US Supreme Court takes up tobacco case for third time
The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Dec 3, 5:47 pm ESTThe case involves an ongoing tug of war between the high court and the highest court in Oregon.
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Republicans File Suit to Overturn McCain Finance Law (Update1)
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 13, 5:16 pm ESTNov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican National Committee filed a new legal challenge to the 2002 campaign finance law that bans political parties from taking corporate, union and unlimited individual donations.
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Whales lose as top US court says Navy can keep sonar
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 12, 6:31 pm ESTThe US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled the US Navy can continue to use long-range sonar in exercises off the California coast, dismissing arguments that the practice was harmful to whales.
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Supreme Court Sides With Navy Over Whales
Wired News - Wed Nov 12, 6:20 pm ESTThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Navy can use mid-frequency sonar for training to defend against enemy submarines, despite potential risk to whales. This overturns a previous federal court ruling.
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Obama camp: Lawsuits by citizens are 'garbage'
WorldNet Daily - Thu Nov 13, 10:37 pm ESTMore than a half-dozen legal challenges have been filed in federal and state courts demanding President-elect Barack Obama's decertification from ballots or seeking to halt elector meetings, claiming he has failed to prove his U.S. citizenship status.
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U.S. Supreme Court Confronts Pleasant Grove Vs Summum Case On Religious Display
2News Salt Lake City - Wed Nov 12, 5:03 pm ESTThe Supreme Court warily confronted a case Wednesday that mixes limits on free speech with issues of church-state separation.
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Divided Supreme Court OKs Navy's sonar use
San Jose Mercury News - Thu Nov 13, 10:36 am ESTWASHINGTON — Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday that the nation's security outweighs the need to protect marine mammals from high-powered sonar during Navy training exercises, environmentalists said the fight was far from over.
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Kramer: Time to return to GOP values
Lincoln Journal Star - Fri Nov 14, 1:35 am ESTOMAHA — On the eve of the Republican national convention, David Kramer created a stir.
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Anita Hill Advocates For Racial, Gender Equality
WMTW Auburn - Fri Nov 14, 12:49 am ESTStudents at Bowdoin College receive a lesson in gender equality from the woman who raised national awareness about sexual harassment.
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Supreme Court lifts restriction on Navy sonar testing
Science News - Thu Nov 13, 7:10 pm ESTJustices overturn restrictions that require Navy to stop using sonar when marine mammals are within 2,200 yards of vessels
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U.S. Supreme Court lifts Stenson execution stay
The Spokesman-Review - Wed Dec 3, 1:06 pm ESTWASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted the federal stay of the execution of Darold Ray Stenson in Washington state, but a state court stay remained in effect.
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US Supreme Court lifts stay on Stenson execution
KOMO Seattle - Wed Dec 3, 2:26 pm ESTIn a brief written statement, Justice John Paul Stevens said that on procedural grounds, the stay ordered by U.S. District Judge Lonny Suko in Yakima, Wash., was not warranted.
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Justices' irritation with lower court could save tobacco giant millions
McClatchy Washington Bureau - Wed Dec 3, 4:21 pm ESTWASHINGTON — Tobacco giant Philip Morris USA might be partially freed from a $145 million punitive judgment, from the sounds of some Supreme Court justices Wednesday.
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Top U.S. Court May Back Power Plants, EPA on Clean-Water Rules
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 2, 2:14 pm ESTDec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices voiced support for letting federal regulators balance costs against benefits in deciding whether to impose new requirements on power plants to protect aquatic wildlife.
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Justices object to Oregon court's actions in tobacco case
Belleville News-Democrat - Wed Dec 3, 5:03 pm ESTTobacco giant Philip Morris USA might be partially freed from a $145 million punitive judgment, from the sounds of some Supreme Court justices Wednesday.
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U.S. Supreme Court chides appeals court in San Mateo murder case
Contra Costa Times - Tue Dec 2, 1:27 pm ESTThe Supreme Court took aim at one of its favorite targets Tuesday, criticizing a California-based federal appeals court for its ruling in favor of a criminal defendant.
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CHRONES, WARDEN v. PULIDO, MICHAEL R.. Decided 12/02/2008
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WINTER, SEC. OF NAVY, ET AL. v. NATURAL RESOURCES, ET AL.. Decided 11/12/2008
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