is one of four states that do not permit criminal defendants to claim they are innocent by reason of insanity. On Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to take a case testing whether an insanity defense is a constitutional right.
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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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At Supreme Court: Can US courts be venue for human rights cases from abroad?
On Day 1 of its term, the US Supreme Court heard a case involving allegations by 12 Nigerians that a foreign oil firm abetted human rights abuses in Nigeria 20 years ago. Alien Tort Statute, originally aimed at allowing legal action against pirates, lies at heart of the case.
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The Beloit College Mindset List for the class of 2016
Every year, Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., releases its Mindset List to give a snapshot of how the incoming freshmen class views the world.
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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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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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Orrin Hatch close call in Utah: Tea party rising?
Sen. Orrin Hatch is favored to win reelection, but first he faces a primary election against tea party favorite Dan Liljenquist. Can Hatch avoid the fate of former Utah Sen. Bob Bennett, ousted in 2010 by the tea party?
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Supreme Court approves strip searches for minor offenses
Jail officials are justified in performing strip searches as a reasonable precaution to maintain safety and order at their facilities, the Supreme Court said Monday.
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How Founding Fathers helped argue the health-care case at the Supreme Court
The clash of ideas at the core of the Supreme Court debate over Obama’s health-care law is as old as the nation itself, and the spirit of the Founders was present before the assembled justices.
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Supreme Court health-care hearing: How bad does it look for 'Obamacare'?
Based on justices' questions in the two-hour Supreme Court health-care hearing, the fate of 'Obamacare' is in peril. Justice Kennedy expressed strong concerns about the individual mandate.
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Supreme Court orders judicial solution to Congress-State dispute on Jerusalem
Is Jerusalem part of Israel? In a case concerning a US citizen's birth certificate, the Supreme Court said a federal court should rule on an issue that has divided Congress and the State Department.
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Health-care challenge at US Supreme Court: Justices seek way past Day 1 hurdle
Health-care reform proponents and detractors were on the same side Monday at the US Supreme Court, advocating that the justices move on to the constitutional issue on Tuesday.
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