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• Merck Lawyers Concede Vioxx Fraud In 2001

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 580
  So can Merck have it both ways? For years, the drugmaker has argued there was no evidence to suggest that Vioxx was causing heart attacks and strokes before its September 2004 withdrawal. As recently as last month, Merck dismissed a new analysis in the Archives of Internal Medicine purporting to show links between the ...
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• In Parliament

  
  Pragati — Authority: 117
  The anti-defection law was passed by parliament in 1985. Twenty-five years down the road, it is pertinent to trace the several modifications and to evaluate how well the law has worked. The 52nd amendment to the Constitution added the Tenth Schedule which laid down the process by which legislators may be ...
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• Military Service, PTSD, and the Death Penalty

  
  Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog — Authority: 128
  A day before President Obama is to announce plans for escalating troop deployments in Afghanistan , the US Supreme Court issued an important ruling concerning returning veterans overwhelmed by the trauma of combat. The Court on Monday sent the death penalty case of George Porter back to the state of Florida ...
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• TURLEY BLOG MAKES TOP 100 — RACE BEGINS FOR TOP SPOT IN IMHO (OPINION) CATEGORY

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 618
  The moment has come. For the last twelve months, we have basked in the glory as the Top Law Professor and Legal Theory Blog. Now, the ABA has started the Third Annual Competition. The good news is that we once again made the top 100 blogs. However, the ABA has mixed things up a bit with new categories. We have ...
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• REPORT: Ford loses appeal in rollover case, must pay $55M

  
  ITsky — Authority: 146
  According to The Detroit News , the Supreme Court has let stand a ruling that Ford Motor Company is at fault for a 2002 rollover crash involving a 1997 Ford Explorer and the Dearborn, MI-based automaker must pay $55 million in punitive damages. Benetta Buell-Wilson’s Explorer rolled over four-and-a-half times after ...
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• Supreme Court Denies Cert in Benally

  
  Turtle Talk — Authority: 435
  The Supreme Court denied cert in Benally v. United States .
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• Charles Johnson ‘Breaks’ From the Right

  
  Outside The Beltway | OTB — Authority: 686
  In a move that has been coming for nearly two years, Charles Johnson has issued a manifesto explaining “Why I Parted Ways With The Right.”  For those who don’t know, Johnson is the founder and principal author of Little Green Footballs , one of the oldest and most popular blogs.  He’d was an elder ...
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• Argentina: Supreme Court Agrees to hear Gay Marriage Case

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 445
  Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt said the highest tribunal is currently analyzing a ruling on the possible legalization of same-sex marriages, as the first gay wedding, scheduled for today, had been suspended following a court injunction. Alex and José María, two leaders of the gay community, were ...
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• Argentina: Supreme Court Agrees to hear Gay Marriage Case

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt said the highest tribunal is currently analyzing a ruling on the possible legalization of same-sex marriages, as the first gay wedding, scheduled for today, had been suspended following a court injunction. Alex and José María, two leaders of the gay community, were ...
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• Argentina: Judge Intervenes to Halt Gay Couples Wedding

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 445
  A gay couple in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have had their wedding halted after a judge intervened at the last minute. Jose Maria Di Bello and partner Alex Freyre planned to marry today on World AIDS Day after Judge Gabriela Seijas ruled last month that the ban on gay marriage violated Argentinas constitution. ...
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• Tuesday Morning Dept of Warring in Afghanistan

  
  Page One — Authority: 544
  Today is World AIDS Day. [ HHS ] Lt. Dan supports a surge in Afghanistan. No word where Jack Conway stands. [ Hotline ] Speaking of Lt. Dan, he’s now a transportation expert. [ CART ] Mitch McConnell becomes the first to lie about CBO report on premiums. [ FireDogLake ] Expanded gambling ties paid ...
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• Missouri Supreme Court to Tackle Red Light Camera Issue

  
  goldiron — Authority: 144
  Missouri Supreme Court to Tackle Red Light Camera IssueMissouri Supreme Court agrees to hear case on the legality of red light camera hearings.  Do administrative hearings offered for contested red light camera violations violate Missouri law? The state’s highest court has agreed to take up the question next month. ...
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• Mich. Supreme Court adopts new recusal rules

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 636
  A sharply divided Michigan Supreme Court voted 4-3 to adopt new recusal rules for justices in cases where they may have an ethical conflict of interest. The changes were prompted by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found a violation of rights for parties before a state supreme court when one of the justices has an ...
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• Congress Courts Media, Obama not eligible, Billboard, December 1, 2009, Barack Obama not natural born citizen, US Constitution, Father Kenyan British, No birth certificate, Kerchner V Obama and Congress, Obama spends millions to avoid

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 566
  INTERNET BILLBOARD Article II, Sec. 1, cl. 5 of the US Constitution “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. . .” From the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution. “or if the ...
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• Justices Say Capital Cases Must Weigh War Trauma

  
  Death Penalty News — Authority: 527
  WASHINGTON — A death penalty lawyer’s failure to present evidence of the trauma his client suffered in combat in the Korean War requires a new sentencing hearing, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday. The decision makes clear that lawyers for clients facing the death penalty must present evidence of ...
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• California: DR Inmate Kevin Coopers Appeal Is Rejected

  
  Death Penalty News — Authority: 527
  The United States Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Kevin Cooper, a California death row inmate convicted of killing four people in 1983. Mr. Cooper and his supporters argue that others committed the murders and that evidence against him was planted by the police. Mr. Cooper was hours away from ...
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• SUPREME JUSTICE

  
  roarprawn — Authority: 475
  Finally we may see an end to a very interesting saga. It started here a long long time ago and has links to the infamous scampi scandal. Phil Kitchin explored some of the issues. ( by the way - where is the bugger-?) Even then we could see that this story, despite being extremely complicated, had legs. Today ...
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• Congressman BillyBob: Get-out-of-jail-free card for terrorists?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  When the ACLU loses on a security issue, America wins. And vice versa. On Monday, the ACLU lost when the Supreme Court overturned the Second Circuits order to release photos of alleged detainee abuse. The ACLU had sued to get the photos despite concerns that they could be used by our enemies to endanger American ...
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• Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat death case closed without probe

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Lucknow, (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 1 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh (UP) police have closed the case involving the suicide of Harminder Singh, Principal Secretary (Housing), stating there is nothing to inspect further.Singh, who was in charge of Mayawati’s pet project of building memorial parks filled with statues of Dalit ...
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• The Case Against Military Tribunals

  
  Patrick J. Buchanan — Authority: 575
  By Andrew P. Napolitano – Los Angeles Times It’s a violation of the Constitution to use the panels without a declaration of war — and just calling it a ‘war’ on terror doesn’t count. In the uproar caused by Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr.’s announcement that the alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks are ...
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