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Is Anybody Shocked That Americans Trust TV Judges More Than Supreme Court Justices?
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 9 days ago
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When you live in a nation that's been reduced to an army of mindless reality-TV-watching drones, it's not exactly surprising that the average citizen is more inclined to trust a television judge than a jurist who's been appointed to the highest court
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Opinion: WHO OWNS OUR GENES? Probing the ABCs of DNA
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 20 days ago
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Probing the ABCs of DNA Monday April 29, 2013, 4:53 PM Dana Milbank writes for The Washington Post...That a company most people have never heard of could have the exclusive rights to pieces of our DNA is a bit unnerving. More than a bit unnerving:
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Justice Breyer has shoulder surgery after bike accident
New York City :: NY :: USA | 22 days ago
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Published April 27, 2013 Associated Press Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is in a Washington hospital after shoulder replacement surgery following a bicycle accident. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg says the 74-year-old Breyer is expected to make
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Justice Breyer has surgery after fall
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 22 days ago
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer is recovering at a Washington hospital after undergoing shoulder surgery following a bicycle fall, the court announced Saturday. Breyer, 74, hurt his right shoulder when he fell off his bicycle Friday
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Breyer has shoulder surgery after bike accident
Boston :: MA :: USA | 22 days ago
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is in a Washington hospital after shoulder replacement surgery following a bicycle accident. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg says the 74-year-old Breyer is expected to make a full recovery following the operation
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Ginsburg eyed as possible retirement
Washington :: DC :: USA | 27 days ago
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Ginsburg has explicitly said she doesn't plan to step aside this year...But the 80-year-old justice is the oldest on the court, and has been treated for pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg has said she plans to remain on the bench as long as she's able, but
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US Courts Less Open to Overseas Rights Abuse Claims
Shanghai :: China | 27 days ago
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U.S. corporations are not legally entitled to impunity when making deals with torturers. You may also like If a detainee is killed in China, and the United States doesn't have a pre-existing connection with the act or perpetrator, does our law have
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US Supreme Court refuses to open US courts to the world
Lagos :: Nigeria | 30 days ago
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Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously blocked the ability of American federal courts to have alleged violators of international human rights brought to trial. The court declared that a 1789 law called the Alien Tort Statute does not allow foreigners
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US Supreme Court may rule against human gene patents
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Till now, Myriad tested around 1 million patients charging $3,000 per test. US law states that "laws of nature, natural phenomena and abstract ideas" cannot be patented. Justice Stephen Breyer was quoted by Los Angeles Times as saying that the patent
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Some Public Defenders Warn: 'We Have Nothing Left To Cut'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Nolder handled his share of noteworthy cases, including the first federal death penalty trial in the district and the indictment of a former NFL quarterback embroiled in a ticket fraud scheme. Lately, Nolder says, his professional world has turned
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