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GOP-Backed Student Loan Plan Clears House Despite Veto Threat
South Dakota Lawmakers Push Bill for Mandatory Gun Ownership
Supreme Court Takes Death Row Appeal, Turns Down Campaign Finance Challenge
-Politics Daily StaffAn Alabama man, convicted of two killings in 1997, will get his day before the high court, after paper-work mix-ups halted his earlier appeals.
Supreme Court Clears Path Toward Post-Conviction DNA Testing
-Andrew CohenThe Justices made it easier -- but only slightly so -- for convicted prisoners to get DNA testing they say can exonerate them.
Jared Lee Loughner Case: Feds Add Murder Charges, Potential Death Penalty
-Andrew CohenA grand jury outlines the full contours of the federal case against the Tucson, Ariz., shooting suspect.
Supreme Court's 8-1 Westboro Ruling -- and Alito's Passionate Dissent
-Andrew CohenLone dissents are often the loudest. And sometimes the longest remembered.
Judge Says States Must Enforce Health Reform Law He Threw Out
-Tom DiemerJudge Roger Vinson stayed his own order to allow government more time to appeal his ruling in Florida's challenge to the health law -- part of tangle of cases likely to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Upholds Westboro Baptist Church's Right to Military Funeral Protests
-Andrew CohenThe protesters are "entitled to 'special protection' under the First Amendment," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, "and that protection cannot be overcome by a jury finding that the picketing was outrageous."
Third Federal Judge OKs Affordable Care Act
-Andrew CohenThe Constitution doesn't stop Congress from preventing 'free rides' on health insurance for people who would opt not to buy it, a federal judge says.
Justice Clarence Thomas: He Did It His Way
-Robert and Donna TrussellFun, fun, fun till Congress takes the freebies away.
Florida Homeless Advocates Claim 1st Amendment Right to Meet, Eat in Park
-Mark I. PinskyAn Orlando city ordinance restricting how often homeless people can be given free meals in parks is being challenged in federal court.
Former Sen. Russ Feingold Launches 'Progressive Movement'
-Tom DiemerThe co-sponsor of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law wants to fight the influence of corporate money which poured into GOP campaigns after the Supreme Court threw out key sections of the reform.
Legal Battle Over Tucson Defendant Jared Loughner's 'Real' Mug Shot
-Andrew CohenIn seeking to block the release of booking photos not yet seen by the public, Loughner's defense attorneys try to limit damage already done
Supreme Court Should Decide Fate of Health Law Promptly, Officials Say
-Tom DiemerFlorida Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican, both want the Supreme Court to begin immediately considering challenges to the new health care law.
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