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High Court Rules for Texas Inmate Who Wants DNA Testing
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to a death row inmate in Texas who wants to test crime-scene evidence that he says may show he is innocent. The court's narrow, 6-3 ruling means that Hank Skinner, who was about an hour away from execution when the Supreme Court intervened last year, will not be put to death soon while his legal case continues. Michael Graczyk, AP Hank Skinner, here in December 2009, is on death row in Texas for triple slaying in on New Year's Even 1993. But the decision will not necessarily result in Skinner winning the right to ...
Supreme Court Sides With Westboro Baptist Church; Twitter Reluctantly Agrees
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsWho ever said that free speech would be easy? Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, a small group, made up mostly of members of the Phelps family, that stages protests at military funerals (and other places). The case, Snyder v. Phelps, was filed by the father of a fallen soldier, whose funeral was protested by Westboro. "Speech is powerful. It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and -- as it did here -- inflict great pain. On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker," ...
Clarence Thomas' Wife to Anita Hill: Apologize
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(Oct. 19) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was narrowly appointed to the bench almost 19 years ago after a notoriously bitter confirmation process in which he was accused, but never found guilty, of sexual harassment by a former colleague named Anita Hill. His wife, Virginia Thomas, has never quite gotten past that ugly episode, it seems. Just last week, she reportedly left a voice mail on Hill's answering machine to the following effect, according to an ABC News investigative report: "Good morning, Anita Hill, it's Ginny Thomas," said the voice, "I just wanted to reach across ...
Might Absurd Premise of 'Outlaw' Have Doomed It?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 12) -- NBC announced Monday that it is canceling its new drama "Outlaw" and will move the remaining four episodes from Friday to Saturday night. Besides low ratings, what gives? Starring Jimmy Smits, best known for "L.A. Law" though he had a nice turn on "Dexter" not long ago, the drama lagged in the ratings. Might that have something to do with the absurd premise behind the legal drama? AOL TV Squad, for one, agrees. Smits played attorney Cyrus Garza, a Supreme Court justice. So far, so good. But Garza (quickly) comes to recant his conservative judicial beliefs and decides the best ...
Elena Kagan's First Day: Fast Start, Early Out
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(Oct. 4) -- The Kagan has been released! Elena Kagan, the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, waited approximately 15 minutes into her first case as an active jurist today before asking a question. The case, Ransom v. MBNA, involves bankruptcy law and marks Kagan's entry onto the ideologically divided Supreme Court bench. Following questions from Justices Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer, Kagan waded into her new career by asking a lawyer for Jason Ransom why his client, who owed $82,000 in credit card debt, should be allowed to shield his monthly ...
Supreme Court Bans Gun Bans: Top 10 Reactions
By Dana Chivvis - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court's ruling striking down a city of Chicago handgun ban has sparked immediate, thoughtful online commentary about one of the country's greatest and oldest debates: that over gun rights -- or more specifically, the relationship among governments, gun access and public safety. Surge Desk has compiled a selection of some of the responses and dialogues coming from the blogosphere as a result of today's historic judgment. Hans von Spakovsky, on the Heritage Foundation's blog, writes that this should have been an easy decision. "It is hard to believe that anyone could rationally ...
Elena Kagan's Paper Trail Grows, And Pundits Sharpen Attacks
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyThe punditocracy has been eagerly awaiting the release of nearly 50,000 pages of documents from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's time as associate counsel and policy advisor to the White House during the Clinton Administration. On Friday afternoon, those papers went online at the Clinton Library website. Meanwhile, a series older memos obtained by CBS News have already revealed Kagan "stadning shoulder-to-shoulder with the liberal left, at a time when the Rehnquist Supreme Court was moving to the conservative right," i.e. during the late 80's, when she was a clerk for Justice Thurgood ...
Supreme Court's Miranda Rights Ruling Means It's Not Enough to Just Remain Silent
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyBeing arrested in the U.S. comes with a few guarantees designed to protect the suspect, chief among them being the so-called "Miranda rights," or more appropriately, "Miranda warning," which generally reads: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense. Today, the Supreme Court made a historic addendum to this fundamental principle, ruling 5-4 that ...
'Dangerous' Sex Offenders Can Be Imprisoned Indefinitely, Supreme Court Rules
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal officials can indefinitely hold inmates considered "sexually dangerous," even after they have completed their prison sentences, the Associated Press reports. The court overturned the 4th District Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia, which said Congress overstepped its legal authority in allowing extended detention of certain sex offenders. In the case of United States v. Comstock, the justices voted 7-2 to overturn the lower court's opinion. "The statute is a 'necessary and proper' means of exercising the federal authority that permits Congress to ...
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