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News Rights group sues over Nebraska abortion law requiring psychological screening
Rights group sues over Nebraska abortion law requiring psychological screening
Andrea Bottorff
June 29, 2010 07:27:56 am

Women's rights group Planned Parenthood of the Heartland filed a lawsuit on Monday opposing a new Nebraska law that will require doctors to perform psychological screenings of patients seeking...

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News Senators offer opposing views on Kagan’s experience as confirmation hearings begin
Senators offer opposing views on Kagan’s experience as confirmation hearings begin
Sarah Miley
June 28, 2010 03:06:50 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings Monday for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan , with Democratic and Republican senators offering contrasting interpretations of Kagan's judicial philosophy and lack of experience...

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News Supreme Court to rule on Arizona immigration employment law
Supreme Court to rule on Arizona immigration employment law
Hillary Stemple
June 28, 2010 02:25:52 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in six cases. In Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria , the court will determine whether an Arizona statute imposing sanctions...

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News Supreme Court rules Sarbanes-Oxley oversight board unconstitutional
Supreme Court rules Sarbanes-Oxley oversight board unconstitutional
Sarah Miley
June 28, 2010 01:49:11 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act...

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News Supreme Court rules Second Amendment applies to states
Supreme Court rules Second Amendment applies to states
Hillary Stemple
June 28, 2010 11:15:20 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in McDonald v. Chicago that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment makes the Second Amendment right...

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News Supreme Court rules some business methods patentable subject matter
Supreme Court rules some business methods patentable subject matter
Christian Ehret
June 28, 2010 11:08:17 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Bilski v. Kappos that business method patents may qualify as patentable subject matter but that a specific method...

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News Supreme Court upholds ‘all comers’ mandate for student group funding at public school
Supreme Court upholds ‘all comers’ mandate for student group funding at public school
Sarah Miley
June 28, 2010 09:25:50 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez that the "all comers" policy at the University of California-Hastings School of Law...

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News Rights group urges Honduras to investigate violations stemming from 2009 coup
Rights group urges Honduras to investigate violations stemming from 2009 coup
Hillary Stemple
June 28, 2010 09:04:50 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday accused the Honduran government of failing to address human rights violations stemming from the June 2009 coup that removed Manuel Zelaya from power....

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News Noriega money laundering trial begins in France
Noriega money laundering trial begins in France
Sarah Miley
June 28, 2010 08:41:07 am

The trial of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega began Monday in a Paris criminal court. Noriega faces money laundering charges in France for allegedly laundering $3 million in drug profits by purchasing property in...

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Kyrgyzstan voters approve new constitution
Hillary Stemple
June 27, 2010 03:33:25 pm

Kyrgyzstan interim President Roza Otunbayeva announced Sunday that voters approved a new constitution that will allow the interim government to establish a legitimate government through parliamentary elections in the fall. Otunbayeva will remain...

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