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1 hr ago | Boing Boing

Guatemala: Nation's highest court throws out Rios Montt genocide trial verdict and prison sentence

The Constitutional Court, the highest court in Guatemala , has just voted to annul the proceedings in the Rios Montt genocide trial from April 19th onward.

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2 hrs ago | Detroit News

Oakland County taking fight against Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to Supreme Court

Oakland County will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in its fight against mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after an appeals court blocked the county from recovering millions in real estate transfer taxes from the two lenders.

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Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Michigan

Mon May 20, 2013

Globe and Mail

Retiring justice accuses colleague of botching legal analysis

Supreme Court of Canada Justice Morris Fish is pictured on the front steps of Supreme Court on April 22, 2013 in Ottawa.

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Right Wing News

An Interview With Andy Schlafly: Can He Get Obamacare Overturned In The Supreme Court?

A Texas doctor sued the U.S. over President Barack Obama's health-care reforms on claims the U.S. Supreme Court overlooked when it upheld the Affordable Care Act last year.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, US News, Texas, US Politics, Barack Obama

WTOK-TV Meridian

Court Won't Get Involved in Mississippi Redistricting

The U.S. Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting.

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Related Topix: US News, African-American

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Supreme Court Takes Case On Prayer At Government Meetings

A challenge to the way a western New York State town board has had prayers read before its public meetings has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Related Topix: US News, Greece, NY

Reuters

UPDATE 1-U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic patent case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic Inc over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly.

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Shanghai Daily

IP regime benefits US monopolies

THE US Supreme Court recently began deliberations in a case that highlights a deeply problematic issue concerning intellectual property rights.

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

Toledo Blade

McCloskey's legal fees considered

With court rulings in the long-running corruption case of Bob McCloskey, left, apparently at an end, Toledo City Council is being asked to pay the fees of Jay Feldstein, right, the lawyer who represented former Councilman McCloskey.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, Toledo, OH, US News

Sun May 19, 2013

Grand Island Pennysaver

Higgins takes part in chief justice visit, presents bill naming...

Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, visited the Robert H. Jackson Center on Friday to take part in events featuring current U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Brian Higgins, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John G. Roberts, Jamestown, NY

WTVG-TV Toledo

Imprisoned Ohio Amish complain about schooling

Some of the Amish sentenced in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio are upset with federal prison education requirements.

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Related Topix: Prison, Ohio, Federal Prisons, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News

The City Wire

Arkansas Treasurer arrested, faces extortion charge

Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner, 68, has been arrested and is being held for the U.S. Marshals office under a charge of extortion.

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

UnionLeader.com

UNH Law School grads told to 'serve justice'

Two men who argued opposite sides in the U.S. Supreme Court case that decided the 2000 election offered life lessons - and their own example - to graduates of the University of New Hampshire School of Law on Saturday.

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Related Topix: US News, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, George Bush, W., John Lynch, US Governors

JD Supra

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Watch Begins As End of Term Nears

The U.S. Supreme Court must issue decisions on cases considered in the October 2012 Term before the session ends in June.

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The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

Notable Cases On Court's Upcoming Docket

The Supreme Court's 2012-13 term has included several notable cases, with decisions to be handed down anytime.

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Related Topix: US News, John G. Roberts, Texas, University of Texas at Austin

Sat May 18, 2013

BBC News

Frears: Ali film 'isn't about Ali'

The twice Oscar-nominated filmmaker's latest project, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which is being screened out of competition, is the only feature-length film by a major UK director at this year's event.

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Related Topix: The Greatest, Sport Movies, Celebrities, Muhammad Ali, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Will Smith, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, US News

Modern Healthcare

Regional News/South: It's not over yet

Georgia's Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital for $200 million, lost a key legal battle last week when a federal judge imposed what he called an "extraordinary and drastic" restraining order on the union.

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Related Topix: US News, Albany, GA, Putney, GA

Fairfax Times

Piece on candidates short on details

I read with interest your profiles of Virginia gubernatorial candidates Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe.

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Related Topix: US News, Bob McDonnell, Opinion

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

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