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Will affirmative action survive the Supreme Court?
Posted on February 22, 2012, at 4:19 PMThe conservative Roberts Court just accepted a blockbuster case that poses a threat to university policies designed to foster racial diversity
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The Supreme Court ruling on warrantless GPS tracking: 'Simply wrong'?
Posted on January 24, 2012, at 6:02 PMThe nation's highest court unanimously deems it illegal to digitally track a person's vehicle without a warrant. Will that help criminals go undetected?
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Time for the Supreme Court to allow swearing on TV?
Posted on January 11, 2012, at 6:21 PMCurse words and nudity are all over cable TV. Now the Supreme Court is debating whether networks should be able to follow suit
The Supreme Court's 'potentially epic' term: 6 predictions
Posted on October 3, 2011, at 10:58 AMThe nation's highest court opens its doozy of a term Monday, and "ObamaCare," warrantless GPS tracking, and nudity on TV will all likely be on the docket
The Supreme Court denies an innocent man $14 million: The fallout
Posted on March 31, 2011, at 3:15 PMCivil rights activists howl after the nation's highest court overturns a multimillion-dollar verdict for a wrongfully-imprisoned man who spent 18 years on death row
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Arizona's election law: Will the Supreme Court side with the rich?
Posted on March 28, 2011, at 11:44 AMAn Arizona law that gives public money to political candidates who forswear private funding may be overturned
Why does Justice Scalia insult his colleagues?
Posted on March 11, 2011, at 3:35 PMThe conservative judge consistently lobs rhetorical bombs at his Supreme Court colleagues, says Linda Greenhouse in The New York Times
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Westboro Baptist Church wins Supreme Court ruling: The right decision?
Posted on March 2, 2011, at 3:50 PMThe highest court in the land rules that the strategically offensive anti-gay protests by Fred Phelps' church are protected by the First Amendment
Justice Clarence Thomas's 5-year silence: By the numbers
Posted on February 16, 2011, at 6:20 PMThe conservative Supreme Court justice is making history by staying speechless for so long. Here's how his silent streak breaks down
Should Justice Thomas recuse himself from a health care reform ruling?
Posted on February 10, 2011, at 10:36 AMHouse Democrats say he should, due to conflicts of interest stemming from his wife's lobbying. What are the chances of this actually happening?
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Justice Scalia's 'shocking' stance on sex discrimination
Posted on January 5, 2011, at 11:48 AMWomen's rights advocates are seething after Scalia says the Constitution does not prohibit discrimination against women and gays
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Justice Scalia: Teaching lawmakers 'Constitution 101'
Posted on December 15, 2010, at 12:23 PMMichele Bachmann has asked the Supreme Court justice to lead a seminar on the Constitution. Is that really appropriate?
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The 'tragedy' of Bush v. Gore: Ten years later
Posted on November 30, 2010, at 12:56 PMThe historic case that decided the 2000 election was supposed to be an anomaly, says Jeffrey Toobin at The New Yorker, but it was actually a preview of the Supreme Court's partisan future
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Violent video games: Protected by the First Amendment?
Posted on November 3, 2010, at 3:21 PMThe Supreme Court considers whether a ban on selling gory games to minors is unconstitutional
Should Anita Hill apologize to Clarence Thomas?
Posted on October 21, 2010, at 11:23 AMThomas' wife, Virginia, is asking for one, 19 years after Hill's testimony nearly derailed the Supreme Court Justice's confirmation. Should Hill comply?
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Why Clarence Thomas' wife asked Anita Hill to apologize: 5 theories
Posted on October 20, 2010, at 3:16 PMNearly two decades after her husband's ugly confirmation hearings, Virginia Thomas called up Anita Hill and asked for an apology. Why? — and why now?
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