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What I’m Thankful For: A Supreme Court in Obama’s Favor
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelDuring President Obama’s first term, the highest court in the land ruled on Arizona’s immigration law as well as President Obama’s signature Healthcare bill. In the next four years, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on Affirmative... -
Judge steps aside in case involving Daley nephew
WGN NewsThe special prosecutor in the case of Richard Vanecko, the nephew of former Mayor Richard Daley, is asking that a judge from outside Cook County be assigned to the case to avoid the appearance of impropriety. Cook County Judge Arthur Hill has recused...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago Transit Authority, Timothy Evans, Lawyers
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Susan Rice's troubled steps toward secretary of State
Four thoughts about Susan Rice’s decision to withdraw as a possible nominee for secretary of State: 1) Rice should not have been disqualified because of her now-notorious talk-show comments about the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Minority Groups, Republican Party, Anne Hathaway, Al-Qaeda
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Jon Stewart picks apart conservative case against gay marriage
“The Daily Show” broadcast its last new episode of 2012 on Thursday night, and Jon Stewart closed the year by looking forward – specifically, to the two historic gay marriage cases going before the Supreme Court in 2013. Stewart...
Tags: Piers Morgan, Same-Sex Marriage, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Marriage
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Letters: Don't tweak Prop. 13
Re "It's time to adjust Prop. 13," Column, Dec. 13 The proposal in Sacramento to tweak Proposition 13 by taxing commercial property at market value while keeping residential taxes largely frozen could adversely impact small businesses and their owners....Tags: Business
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Legal larceny by lawyers
What's the difference between a mosquito and a lawyer? One is a blood-sucking parasite. The other is an insect. I'm a lawyer, but I live out of state and haven't practiced law in recent years, so I am at this point an "inactive" member of the...
Tags: Justice System, Human Rights, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Theft
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Disdain all around
WASHINGTON — While accusing the Supreme Court’s conservative justices of "disdain for democracy," Pamela S. Karlan proves herself talented at dispensing disdain. The Stanford law professor is, however, less talented at her chosen task of...Tags: Democracy, Voting, Justice System, Politics, Washington, DC
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The Times' 2012 list of the naughty and the nice
Santa's not the only one who makes lists. As we reflect on 2012, we too have thoughts about who should look forward to a cheerful holiday morning and who deserves a lump of coal. Below, The Times' reflections on who's been naughty and who's been nice....Tags: Jerry Brown, Media Industry, Justice System, Central Intelligence Agency, Frank McCourt
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Letters: Atheists and Christmas
Re "Threatened by faith," Opinion, Dec. 11 It was a good angle to have a rabbi argue in favor of a Christian display, but the problem is that he, like many believers, greatly distorts the atheist point of view. We're no angrier than the Rev. Martin...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Religion and Belief
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Letters: Inside the mind of Justice Scalia
Re "The 'animus' of Justice Scalia," Editorial, Dec. 13 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's argument is, as you say, "abstract and not terribly helpful," but it is anything but logical. Scalia commits the fallacy of false analogy. In the case of...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws, Gays and Lesbians, Laws
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Letters: Interest rates down, savers lose
Re "Fed to tie interest rate to job gains," Dec. 13 It's disappointing that no mention is made of the effect of the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates at rock bottom on those who have set aside a good portion of their incomes as savings...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance
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For Scalia, no gay people, just gay sex?
Is there anything more to be said about Justice Antonin Scalia’s sulphurous comments about homosexuality, which prompted a gutsy student at Princeton University to confront the voluble jurist this week about his rhetoric? One thing at least: Scalia&...
Tags: Minority Groups, Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Anthony Kennedy
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