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Supreme Court Refuses Harjo, Redskins Can Keep Trademark
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While it is not easy for a Dallas Cowboys fan like myself to write about a Redskins victory with any enthusiasm, the Washington Redskins clearly scored a bigger victory on Monday than any victory this non-playoff team will have all season long on the field. The United States Supreme Court earlier today announced that ...4 hours ago -
U.S. Supreme Court jumps in bed with the Miami fascists
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Christian Science Monitor November 16, 2009 School board members in Miami have won their battle to remove a childrens book from the shelves of Miami-Dade school libraries because they said the book presented an inaccurate picture of life in Cuba. On Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to take up the case of ...4 hours ago -
Reinhardt Reversed for Third Time in Same Case
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Orin Kerr writes at the Volokh Conspiracy : "The basic dynamic of Ninth Circuit liberal lion Stephen Reinhardt overturning a death sentence in a habeas case – and then the U.S. Supreme Court reversing Reinhardt — happens so often that it normally would not merit comment. But here’s a slight twist: Today the ...6 hours ago -
Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit a Third Time in Bludgeon Murder Case
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For the third time, the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and restored the death penalty for a man convicted of the bludgeon murder of a 19-year-old woman in 1981. The Supreme Courts per curiam opinion (PDF) said it is “fanciful” to believe that a lawyer ...7 hours ago -
US supreme court rejects bid against Washington Redskins NFL team
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American Indian activists have called the teams mascot offensive and derogatory The US supreme court has rejected an effort by American Indian activists to force the Washington Redskins NFL team to change its name, which many Indians say is an offensive racial slur. American sport has undergone a cultural ...8 hours ago -
Supreme Court Won’t Decide Challenge to Redskins Name
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The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal that claims the trademark for the Washington Redskins name should have been denied because it is racially disparaging. The legal issue was whether a trademark challenge based on offensiveness can be dismissed for being filed too late, the Wall Street Journal ...8 hours ago -
Sotomayor Asks 11.2 Questions Per Argument, Outpacing Roberts in 2005
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The court’s newest justice isn’t shy or apologetic in her questioning of lawyers during Supreme Court oral arguments. During the court’s second two-week cycle of arguments, Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked an average of 11.2 questions per argument, more than Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. at the same point in ...10 hours ago -
It will take decades to execute Fort Hood shooter
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Washington, Nov.16 (ANI): Major Nidal Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist, took just seven minutes to kill 13 people and injure more than 30 at Fort Hood in Texas earlier this month, but under the rules of military justice, his execution would require the US Supreme Court to rule on two separate appeals and for the [...]14 hours ago -
World Lovefest for Obama not found in Philippines
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Obama is the 3rd term of Bush. Bayan and other cause-oriented groups are expected to launch protest rallies near the US embassy in Manila today. The groups were protesting the permanent and continuing presence of US troops in the Philippines under the Visiting Forces Agreement and the reported additional military ...1 day ago -
Kerchner V Obama, Appeal, November 14, 2009, Update, Charles Kerchner, Mario Apuzzo, U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, Philadelphia PA, Obama not natural born citizen
Citizen Wells —
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Just in from Charles Kerchner, lead plantiff in Kerchner V Obama, Congress, November 14, 2009. “The Kerchner v Obama & Congress lawsuit has been appealed and is now formally Docketed by the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia PA as docket number 09-4209. Copy available via this link.” ...2 days ago -
Obama shows proper way to kowtow
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but he didn’t apologize for Hiroshima yet! Then you have Cheney meeting Japan’s Emperor Akihito. Watching the video is even worse. It is like the old time comedy movies where the person doesnt know when to stop bowing. Obama bowed to Emperor Akihito then bows his wife then bows a couple more times . tags ...2 days ago -
Global Warming News: Campaign I could get behind
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Contestants vying for the Miss Earth 2009 crown pose with placards and plants in their swimsuits in front of press photographers in Manila on November 4, 2009. 87 beauties championing green causes took part in the Miss Earth beauty pageant, with the aim to spread awareness on environmental issues. The winner will be ...2 days ago -
Hasan Called Himself Soldier of Allah on Business Cards
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Does that make him a terrorist? Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan called himself a "soldier of Allah" on business cards found in his apartment after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood in which he is accused of murdering 13 people. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, reportedly obtained the business cards over the Internet. In ...3 days ago -
Military religious diversity leads to non-uniform uniform
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Is political correctness destroying the military? The U.S. Army is making an exception to a decades-old rule and will allow a Sikh doctor to serve without removing his turban and cutting his hair. The New York-based Sikh Coalition says Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi is the first Sikh to be allowed to go on active duty ...3 days ago -
Recanvassing shows NY-23 race tightens
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Conservative Hoffman could be declared the official winner. Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was down 5,335 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted on election night, and he had barely won his ...3 days ago -
Obamacare future: Fat pregnant women refused care in UK
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UK’s NHS has rationing. Obamacare will have rationing. Overweight mothers-to-be in a Somerset town are being sent to a hospital in Bristol to give birth because the local unit cannot cope with their size. Weston General Hospital has a low-risk, midwife-led birth centre and said it could only admit expectant ...3 days ago -
Feingold: Sept. 11 Prosecutions Will Advance Justice and American World Standing
Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog —
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The decision to prosecute five people accused of involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in federal court in New York drew support Friday from US Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) in comments at a one-hour discussion at Marquette University Law School. “That’s the way to go,” said Feingold, who has been ...3 days ago -
Do the Justices Play Nicely Together?
Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog —
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For the second autumn in a row, the federal public defenders here in Milwaukee were kind enough to invite me to speak on the U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal docket, reviewing last term’s cases and previewing the new term. The event is a great opportunity for me to think about patterns and themes that cut across ...3 days ago -
Revised Prison Plan Goes to Federal Court
Featured States News —
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Original Author: Brian Leubitz Last we heard from the prison situation, the three judge panel had told the state to do better than their plan to reduce the population by 27,000. Yesterday, the administration presented a plan to release the 40,000+ that the court had ordered, ...3 days ago -
SCOTUS Fantasy League Debuts
Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog —
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Hey, Supreme Court buffs, think you can handicap the high court’s cases better than you can Packers games? If so, you might want to join the Premier Supreme Court Fantasy League . As detailed in this post on the WSJ Law Blog , participants gets points for accurately predicting not only the bottom-line outcome ...3 days ago
