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SUPREME COURT: Court rejects corporate campaign spending limits in Montana law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed its 2-year-old decision allowing corporations to spend freely to influence elections. The justices struck down a Montana law limiting corporate campaign spending. By a 5-4 vote, the court&...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Politics, Political Fundraising, Washington, DC
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SUPREME COURT: High court rejects part of Arizona immigration law; Health care ruling due Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP)— The Supreme Court threw out key provisions of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants Monday but said a much-debated portion could go forward — that police must check the status of people stopped for various reasons who...
Tags: Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Politics, Judges, Lawyers
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High court rejects part of Arizona immigration law
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of Arizona's crackdown on immigrants Monday but said a much-debated portion on checking suspects' status could go forward. The court did not throw out the state provision requiring police...Tags: Clarence Thomas, Labor Legislation, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Politics, Washington, DC
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Supreme Court: High Court Throws Out Human Gene Patents
Channel 2 NewsThe Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling allowing human genes to be patented, a topic of enormous interest to cancer researchers, patients and drug makers. The court overturned patents belonging to Myriad Genetics Inc. of Salt Lake City...Tags: Biology, Breast Cancer, Justice System, Medical Research, DNA
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Analysis: Why Supreme Court May Uphold Healthcare Law
Reuters(Reuters) - Conventional political wisdom holds that the Supreme Court, scheduled to hear a challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare law beginning on Monday, is likely to strike it down on partisan lines. The court's Republican appointees enjoy...Tags: Clarence Thomas, Tea Party Movement, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Politics, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Strip Search for Traffic Tickets
Blogging with Bill WhiteOur U.S. Supreme Court has turned out to be a really scary bunch. I won't rehash all the ways in which the activist conservative majority has reshaped American life -- most recently with the abominable Citizens United decision, opening the...... -
High court: Can't patent nature
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court unanimously tossed out medical patent claims for Prometheus Laboratories on Tuesday for a test that could help doctors set drug doses for autoimmune diseases like Crohn’s disease, a decision that could...Tags: Blood, Justice System, Lawyers, Judges, Washington, DC
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How health care case will unfold before the court
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP)— The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. A look at how the case...Tags: Clarence Thomas, U.S. Department of Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Politics, Bill Clinton
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Obama Healthcare Law Faces High Court Hearing
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul faces its biggest court test next week, capping a legal battle that could reshape the powers of the U.S. government, redefine medical care for most Americans and transform the 2012...Tags: Clarence Thomas, U.S. Department of Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bill Clinton
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Supreme Court begins hearings on health care law
It was 1942 when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that Congress could influence wheat prices by telling farmers how much they could grow.
So the idea that Congress mandate that all Americans buy health insurance isn't that far-fetched and has legal...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Healthcare Laws, Business, Judges
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Analysis Health care arguments: Can any portion survive?
WASHINGTON (AP)— The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it could throw out other key parts of President Barack Obama's health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional. On the third and last day of...Tags: Justice System, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Politics, Lawyers, Judges
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Audio: 10 moments from the Supreme Court debate on healthcare
WASHINGTON -- Solicitor Gen. Donald Verrilli Jr., representing the government, makes his opening statement, arguing that insurance has become the predominant way that Americans pay for healthcare. But Verrilli argues the system is broken because people...
Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice System, Epidemics and Plagues, Politics, Healthcare Laws
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