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added 2007 Thu Jun 14 8:39:19 by populist
In Bush v. Constitution, the issue before the court was, "whether the Constitution's antiquated espousal of 'liberty' and 'checks and balances' should definitively establish the powers of federal government."
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 17:25:53 by TimALoftis
40th Anniversary Of Supreme Court Ruling That Overturned State Laws Barring Interracial Marriage
added 2007 Wed May 30 20:46:31 by DonDavis
Too bad there's too little discrimination between good and evil.
added 2007 Wed May 23 4:30:32 by populist
The courts are not the only branch responsible for upholding the Constitution. Indeed, the president's decisions -- such as whether to conduct surveillance of terrorist suspects without warrants, support a constitutional amendment on gay marriage and continue support for faith-based charitable organizations -- in large measure determine the constit
added 2007 Sat May 5 12:22:08 by RizlaRoll
Since the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 abortion-rights decision in Roe v. Wade,1 the law has taken the lead in defining the contours of the continuing public debate over reproductive liberty.
added 2007 Mon Apr 30 20:05:23 by jeremytoday
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal by two Guantanamo prisoners who face trial before a military tribunal and who sought review now of an anti-terrorism law that President George W. Bush pushed through Congress last year.
added 2007 Sat Apr 28 17:16:02 by populist
Traditional small government conservatives suddenly become big government legislators of morality when the abortion issue crops up. Despite the absence of any Constitutional evidence of Congressional authority, the typical cries of Judicial Activism are curiously absent when the Court hands down a decision that flies in the face of Roe v Wade.
added 2007 Thu Apr 26 18:22:49 by SusanParrish
EPA scientists believed "greenhouse gases," such as carbon dioxide, fail to meet the Clean Air Act's definition of airborne pollutants. Astoundingly, a majority of non-scientists in robes ruled that they did. The Court found that the EPA not only had the authority to regulate emissions but actually carried the legal responsibility to do
added 2007 Wed Apr 18 17:36:51 by TechnologyExpert
The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench. The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman's constitutiona

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added 2007 Mon Apr 2 17:43:08 by TechnologyExpert
The Supreme Court ordered the federal government on Monday to take a fresh look at regulating carbon dioxide emissions from cars, a rebuke to Bush administration policy on global warming.
added 2007 Mon Apr 2 17:34:41 by jeremytoday
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Guantanamo detainees who want challenge their five-year-long confinement in court, a victory for the Bush administration's legal strategy in its fight against terrorism.
added 2007 Sun Mar 25 6:02:34 by gatitabonitasen
A Satire On The Bushite Crushing of the Supreme Court and How We can fix it. It is time to end the lifetime Membership of the Supreme Court Judges and it is time to end political sponsorship of its members based on corporate and fascist, avarice. We were ordained a nation of the people, by the people and for the people, not a nation of the fasci
added 2007 Sat Mar 3 2:58:27 by populist
A US federal appeals court on Friday upheld a refusal to hear the case of a Lebanese-born German man who says he was tortured by the CIA, citing national security reasons.
added 2007 Mon Jan 29 9:18:19 by gatitabonitasen
With the ongoing crisis of America being held hostage by a rogue, runaway executive branch, we thought it was time to return to the scene of the original crime that made this horror possible: the theft of an election from the American people by five members of the Supreme Court. It may be January of 2007 when we write this updated commentary on
added 2007 Sun Jan 21 17:54:24 by Stephen Johnson
By Jan Crawford Greenburg - The departures of O'Connor and Rehnquist produced a titanic conflict over their successors, one that turned allies into enemies, damaged reputations and reopened old wounds. Yet, after bizarre missteps and strategic brilliance at the highest levels, Bush engineered lasting change in the court, succeeding where past Repub
added 2007 Mon Jan 15 15:28:03 by TimALoftis
Two New York newspapers say a deposed Brooklyn politician allegedly sold a judgeship for at least $50,000 in cash and another $6,000 in stamps.
added 2007 Sun Jan 14 5:49:42 by PaganGodess
Just days after the Rev. Pat Robertson claimed on his "700 Club" program that God warned him of "mass killings" in the United States late in 2007, God held a rare news conference today to deny having spoken to the controversial televangelist.