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Will the Real Conservatives Please Stand Up?

Source: Washington Post

Madison : WI : USA | 2 months ago

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Roberts Jr. may be the darling of the right, but newly minted Democratic appointee Justice Sonia Sotomayor displayed more conservative bona fides during the highly unusual oral arguments Wednesday over the constitutionality of certain campaign finance laws.

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Justice (rtd) Dogar denies charges

By: arboofti

Updated at: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 ISLAMABAD: Former Chief Justice Supreme Court Justice (rtd) Abdul Hameed Dogar Tuesday said no judges including him has committed the contempt of court.Addressing a press conference flanked with Advocate Naeem Bukhari and Ahmed Raza Kasuri, he said, ‘We received notice that we have committed ...

about 1 month ago
Scalia Defends Segregation and Bans on Gay Sex and Abortion

By: amalgam80

Justice Scalia has said that segregation was not unconstitutional, and neither were the laws banning homosexual sex and abortion. Justice Antonin Scalia claims that his colleagues are inventing new rights. Phoenix based East Valley Tribune reported that, “One of the most conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court said ...

about 1 month ago
Contempt notices issued to Dogar, other SC judges

By: dustgeer

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court modified on Friday its earlier order about issuing contempt notices to high court judges and added its own judges, including former Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, who took oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) in defiance of a restraining order by a seven-judge bench on the day when Gen Pervez ...

about 1 month ago
Selling gas at $2.34 will hit us: RIL

By: ranjitsinha

Reliance Industries on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it would lose money by selling natural gas at $2.34 per million British thermal units or mmBtu. The company’s lawyer Harish Salve told the court that RIL had not told the Bombay HC that sale at $2.34 per unit would be profitable and that the HC appeared to ...

about 1 month ago
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US Supreme Court set to ease rules on corporate campaign cash

News Source: Disinfo.com | 2 months ago

The US Supreme Court met in a special early session Wednesday to hear arguments in a case that could strike down the limited restrictions on corporate funding for election campaigns that go back a century. Held during the High Court’s summer recess,...
The Supreme Court's Chance to Dump McCain-Feingold and Aid Free Speech

News Source: Washington Post | 2 months ago

Last March, during the Supreme Court argument concerning the Federal Election Commission's banning of a political movie, several justices were aghast. Suddenly and belatedly they saw the abyss that could swallow the First Amendment. Justice Antonin...
Will the Real Conservatives Please Stand Up?

News Source: Washington Post | 2 months ago

Roberts Jr. may be the darling of the right, but newly minted Democratic appointee Justice Sonia Sotomayor displayed more conservative bona fides during the highly unusual oral arguments Wednesday over the constitutionality of certain campaign...
Justices Are Pressed for a Broad Ruling in Campaign Case

News Source: The New York Times | 2 months ago

The argument was extraordinary in its timing, length and participants. It took place during the court’s summer break, almost a month before the start of the new term in October; lasted more than 90 minutes instead of the usual hour; and featured...
At Hearing, Supreme Court's Conservatives Skeptical of Campaign Finance Law

News Source: Washington Post | 2 months ago

Olson told the court, instead "smothered" First Amendment rights and "criminalized" free speech. The question is whether the court is willing to strike two of its precedents and defy Congress on corporate restrictions that date to the beginning of...