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• in Politics
  Lights, Cameras, ... Action in the Court
  SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan opens the door to cameras in the court for oral arguments. Amen to that.
  by davidguarino / on Jun 30, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “scalia”

 

• Supremes Say Reverse Payments May Be Antitrust Violation

  
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  On Monday, June 17, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision on so-called “reverse payments.” This decision will impact how brand name drug companies and generics enter into patent settlements to resolve pending patent litigation. In a nutshell, speaking for the majority, ...
  11 hours ago

• On DNA, Scalia was right

  
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  By Eugene Robinson The words “Antonin Scalia was right” do not flow easily for me. But the court’s most uncompromising conservative was correct when he issued a dire-sounding warning from the bench: “Make no mistake about it: Because of today’s decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a ...
  4 days ago

• Supreme Odds: How Will Justice Antonin Scalia Vote On Marriage Equality? (We’ll Give You One Guess)

  
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  The depth of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s antipathy to things gay became apparent in 1996, ten years after he joined the court. He had voted against the interests of gays before—allowing the U.S. Olympic Committee to bar Gay Games from calling itself Gay Olympics and allowing the organizers of ...
  4 days ago

• Justice Scalia: Not Down with Science

  
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  The Supreme Court issued three major decisions today , but Justice Scalia’s concurrence in the case on patenting genetic material,  Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. , definitely stood out. Apparently, Scalia doesn’t believe in the science behind the case. I join the judgment of ...
  4 days ago

• Justice Scalia: Not Down with Science

  
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  The Supreme Court issued three major decisions today , but Justice Scalia’s concurrence in the case on patenting genetic material,  Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. , definitely stood out. Apparently, Scalia doesn’t believe in the science behind the case. I join the judgment of ...
  4 days ago

• You Can’t Patent Human Genes

  
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  The litigious DNA molecule (the most litigious of ALL molecules) Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they get it REALLY right, and today, the Supreme Court got it really right: Supreme Court Rules Human Genes May Not Be Patented Adam Liptak / New York Times WASHINGTON — Human genes may not be patented, ...
  5 days ago

• Republican Science Denial Hits New Low

  
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  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is a molecular biology denier .
  5 days ago

• "I join the judgment of the Court, and all of its opinion except Part I–A and some portions of the..."

  
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  “I join the judgment of the Court, and all of its opinion except Part I–A and some portions of the rest of the opinion going into fine details of molecular biology. I am unable to affirm those details on my own knowledge or even my own belief. It suffices for me to affirm, having studied the opinions below and the ...
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• Present-Day Panopticon: Understanding Secret NSA Surveillance In Context

  
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  Part of Willey Reveley’s 1791 blueprint of English philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s proposed (but never built) “panopticon.” While his proposal was for a physical prison allowing all inmates to be simultaneously observed by wardens, Bentham and subsequent social theorists like Michel Foucault have commented on how ...
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• Antonin Scalia Does Not Believe in Molecular Biology

  
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  Justice Antonin Scalia agrees with his fellow Supreme Court justices that naturally occurring genes cant be patented. Where he appears to differ: The existence of genes, the basic science of genetics, molecular biology, and evolution. He just dissented from all of the above. Read more...        
  5 days ago

• Waiting for Fisher....

  
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  Another Supreme Court opinion-announcement day...  ADDED:  First up is American Trucking v. LA , a Kagan opinion. They announce opinions in order of seniority, and Kagan is least senior. Something about trucks... and preemption. [ALSO: This case has a concurring opinion from Justice Thomas saying Congresss ...
  5 days ago

• Seib & Wessel: What We’re Reading Thursday

  
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  How a peaceful protest in Turkey turned into a violent nightmare, and more recommended reading from around the web.
  5 days ago

• DNA Gathering

  
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  (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In some states, the police are allowed to gather DNA samples upon making an arrest-even before the person is actually charged (let alone convicted). As might be guessed, this has raised concerns from those who are concerned about privacy issues. However, there are those who regard the ...
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• Does The Supreme Court Follow Marriage Polls?

  
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  Another day, another poll show solid support for marriage equality. This time it’s a poll that shows nearly six in 10 Californians now favor same-sex marriage . Yes, those same folks who brought us Proposition 8 are now ready to throw the rice at our weddings.  Even seniors, who once opposed marriage equality by a ...
  6 days ago

• Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

  
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  Tomorrow is the First Friday of June as well as the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Editors note:  Some Catholics may look upon solemnities which fall on a Friday as an excuse not to perform some penance or to abstain from meat - which is permitted - the obligation is removed.  However, traditionally, ...
  1 week ago

• Principles Make Strange Bedfellows …

  
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  Who would have ever thought  Justices Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor would share an opinion on the court.  Yet this group formed the dissenting opinion in the controversial DNA testing case recently ruled on by the Supreme Court.  But, then again, whoever thought that WWTFT ...
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• “Attorney Barry Scheck on taking DNA from suspected criminals”

  
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  NBC NEWS By Collier Meyerson On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a controversial decision to uphold the sampling of some suspected criminals’ DNA, a practice at least 26 states have already implemented. In a 5-4 ruling, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia sided with the liberal justices and wrote the ...
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• Welcome to the “Genetic Panopticon”

  
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  In a forceful blow to the Fourth Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can collect DNA from people who have been arrested—but who have not been convicted, and may never be. read more
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• Antonin Scalia, my hero for a day

  
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  I’ve often made fun of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, because he deserved it. Well, today he deserves my praise, and the praise of every other American, for his brilliant defense of the Fourth Amendment, unfortunately in a dissent, protesting the Court’s decision to allow states to take DNA samples from ...
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• “Swab First, Ask Questions Later”

  
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  Deoxyribonucleic acid  ( DNA ): the wonder molecule.  It encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses. From genetic engineering to forensics to bioinformatics to nanotechnology, DNA is the defining characteristic of of human ...
  1 week ago

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