Al-Bihani v. Obama, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, January 5, 2010 [holding that the president has broad authority to detain suspected terrorists, and finding that the detention of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee...

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2009 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, US Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Judicial Conference of the United States, December 31, 2009 [reporting in a one-page document that the federal courts were "operating soundly" and thanking judges and court...

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United States of America v. Slough, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, December 31, 2009 [dismissing voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges against five Blackwater guards indicted for involvement in the deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in...

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to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce, and for other purposes, US Senate, December 24, 2009 [seeking to expand affordable...

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