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SF Gate
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The Justice Department overreached in prosecuting a former Bush administration official in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it dismissed some charges and ordered a new trial on others.
The decision overturns t..
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SF Gate
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A months-long logjam over a new government surveillance bill may be coming to an end, with Republicans offering a compromise that would let people who think they were illegally spied on by the government have their day in court — albeit a secret one...
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New York Times
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The Bush administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that revealed some of its harshest interrogation tactics.
Normally, that would force the government to defend..
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MSNBC
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The Bush administration is laying out a new secrecy defense in an effort to end a court battle about the White House visits of now-imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The administration agreed last year to produce all responsive records abo..
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MSNBC
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Michigan's Jan. 15 presidential primary can go forward, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday, keeping alive the state's bid to be one of the 2008 campaign's first contests.
The court decision should make it easier for New Hampshire Secretary of St..
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SF Gate
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The airport men's room where Sen. Larry Craig was arrested here in a police sting is in one of the busiest areas of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, at the intersection of five concourses and near a bustling mall and food court. Craig passe..
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Washington Post
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A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that FBI agents violated the Constitution during their search of Rep. William J. Jefferson's Capitol Hill office last year, and ordered the agency to return all privileged materials.
In a 3 to 0 ruling, the U.S...
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CNN
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The Senate, in a high-stakes showdown over national security, voted late Friday to temporarily give President Bush expanded authority to eavesdrop on suspected foreign terrorists without court warrants.
The House, meanwhile, rejecte..
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Washington Post
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was rushed to a hospital here Monday afternoon after suffering a seizure at his summer island home, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.
Roberts, 52, fell on a dock after having a "benign idiopathic seizure," said Kathlee..
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Washington Post
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A federal appeals court removed a serious legal challenge to the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program yesterday, overruling the only judge who held that a controversial surveillance effort by the National Security Agency was unconstitutio..
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CNN
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If there is one thing Supreme Court justices -- and perhaps every federal judge -- will agree on, it is that they are not being paid enough.
The subject of judicial salaries has been a lonely cause for years among the 875 or so members of the U.S. benc..
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Washington Post
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The Supreme Court yesterday substantially weakened restrictions on the kinds of television ads that corporations and unions can finance in the days before an election, providing special interest groups with the opportunity for a far more expansive role in..
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CNN
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President Bush responded Monday to a Supreme Court ruling by ordering federal agencies to find a way to begin regulating vehicle emissions by the time he leaves office.
In a Rose Garden announcement, Bush said he wanted to move ahead, pending any separ..
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CNN
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An aide to Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, accepted $30,000 worth of tickets from Jack Abramoff and took a golf junket to Scotland in exchange for assisting the lobbyist, according to court papers filed Monday.
The aide, Mark Zachares, will plead guilty Tues..
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MSNBC
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Action at state level likely
The outcome is likely to spur efforts at the state level to place more restrictions on abortions.
“I applaud the Court for its ruling today, and my hope is that it sets the stage for further progress in the fight to en..
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Denver Post
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Numerous press accounts have claimed that the Supreme Court is about to make a landmark First Amendment ruling in a case based on a 2002 incident in which an Alaskan student waved a banner with the words "Bong hits 4 Jesus."
These reports are almost su..
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Los Angeles Times
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Angry lawmakers on Friday threatened to amend the USA Patriot Act and limit the FBI's powers in the wake of a disclosure that agents had improperly obtained confidential records of people in the United States.
A scathing report issued Friday by the ins..
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Yahoo News
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The U.S. Supreme Court debated on Wednesday whether taxpayers can contest the use of government funds for church-related activities, with examples about presidential travel to address religious groups and bagels served at prayer breakfasts.
The theoret..
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New York Times
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The Supreme Court’s decision yesterday overturning a nearly $80 million punitive damage award against Philip Morris is a win for corporate wrongdoers. It stretches the Constitution’s guarantee of due process in a way that will make it easier for compa..
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pressesc.com
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A court in the United States ruled today that the passage of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 by Congress eliminated the statutory right to challenge an individual's detention in the courts. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represe..
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