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Mitch McConnell and the Chamber of Commerce Tell the Supreme Court to Double Down on Citizens United
Mitch McConnell. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr)The Supreme Court is currently considering whether to hear a case that will enable it to correct its error in Citizens United and …
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Arizona Immigration Law’s Supporters, Opponents Rally Outside Supreme Court
Washington - “Los immigrantes, somos importantes!” protesters chanted Wednesday outside the Supreme Court. Immigrants, we are important. Others carried signs that said, “Exporting illegals = importing jobs for Americans!” Inside …
Disabled People Protest to Preserve Their Benefits
Joann Cross didn't travel from El Paso, Texas, to Washington, DC, to get arrested. In fact, she's always believed that getting arrested was the wrong way to make a …
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Justices Seem Sympathetic to Central Part of Arizona Law
A demonstrator holds a religious statue outside the Supreme Court in Washington, April 25, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)Washington - Justices across the ideological spectrum …
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Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Immigration Case This Week
Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. The US Supreme Court Building. (Photo: matt.h.wade) Washington — Immigration politics will hit the Supreme Court this …
More Than One Third of All US Executions Took Place in Texas
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. The Economist maps out every American execution since 1976, when the Supreme Court announced the …
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Secret Donor Gave Anti-Obama Group $10 Million, Watchdogs Demand IRS Crackdown
The name Crossroads Grassroots Political Strategies is misleading: much of the Karl Rove-affiliated group's funding comes from megarich donors, not a grassroots political movement, and campaign finance reformers say …
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Why the Supreme Court Matters
(Photo: Sean Lin / Flickr)When President Gerald Ford nominated him in 1975, Justice John Paul Stevens occupied the ideological center of the Supreme Court. By the time he retired …
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Obama vs Supreme Court Is Latest Episode in Recurring Rivalry
Washington - Barack Obama got off to a bad start with the Supreme Court the very moment he was sworn in as president, and it's not getting any better. …
Partisan Rulings Could Put Supreme Court on Trial in 2012
Rachel Maddow reviews the details of a controversial 5-4 Supreme Court ruling on strip searches.