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Justices Weigh Courts' Role in Detainee Cases

added on 2007-12-05 09:30:11 (Washington Post - Politics)

When the Supreme Court hears arguments today about the rights of suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the role of the courts in the fight against terrorism will be as much an issue as the fate of the prisoners. ...more.

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Federalists Relish Well-Placed Friends

added on 2007-11-16 10:00:08 (Washington Post - Politics)

With 1,800 members crowding Union Station, the president of the United States on the dais and four Supreme Court justices singing its praises, last night might have marked the time for the Federalist Society to officially surrender its underdog persona. ...more.

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Chief Justice Prolongs Executive Powers Debate

added on 2007-10-11 07:30:06 (Washington Post - Politics)

When a case involves the power of the judiciary, the authority of the World Court, the role of Congress in enforcing treaties and the ability of states to ignore a direct order from the president, even the nine justices of the Supreme Court need more than an hour. ...more.

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Political Parties, Under Challenge, Seem to Have Justices' Sympathy

added on 2007-10-09 07:00:07 (Washington Post - Politics)

There is a place, after all, where political party leaders still get a little respect, and it's called the Supreme Court. ...more.

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State of Washington Defends Its Primaries Before Supreme Court

added on 2007-10-02 06:30:05 (Washington Post - Politics)

The Supreme Court convened its new term yesterday, and the justices immediately immersed themselves in the first of several election-law challenges the court has agreed to decide in the midst of the 2008 elections. ...more.

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Supreme Court To Take On Contentious Cases in New Term

added on 2007-10-01 06:00:06 (Washington Post - Politics)

After a bruising term that featured more close decisions and ideological splits than in its recent history, the Supreme Court begins its new term today with more of the same: emotional, complex and sometimes partisan issues that divide the justices as well as the nation. ...more.

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Nixon, Hoover Bashed Justices in '71 Phone Call

added on 2007-09-28 07:30:06 (Washington Post - Politics)

President Richard Nixon described the Supreme Court's June 1971 Pentagon Papers decision as "unbelievable" and "stinking," and vowed "to change that court," during an unusually frank telephone conversation on July 1, 1971, with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. ...more.

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Supreme Court to Consider Use of Voter ID

added on 2007-09-26 21:30:05 (Washington Post - Politics)

The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will consider whether state laws requiring voters to present photo identification at polling places unfairly discriminate against the poor and minorities, injecting the justices into a fiercely partisan battle just before the 2008 elections. ...more.

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