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Obama likely to push US courts away from right

thenews.com.pk
15-Nov-2008 2 related
        

Saturday, November 15, 2008 WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama will have a chance to appoint dozens of sympathetic judges to U.S. federal courts over the next four years, reversing the judiciary’s shift to the right under...

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The sonar ruling: National defense prevails

pittsburghlive.com
15-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Finally a decision on national security that isn't all wet: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed lower court rulings restricting the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises off the coast of Southern California.

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Magazine Opposes High Court Petition

law.com
15-Nov-2008
        

The National Geographic Society is challenging a photographer's U.S. Supreme Court petition for review, which, if granted, could revisit the high court's 2001 landmark copyright ruling that said publishers can't sell previously...

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Biden Says Cheney Was "Gracious" During First Meeting Since Election (AHN)

allheadlinenews.com
14-Nov-2008 219 related
        

Vice President Joe Biden Thursday night thanked his predecessor for hosting him in his future Washington home. Biden met Vice President Dick Cheney for the first time since the election at the the Naval Observatory in...

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CNN's Toobin Seems Puzzled by Difference Between a Gun and a Missile

newsbusters.org
14-Nov-2008
        

Liberal CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin appeared on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS on Wednesday night, and Smiley focused on several "hot button" issues that were largely ignored in the general election: campaign finance reform,...

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Obama likely to push courts away from right

reuters.com
14-Nov-2008 15 related
        

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will have a chance to appoint dozens of sympathetic judges to U.S. federal courts over the next four years, reversing the judiciary's shift to the right under President George...

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Former O'Melveny Partner to Become Biden's Chief of Staff

law.com
14-Nov-2008 95 related
        

Ronald Klain, a former O'Melveny & Myers partner and former chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore, will become Vice President-elect Joe Biden's new chief of staff. Klain, who began his legal career as a clerk to U.S. Supreme...

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Sonia Sotomayor: Obama’s First Supreme Court Appointment?

rightpundits.com
14-Nov-2008
        

Sonia Sotomayor is reportedly on Barack Obama’s short-list for the Supreme Court. If nominated and confirmed, she would be the first Hispanic person to serve as a Supreme Court justice. Sonia Sotomayor Biography of Sonia...

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Rep. Jon Kyl vows to filibuster Obama's possible Supreme Court nominees

clipmarks.com
13-Nov-2008 3 related
        

clipped by: ratilfarclipper's remarks: "Kyl said if Obama goes with empathetic judges who do not base their decisions on the rule of law and legal precedents but instead the factors in each case, he would try to block those...

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cnn.com: The U.S. Supreme Court hears a case mixing religion, politics and social norms with national implications. cnn.com

Supreme Court hears Utah park monument case

cnn.com
12-Nov-2008 135 related
        

The Supreme Court wrestled on Wednesday with how to handle a small religious group's effort to erect a granite monument in a Utah park, next to an existing Ten Commandments display, in a free-speech case involving competing...

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