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Sonia Sotomayor: Two sides of a life
The Swampby Peter Nicholas and James Oliphant It did not take long after moving 60 miles from the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of the Bronx to the campus of Princeton University for Sonia Sotomayor to make it clear she was not happy......Tags: Police, Court Administration, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sotomayor: Most favor her confirmation
The Swampby Mark Silva One week into the nation's introduction to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a majority of Americans surveyed say they approve of her confirmation for the Supreme Court. Slightly more than half -- 54 percent -- say they would like......Tags: Democratic Party, Court Administration, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government
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'Empathy:' Clarence Thomas had it, too
The Swampby Mark Silva For the record, while conservative combatants fight over the "code'' behind President Barack Obama's "e"-criterion for his Supreme Court nominee - "empathy'' - this is nothing new. Former President George H.W. Bush - who was the first......Tags: Barack Obama, Court Administration, Sonia Sotomayor, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Supreme Court: Age bias must be proven
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court today made it harder for older workers who are laid-off or demoted to win a claim of age discrimination. In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that these workers bear the full burden......Tags: Court Administration, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Crime, Law and Justice, John Paul Stevens, Employees
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Court: School strip-search illegal
The Swampby David G. Savage The strip search of a 13-year old school girl who was suspected of hiding pain relief pills was unreasonable and unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled today, setting new legal limits on how far school officials may......Tags: Court Administration, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Crime, Law and Justice, John Paul Stevens, Employees
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Firefighters victims of discrimination
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court ruled today that white firefighters who lost promotions in New Haven, Conn., were victims of illegal racial discrimination, with the court holding that employers should not rely on "raw racial statistics" to set......Tags: Court Administration, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Antonin Scalia
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Supreme Court: Voting Rights Act intact
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court narrowed, but did not overturn, the historic Voting Rights Act today, ruling that municipalities across the South which have had a clean record for the past decade can seek an exemption from the......Tags: Court Administration, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Texas, Local Government
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Sotomayor hearing live analysis: Day 3
The SwampSonia Sotomayor continues her testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Win McNamee/Getty Images) by James Oliphant We're back at Hart 216 for the third day of the Sotomayor Supreme Court hearings. Stay here for real time analysis during....Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Court Administration, Los Angeles Times, Philosophy, Newspaper and Magazine
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Is Sonia Sotomayor a reverse racist?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsI wrote about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor???s local ties for today's print edition, and I???ve already taken some heat in e-mails and posted comments for writing ???fluff??? and avoiding the issue of her avoiding the issues during her...Tags: Democratic Party, Racism, Court Administration, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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Sotomayor: Judiciary approves justice
The Swampby David G. Savage and Mark Silva Judge Sonia Sotomayor, poised to become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court, won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a lopsided vote cast largely along party lines......Tags: Court Administration, Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government, Justice System
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Clarence Thomas' summer off: Wal-Marts
The Swampby Mark Silva Willie Nelson isn't the only one "on the road again.'' While President Barack Obama was stumping for his economic initiatives at a hard-hit RV-manufacturing plant in Indiana this week, and Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Sonia......Tags: Barack Obama, Indiana, Sonia Sotomayor, Lifestyle and Leisure, Texas
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Campaign finance laws at stake at court
The Swampby David G. Savage President Obama's top courtroom lawyer strongly defended the nation's campaign funding laws in the Supreme Court today and warned the court's skeptical conservatives against striking down the historic ban on corporations directly...Tags: Political Fundraising, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Antonin Scalia, Companies and Corporations
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