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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 ...
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Chief justice unsettled by Obama's criticism of Supreme Court
Legal News Feed 03/10/2010U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."Responding to a University of...
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Court will decide if NASA checks can continue
Legal News Feed 03/08/2010The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to referee a dispute between NASA and some of its independent contractors over required security checks, a decision that could affect how the federal government investigates the background of current and future empl...
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Obama nominates Berkeley prof to appeals court
Legal News Feed 02/25/2010A UC Berkeley constitutional law professor and civil rights advocate was nominated Wednesday by President Obama to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.Goodwin Liu, 39, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, learned English in kindergar...
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Calif court wants proof on confining sex predators
Legal News Feed 01/28/2010The California Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the constitutionality of a provision of "Jessica's Law" that lets authorities indefinitely confine sexually violent predators. It's the first of two decisions the court is expected to issue in the c...
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Supreme Court Voids Campaign Spending Curbs
Legal News Feed 01/22/2010A divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down decades-old restrictions on corporate campaign spending, reversing two of its precedents and freeing companies to conduct advertising campaigns that explicitly try to sway voters. The 5-4 majority, invoking th...