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Supreme Court bears support for cross
The Swampby David Savage and updated at 12:40 pm EDT The Supreme Court gave its approval Wednesday to displaying a Christian cross on public land to honor fallen soldiers, saying the Constitution "does not require the eradication of all religious symbols......Tags: Religious Conflicts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Government, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama to pick Kagan for Supreme Court
The SwampSolicitor General Elena Kagan speaks at a judicial conference in Chicago last week. (David Banks/ Associated Press.) by Christi Parsons Elena Kagan, the federal government's top lawyer, is President Obama's choice to fill the opening spot on the U.S.........Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Thurgood Marshall, Politics, Colleges and Universities
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Obama to make Kagan choice official
The SwampSolicitor General Elena Kagan speaks at a forum in Washington in January. (AP/Jose Luis Magana) by Christi Parsons and David G. Savage This morning, President Obama will name Solicitor General Elena Kagan to fill the opening on the U.S.......Tags: Government, University of Chicago Law School, Thurgood Marshall, Politics, Republican Party
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Who's That Girl? Kagan sets age mark
The Swampby James Oliphant Hey, Boomers, Gen Xers, all of you. Ready to freak? Good. Siddown. We've reached a milestone in terms of the Supreme Court nomination process that you are likely not aware of. If Elena Kagan is confirmed, she......Tags: Politics, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Bono
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Three strikes for Arlen Specter
The SwampSen. Arlen Specter is driven away after his defeat in the Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. Senate primary Tuesday. (AP/Carolyn Kaster) by Janet Hook and Seema Mehta In a year where the entire political establishment is being challenged by rank-and-file...Tags: Activism, Voting, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Politics
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SCOTUS screens prevent surprises
The Swampby David G. Savage A few weeks after President Nixon selected G. Harrold Carswell for the Supreme Court, the White House learned, via newspaper stories, that the Florida judge had given speeches endorsing racial segregation and had worked to keep......Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Politics, George W. Bush, Racism, Crime, Law and Justice
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Brown voting no on Kagan nomination
The Swampby Mike Memoli One of the few uncertainties lingering before this evening's vote on Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court was how Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) would vote. The Bay State senator announced his decision a short time ago:......Tags: Massachusetts, Politics, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Elena Kagan
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Supreme Court upholds child porn law
The Swampby James Oliphant The Supreme Court Monday upheld a federal law cited by authorities as an important tool to combat online child pornographers. In the 7-2 ruling, the court dismissed arguments that the PROTECT Act, passed by Congress in 2003,......Tags: Court Administration, Photography, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief
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Supreme Court: Corporate limits lifted
The Swampby David G. Savage at 10:55 am, updated again at 4:15 pm The Supreme Court today overturned a century-old restriction on corporations using their money to sway federal elections and ruled that companies have a free-speech right to spend as......Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Government, Human Rights, Freedom of the Press, Republican Party
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Clarence Thomas' wife holds TEA Party
The Swampby Mark Silva Clarence Thomas is an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Virginia Thomas runs LibertyCentral.org, a new organization committed to becoming the "big tent'' for conservatives and promoting the values of the "TEA Party'' movement. The...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Dick Armey, Justice System, Washington (U.S. state)
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Justice Kennedy's one-man show
WASHINGTON -- Imagine how gratifying it must feel to be Anthony Kennedy. As the justice who most often serves as the swing vote on the Supreme Court, he is the target of endless sycophancy, solicitude and general kissing up -- and his courtiers were...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, John G. Roberts, Jr., Politics, Gays and Lesbians, Samuel A. Alito
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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: Minority Groups, The Washington Post, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Gays and Lesbians, Samuel A. Alito
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