Recent Updates
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Wash. Supreme Court rules Internet filters OK
Legal News Feed 05/07/2010The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that public libraries can use Internet filters to block content.In a 6-3 ruling Thursday, the court says public libraries have discretion about which Internet content to allow, just as they decide which ma...
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Perry: Don't speculate about oil spill
Legal News Feed 05/05/2010Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday it's not wise to speculate about what caused an explosion and massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and he defended his use of the term "act of God" to describe the disaster.Perry said Tuesday the phrase — which ...
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Lawmakers call for restrictions on political ads
Legal News Feed 04/29/2010Lawmakers are urging Congress to move swiftly to put restrictions on corporate and union sponsorship of political campaign ads.They are seeking to counteract a January ruling by the Supreme Court which upheld the First Amendment rights of such groups...
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Obama counsel on court choice: firmness, finesse
Legal News Feed 04/25/2010White House counsel Bob Bauer, President Barack Obama's point man in the search for a new Supreme Court justice, manages to get credit both for an even temperament and his finesse with a sledge hammer.The combination is evident in one of Bauer's favo...
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Senate confirms Asian-American for appeals court
Legal News Feed 04/23/2010The Senate has voted 98-0 to confirm Judge Denny Chin to fill an opening on a New York-based appeals court. He will be the only Asian-American currently serving on a U.S. Court of Appeals.Chin is a U.S. district judge in New York. He will serve on th...
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Judge says ex-Detroit mayor violated probation
Legal News Feed 04/21/2010A judge ruled Tuesday that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick violated terms of his probation by failing to report some of his assets but held off deciding whether to send him to jail.Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner said Kilpatrick c...
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Groups look for tea party support on nomination
Legal News Feed 04/14/2010Conservative groups preparing to fight President Barack Obama over his next Supreme Court nomination are trying to recruit tea party activists to their cause, hoping their enthusiasm will help them beat back any nominee that could be too liberal for ...
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Appeals Court Nominee Ignites a Partisan Battle
Legal News Feed 04/13/2010When President Obama nominated Goodwin Liu to be an appeals court judge earlier this year, some on the left cheered. Mr. Obama had previously picked a succession of nominees who they believed were too centrist to counter the conservatives appointed d...
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Leahy won't delay hearing for appeals court pick
Legal News Feed 04/08/2010Senate Democrats have rejected a Republican effort to delay a hearing for a liberal appeals court nominee, making clear they are ready for a partisan fight.A hearing for University of California-Berkeley, law professor Goodwin Liu will go on as sched...
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RNC to take fundraising case to Supreme Court
Legal News Feed 03/29/2010The Republican National Committee says it will take a dispute over the kind of money it can raise to the Supreme Court.The RNC plans to ask the court to overturn a ruling Friday rejecting its bid to raise unlimited donations.A three-judge federal cou...
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Bill McCollum, Democrats trade shots about lawsuit
Legal News Feed 03/26/2010Days after Florida Republicans assaulted President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, the state's Democrats launched a political counter-attack Thursday aimed squarely at the GOP's front-runner for governor: Attorney General Bill McCollum. First, Sen...
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In John Roberts, Obama Finds Perfect Foil
Legal News Feed 03/17/2010Barack Obama is gunning for a confrontation with the Supreme Court, and Chief Justice John Roberts has signaled that he welcomes the fight. Last week, the chief justice described the president’s State of the Union condemnation of the Citizens United ...