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The Dynamic of the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor
(Blog Post) A cottage industry – literally an industry, given the sums of money raised and spent – now exists in which the far left and right either brutalize or lionize the ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Court gives detainees habeas rights
In a stunning blow to the Bush Administration in its war-on-terrorism policies, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign nationals held at Guantanamo Bay have a right to ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Court switches, will hear detainee cases
In a startling turn of events in the legal combat over the war on terrorism, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to reconsider the appeals in the Guantanamo Bay detainee cases. ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Court decides endangered species, religion, student speech, campaign finance cases; four new grants
Amid several 5-4 rulings on the merits, the Supreme Court on Monday granted four cases for review next Term, including a significant test case on the use of references to the ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Court rules on Sentencing Guidelines
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a federal criminal sentence within the Guidelines may be presumed to be reasonable when the case is on appeal. However, it said that ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Court rules on two patent cases, and on high-speed chase
The Supreme Court, in a major victory for Microsoft Corp., ruled by a 7-1 vote on Monday that U.S. patent law does not bar foreign making of copies of digital code to be ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Court upholds federal abortion ban
Dividing 5-4, the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a sweeping -- and only barely qualified -- victory to the federal government and to other opponents of abortion, upholding ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Analysis: Two precedents in jeopardy
If supporters of federal curbs on political campaign spending by corporations were counting on Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Analysis: Two precedents in jeopardy
(Blog Post) If supporters of federal curbs on political campaign spending by corporations were counting on Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to ...via Memeorandum -
Ginsburg temporarily blocks Chrysler deal
(Blog Post) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put a temporary hold Monday on the deal to sell Chrysler to save it from collapse. Her order, however, simply gives her or the full ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Analysis: Guns, “chukas,” and the states
“Second Amendment law,” a federal appeals court remarked earlier this week, “remains in its infancy.” But, only about a year after the Supreme Court’s landmark ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
A constitutional right to a gun
Answering a 127-year old constitutional question, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to have a gun, at least in one's ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Potential new obstacle to Hamdan trial
Military Commission Judge Keith J. Allred, a Navy captain, ruled that Salim Ahmed Hamdan is entitled to a hearing on whether he is to be classified as a prisoner of war. If, ...Posted by Beth Wellington
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