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Supreme Court To Hear Worries Of Parents Over Vaccine Side Effects

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 16:07
According to CNN, an appeal from parents who have concerns over the side effects on their children vaccines have will be heard by the Supreme Court. The hearing will look into the protection laws of vaccine manufacturers and decide whether they can be filed lawsuits against by parents whose children have yielded negative effects. ...
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Chicago Gun Ban Goes Before Supreme Court

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 08:02
A couple worries that burglars who tried to break in when the wife was home alone will return. A retiree fears the drug dealers and junkies just outside his window will attempt — again — to steal what he spent a lifetime earning. And a businessman wants to protect himself as he could when he was a police officer. Together, they are the face of the most serious challenge yet to Chicago's 28-year-old handgun ban, ...
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The Supreme gamble of gay marriage

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 01:37
Gay marriage advocates will plea their case to one of the most staunch conservative-dominated Supreme Courts in recent history. ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Bans Video Broadcast Of Prop 8 Case

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 17:13
According to The California Report, the U.S. Supreme Court has indefinitely blocked video coverage of arguments in a lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. Judge Vaughn Walker, the presiding judge o ...
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Judge Orders Promotions For White Firefighters Who Sued Over Racial Discrimination

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 10:30
Last summer, 14 white firefighters and one Latino firefighter won a Supreme Court case charging they had been denied promotions because of race. Connecticut officials now say they'll promote the firefighters following a ruling Tuesday from a federal judge. The case spent five years in court. It was sparked by the New Haven, Conn., fire department's decision to toss out the scores of all firefighters who took a test for a promotion because none of the Black firefighters scored well enou ...
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Pentagon Blocks Detainee Abuse Photos From Release

Sun, 11/15/2009 - 10:37
According to CNN, the Pentagon is barring release of photos apparently containing abuse of suspected terrorists and foreign soldiers in U.S. custody from the public, and pushing for the Supreme Court ...
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Supreme Court Won't Block D.C. Sniper's Execution

Mon, 11/09/2009 - 18:28
According to CNN, the Supreme Court is not putting a stop to the execution of John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the sniper team that terrified the suburbs of the nation's capital in October 2002. Known as the "D.C. Sniper," Muhammad is scheduled for execution Tuesday evening at a state prison near Jarratt, Virginia. ...
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Life In Prison For Juveniles Considered By Supreme Court

Mon, 11/09/2009 - 13:15
According to Reuters, the Supreme Court appeared not to believe that it is unconstitutional for any juvenile who commits a crime other than murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possible release ...
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Obama's 'fair and balanced' Justice Department

Wed, 10/21/2009 - 15:04
Some decisions made by Eric Holder and the department don't make sense. ...
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Supreme Court To Hear Guantanamo Uighur Ethnic Group Appeal

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 10:56
According to Reuters, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would hear an appeal by Chinese Muslim prisoners held for years at Guantanamo Bay who argue that they should be released in the United States. A U.S. appeals court ruled only the executive branch ...
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