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Read More »Supreme Court won’t hear campaign finance arguments
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal from a Virginia-based anti-abortion group that wanted to be exempted from campaign finance disclosure regulations. The Real Truth About Abortion Inc., which was formerly called The Real Truth About ...
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Read More »Six-year-old’s suspension for making gun gesture overturned
“The law says he is not old enough to form intent.”
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Read More »Md. death-row inmate: Capital punishment limited to treason
A condemned killer’s lawyer urged Maryland’s top court Thursday to strike down his death sentence based on a never-before addressed provision of the state constitution, which he said limits capital punishment to acts of treason against the state government.
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Read More »Baltimore to appeal ruling on pension reform
Baltimore officials will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that part of their package of pension reforms to for police officers and firefighters is unconstitutional. Lawyers for the city have filed a notice of appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...
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Read More »High court asks lawyer to argue special DOMA question
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday invited a Massachusetts lawyer to come argue that the justices cannot rule on one of the gay marriage questions it had planned to decide next year. The court asked lawyer Vicki C. Jackson ...
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Read More »Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the case of California’s ban on same-sex unions. While nine states allow same-sex partners to marry, or will soon, 41 states do ...
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Read More »Drug makers’ settlements get Supreme Court review
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products off the market at an estimated cost of $3.5 billion a year to consumers. ...
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Read More »Supreme Court will hear gay marriage cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will take up California’s ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals. The justices said ...
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Read More »My legal lecture series list
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