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CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS a victim of credit-card fraud – Associated Press – POLITICO
By MB Snow at March 29, 2013 | 12:05 am
By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 3/28/13 WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts has been a victim of credit-card fraud. A Supreme Court spokeswoman said someone got hold of one of Roberts's credit card account numbers. The court did not provide any other details. via Chief Justice John Roberts a victim of credit-card fraud - Associated Press - ... Go To Article
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ANDREW C. MCCARTHY: Why Nine Glorified Lawyers Defining Marriage? – NRO
By MB Snow at March 27, 2013 | 12:40 pm
By Andrew C. McCarthy, March 26, 2013 Mark, you and Paul Mirengoff are exactly right to bemoan the absurdity of a system in which what Paul describes as “nine glorified lawyers” get to define the meaning of an ancient institution that is the fundamental building block of society. I’ve dealt with this in the context of national defense’s judicialization, which ... Go To Article
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JONATHAN LAST: High Noon for Marriage | WeeklyStandard
By MB Snow at March 27, 2013 | 12:00 pm
MAR 27, 2013 • BY JONATHAN V. LAST Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on California’s Proposition 8, which defines marriage as being between couples of the opposite sex. Today they’re hearing them on the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman at the federal level. Like Roe v. Wade, the high court’s ... Go To Article
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SUPREME COURT: On the Smug Side of History – AmericanSpectator
By MB Snow at March 27, 2013 | 10:29 am
By GEORGE NEUMAYR on 3.27.13 Liberalism grows ever more cocky and self-deluded. A country that stakes its future on lies will not have one. The fashionable lie of the moment is “gay marriage.” The push to deprive children of mothers and fathers for the sake of “genderless” marriage has never been stronger. The media propaganda about its “inevitability” ... Go To Article
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SUPREME COURT: Drug dog sniff is unconstitutional search, Supreme Court rules | Fox News
By MB Snow at March 27, 2013 | 10:12 am
Published March 27, 2013Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect's property to look for evidence without first getting a warrant for a search, a decision which may limit how investigators use dogs' sensitive noses to search out drugs, explosives and other items hidden from human ... Go To Article
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SUPREME COURT prepares for landmark gay marriage arguments | Fox News
By MB Snow at March 26, 2013 | 4:59 am
March 26, 2013, FoxNews.com The gay marriage debate lands before the Supreme Court Tuesday morning, as the justices weigh the first of two cases that could have sweeping implications for the states. Tuesday's historic arguments will center on California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriages. Spectators have been waiting in line since Thursday for the chance at ... Go To Article
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REVIEW & OUTLOOK:: Marriage and the Supreme Court – WSJ
By MB Snow at March 26, 2013 | 12:45 am
This week the Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage, amid shifting American mores and a healthy debate about equality. Yet the two cases before the High Court are less about the institution of marriage than the sanctity of democratic institutions and the proper role of the courts. Over time, through popular consent, the law comes to reflect an evolving social ... Go To Article
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MICHAEL McCONNELL:: The Constitution and Same-Sex Marriage – WSJ
By MB Snow at March 22, 2013 | 12:45 am
By MICHAEL MCCONNELL -- For most Americans, the Supreme Court cases being heard on Tuesday and Wednesday next week are about same-sex marriage. But the cases—Hollingsworth v. Perry (the Proposition 8 case from California) and U.S. v. Windsor (the Defense of Marriage Act case)—also are a test of the nation's democratic and decentralized constitutional structure. ... Go To Article
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JOHN FUND: The Demise of Section 5? – NRO
By MB Snow at March 1, 2013 | 7:29 am
By John Fund, MARCH 1, 2013 It’s become a politicized weapon wielded by the Justice Department. Liberal groups may very soon see a provision of the Voting Rights Act they cherish and exploit declared unconstitutional because they would not listen to the Supreme Court’s warning about its deficiencies. Instead, they engaged in a reactionary defense of a ... Go To Article
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VOTING RIGHTS:: Key part of voting rights law requiring federal oversight gets a Supreme Court challenge – WaPo
By MB Snow at February 27, 2013 | 10:32 am
By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 10:13 AM -- WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote. In a fast-paced, 70-minute argument, the court’s liberals and conservatives engaged in a ... Go To Article
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