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13 Oct 2009 10:47

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Biz: Enron’s Jeffrey Skilling gets a Supreme Court hearing for his trial

  • Man, if he gets off … Skilling, the Enron executive who didn’t have the, uh, fortune of dying just before getting sentenced, will get his day in front of the Supreme Court due to questions about the judgment. Skilling says the legal claim that he deprived the company of “honest services” is invalid, and notes that an argument that he did it for personal gain was never made. So off to the top court it goes. source
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06 Oct 2009 20:11

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U.S.: The Supreme Court tackles a case only Michael Vick could love

  • It’s not up to the government to decide what are people’s worst instincts. One can contemplate a lot of other areas, where government could say: You are appealing to people’s worst instincts, and, therefore, movies cannot be made.
  • Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia • Discussing a law that bans the sale and marketing of videos that show dog fighting or other forms of animal cruelty. Justice Samuel Alito sarcastically refuted: “What about people who like to see human sacrifices? Suppose that is legally taking place someplace in the world. I mean, people here would probably love to see it.” We plan to redesign our Web site based on Mr. Alito’s suggestion. Hanging in the balance is the fate of Pittsville, Virginia, Robert Stevens, who sold a series of videos depicting animal cruelty. • source
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05 Oct 2009 11:09

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Politics: Daily poll: A litmus test of the Supreme Court’s ideology

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25 Sep 2009 00:40

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U.S.: She’ll be OK: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized

  • It’s a precaution. Ginsburg, who was being treated for an iron deficiency, fell ill today and passed out. They took her to the hospital, where she is currently being held. The 76-year-old Ginsburg revealed earlier this year that she’s suffering from pancreatic cancer, so everyone’s on pins and needles about the Supreme Court justice’s health. source
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06 Aug 2009 20:26

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U.S.: Example No. 1 of GOP Obama fury: The Sonia Sotomayor vote

  • 31 Senators voted against her, all of them Republicans source
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14 Jul 2009 20:31

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U.S.: Sonia Sotomayor: Running through hoops like Sonic the Hedgehog

  • When I worked hard at trying to convince my colleagues of something after listening to them, they’ll often try it for a while. I mean, we’ll have to talk together. We’ll have to figure out that issue together.
  • Supreme Court justice candidate Sonia Sotomayor • On dealing with her potential fellow justices on issues of politics and hashing out disagreements. Sotomayor’s been putting on quite a show during her Senate hearings the last two days with the wording of her answers. She’s willing to be a critic of herself, correcting things she’d said that have been turned back on her, and overall keeping her composure in a situation that would knock others flat. No matter your political persuasion, she’ll probably be a good justice for these aspects alone. • source
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13 Jul 2009 18:46

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U.S.: “Jane Roe” arrested for interrupting Supreme Court hearing

  • Officers, please remove whoever is causing the disturbance.
  • Senator Patrick Leahy • In response to anti-abortion protesters Norma McCorvey and Francis Mahoney at Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing today. McCorvey, best known as “Jane Roe” in the landmark 1973 Supreme Court abortion case Roe v. Wade, and Mahoney were arrested for yelling during the proceedings.  • source
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12 Jul 2009 11:52

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U.S.: Republicans, Democrats agree: Sotomayor won’t face a Senate fight

  • The GOP doesn’t have the votes for it anyway. Rather than force a political showdown over a Latina woman’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the Republicans were all over this morning’s talk shows saying that they’d probably be unable to filibuster her – although saying that she would be vetted really well. Barring any skeletons in her closet – literal or otherwise – she should have an easy time finding a comfortable seat between Stevens and Ginsburg. source
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05 Jul 2009 12:14

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Politics: Sonia Sotomayor is giving the GOP major spin troubles

  • Republicans appear to have given up fighting her nomination. The Supreme Court nominee, who goes up against the Senate next week, appears – much like the guy that nominated her, Barack Obama – to be a tough cookie to crack. She’s a minority and a woman – two groups the party struggles with – and worse, Sen. Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has fought off allegations of racism in the past. Plus, the GOP has just 40 votes in the Senate. Which sure makes it seem like they’ve given up on fighting back, doesn’t it? source
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01 Jul 2009 10:59

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U.S.: The Supreme Court’s rightward lean leaned further right this term

The Supreme Court took a right-leaning turn this term, with the five conservative-leaning justices getting their way most of the time. source
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