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The false analogy between abortion and gay marriage
If the tenor of their questions is any indication, the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared evenly divided in the challenge to California's law banning gay marriage, with Justice Anthony Kennedy, predictably, in the middle. But rather than deciding...Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Abortion, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Letters: North Dakota's abortion decision
Re "N. Dakota's dubious honor," Editorial, March 19 As an obstetrician and gynecologist, I strongly urge North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple to put women and families first and veto the bill banning abortions after a fetus' heartbeat can be detected. I...Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Barack Obama, Abortion, U.S. Supreme Court
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Prop. 8: Antonin Scalia surprisingly tame in gay marriage hearing
Justice Scalia lays a gay marriage trap for Ted Olson. There was a silly fertility joke about Strom Thurmond, but Scalia Watchers hoping to see the famously acid-tongued justice in action were out of luck Tuesday. The irascible U.S. Supreme Court...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Family, Judges
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Conservative justices hint at procedural barrier to DOMA ruling
WASHINGTON -- Two of the Supreme Court's most conservative members suggested Wednesday that procedural barriers should prevent the justices from ruling on the constitutionality of the federal law that denies benefits to legally married same-sex couples,...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Lawyers
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Same-sex marriage can't be stopped by courts
WASHINGTON -- To see the future of gay marriage, you didn't have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark cases on the issue. You needed only to stand in the plaza in front of the court...
Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Strom Thurmond, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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Liberal justices, Kennedy appear to favor ending part of DOMA
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrapped up a second day of arguments on gay marriage, as Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and the court’s liberal justices appeared headed toward striking down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that denies...Tags: Elena Kagan, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Politics, Lawyers
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Denying victims a vote
WASHINGTON -- Shame on Harry Reid for killing any prospect of an assault weapons ban. I understand why he did it, but that doesn't make it right. In his State of the Union address, President Obama spoke with fiery eloquence about the cost of gun...
Tags: Interior Policy, United Kingdom, National Rifle Association of America, Barack Obama, Entertainment
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Excerpts of Tuesday's gay marriage case at high court
Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court: ___ On whether the case should be before them (Chief Justice John Roberts and...
Tags: Elena Kagan, Strom Thurmond, Customs and Tradition, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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Scalia gets it right
In his opinions on abortion and gay rights, Justice Antonin Scalia has taken an offensively narrow view of the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection of the laws. But when it comes to the 4th Amendment's more specific protection...
Tags: Elena Kagan, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians, Drug Trafficking
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The stakes before the court
WASHINGTON -- Don't take anything for granted. The conservative activists on the Supreme Court may not be able to halt the inexorable shift toward acceptance of gay marriage, but we probably should expect them to try. The two big cases being argued this...
Tags: Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Clarence Thomas, Family, Anthony Kennedy
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Prop. 8: Justice Kagan cuts to the injustice of gay marriage ban
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Gotta hand it to Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. Tuesday morning she interrupted Charles J. Cooper, the attorney representing the anti-gay marriage side in the court’s hearing on California’s Proposition 8. She cut through the legal...Tags: Justin Bieber, Anthony Kennedy, Marriage, Strom Thurmond, Crime, Law and Justice
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California gay marriage argument at high court Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it. The court's first major...
Tags: Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Justice and Rights
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