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3 hrs ago | The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

Jackson Family Honored By Chief Justice Remarks

For the grandchildren of Robert H. Jackson, the speech delivered by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts offered a strong affirmation of their grandfather's legacy.

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Related Topix: US News, John G. Roberts, Jamestown, NY

7 hrs ago | The York Daily Record

Facebook tells appeals court ' like' feature is vital to free speech

Facebook's "Like" feature is vital to 500 million people who share ideas on the social network and must have free-speech protection under the Constitution, a lawyer for the company told a federal appeals court.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Hampton, VA, US News

11 hrs ago | St. Cloud Times

Judge grants injunction in Ark. abortion ban case

An Arkansas law banning most abortions 12 weeks into a woman's pregnancy won't take effect while a legal challenge is pending, a federal judge ruled Friday.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Arkansas, Mike Beebe, US Governors, US News

Fri May 17, 2013

Law.com

The brand new scrim covering the front of the US Supreme Court building

The occasion of the Supreme Court's spring musicale saw Broadway great Barbara Cook belting out jazz and oldtime favorites.

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Star-Telegram.com

8-year term for Bulger girlfriend upheld in Mass.

The longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger lost her bid to reduce the eight-year prison sentence she received for helping Bulger during his 16 years as a fugitive.

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Related Topix: US News, First Circuit Court of Appeals

WBKO-TV Bowling Green

Court: Law Applying Crack Sentences Retroactive

A federal appeals court has ruled that anyone serving prison time in a crack cocaine case should get a new sentence under a law lessening the sentences for offenders.

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Related Topix: Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

MLive.com

Bay Mills tribal casino gets reprieve, for now

Bay Mills Indian Community, which has a reservation located in the Upper Peninsula's Chippewa County, used trust earnings to purchase land in Vanderbilt and opened a casino there in November 2010.

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Related Topix: Chippewa County, MI, Vanderbilt, MI, US News, Lansing, MI, Gaylord, MI, Brimley, MI

Patch.com

Are Corporations People?

In 2010, the United States Supreme Court -- in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission -- ruled that many parts of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign reform law were unconstitutional and effectively removed campaign fund limits from corporations and other organizations.

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Related Topix: US News, Mitt Romney, US Politics

Thu May 16, 2013

The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

Robert H. Jackson Center Readies For Chief Justice Visit

Event organizers are pictured making the finishing touches outside the Robert H. Jackson Center in preperation for today's arrival of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

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Related Topix: US News, John G. Roberts

NBC Washington

The Voice of Maryland's Pregnant Worker Protection Law

A Maryland woman who says she lost work because she was pregnant became the voice for a new law protecting mothers in the workplace.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Martin O'Malley, US News

JD Supra

United States Supreme Court Victory for St. Louis-Based Monsanto

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, has held in favor of Monsanto on a patent infringement suit arising from the St.

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Related Topix: Monsanto, Chemicals, US News

Lawyers Weekly USA

Will Jolie's announcement affect SCOTUS gene ruling? Probably not

Earlier this week the actress revealed that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy after she tested positive for a gene that indicates an increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

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Related Topix: US News, Biotech, Medicine, Myriad Genetics, Healthcare Industry, Genetics, Biology, Science

The Beaumont Enterprise

Texas executes man for fatal shooting of officer

This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Jeffrey Williams.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Texas, Prison

Reuters

Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning

With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, Environmental Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Texas, Widener University

Wed May 15, 2013

Foster's Daily Democrat

Dingman, 3 others ask for resentencing in murders

Robert Dingman was in a courtroom Tuesday for the first time since he was given a mandatory life sentence in 1997 for killing his parents a year earlier at age 17.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, US News, Rochester, NH, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Advocate

Polls Show Pro-Equality Majorities in Mich., Ariz., and Va.

April DeBoer and her partner Jayne Rowse speak to the media in Detroit after a hearing in their lawsuit challenging Michigan's gay marriage ban in March.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Wedding, Virginia, Virginia Government, US News

Russia Taday

Feds delay approval of new Monsanto crops over environmental concerns

Biotech giant Monsanto faced a surprising setback after federal authorities refused to approve a new generation of genetically-engineered crops that could survive an unprecedented use of herbicides.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Biotech, Monsanto, Science / Technology, US News, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Star-Telegram.com

Legal challenges begin against ND abortion laws

Abortion rights activists on Wednesday filed the first of what they expect will be several legal challenges to laws recently approved in North Dakota that would make that state the most restrictive in the country for women to terminate their pregnancies.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Medicine, Fargo, ND, Jack Dalrymple, US Governors, US News

New York Daily News

Jolie, medicine & the law

Angelina Jolie 's revelation that she underwent a double mastectomy in hopes of heading off breast cancer highlights that an opportunity to advance the cause of women's health is now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Related Topix: US News, Patent / Trademark Law, Law, Biotech, Medicine, Myriad Genetics, Healthcare Industry, Opinion

Washington Times

Big victory for Monsanto in Supreme Court patent case

WASHINGTON, DC, May 14, 2013 In a unanimous ruling Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an Indiana farmer had infringed on Monsanto's patent rights by planting genetically modified soybeans he purchased from a grain elevator instead of the company or its authorized dealers.

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Related Topix: Monsanto, Chemicals, US News, Agriculture, Science, Inventions, Science / Technology, Patent / Trademark Law, Law