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Feb 17th
The poll reveals relatively little difference of opinion on the issue among Democrats (85 percent opposed to the ruling), Republicans (76 percent) and independents (81 percent). Keep Reading
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Dispute over polygamous sect property trust argued before Utah Supreme Court – Salt Lake Tribune
… listen to arguments involving a land dispute between the Fundamentalist LDS Church and the State of Utah in Supreme Court at Matheson Courthouse in Salt …
Pakistan averts showdown over president’s judicial picks – Washington Post
Last weekend, President Asif Ali Zardari named judges to the Supreme Court and the Lahore High Court who differed from recommendations made by the nation's …
Tom Noe appeals conviction to Ohio Supreme Court – Plain Dealer
… million investment portfolio he had managed for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn his conviction. …
SC: We don’t need state nod for CBI probe – Asian Age
17: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that no express permission is required from the state governments for transferring cases to the Central Bureau of …
Editorial: Court advances in battle to protect First Amendment rights
Jan 27th
CBS News video: Obama Criticizes Supreme Court – President Obama directly condemned the U.S. Supreme Court, during his State of the Union address to Congress, over a decision allowing corporations to contribute to political advertisements.
Twitter Activity Snapshot for Supreme Court
- @ChrisSomers1 tension, yes, but a POTUS openly criticizing Supreme Court in a State of Union is unprecedented.
- Like ‘em or not, the U.S. Supreme Court deserves to be respected! Americans should demand an apology from #obama. #liberals #democrats
- Library Boy: Supreme Court of Canada Judges’ Track Record in 2009 – http://tinyurl.com/y995m9a
- RT @David_Ingram-Presidents have mentioned the Supreme Court in #sotu by name only 9 times since 1913 http://bit.ly/aqSuAd #scotus #sayfie
- Obama Nails Supreme Court Tonight. Worst decision the court has made in over 100 years, this case is like Dread Scott
- RT @MumiaAbuJamal Supreme Court Ruling Benefits Abu-Jamal Case http://bit.ly/avgA9f via @zmagazine
- RT @LessaT: Since the past year I have seen Dem’s insult our Military, police department, CIA, the American people & now our Supreme Court
- RT @TheDude0415: RT @Mvbennett26 @Mvbennett26 SCROTUS (Supreme Court Republicans of The United States)… /via @lawgurl. Love it!!!
- RT @dmataconis: RT @jdhenchman: the Supreme Court ruling struck down 20 years (not 100) of precedent, to uphold a 229-year-old precedent: the 1st Amendment
COLOUMN: Money talks, so says US Supreme Court
Jan 26th
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Supreme Court Ruling Pins Big Business vs. Big Government in 2010 Elections – Huffington Post (blog)
The Supreme Court has drawn a line in the sand with their recent decision to strike down limits for campaign funding advertising by corporations and unions. …
Court won’t block extradition of former Panamanian leader Noriega – Washington Post
The Supreme Court on Monday refused the request of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to block his extradition to France, …
Okla. Supreme Court upholds gov’s line-item veto – Alva Review-Courier
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday rejected a lawsuit by Republican legislative leaders that challenged Gov. Brad Henry's authority to …
Olympics-Pechstein’s Games hopes ended by Swiss court – Reuters
… Pechstein's hopes of a sixth consecutive Games were dashed on Tuesday when Switzerland's Supreme Court refused to suspend her two-year doping ban. …
Opinion: Calm down – Supreme Court
Jan 25th
The only free speech that will be impeded will be of the voices in the wilderness calling for justice. Continue
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Court won’t block extradition of former Panamanian leader Noriega – Washington Post
The Supreme Court on Monday refused the request of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to block his extradition to France, …
State Supreme Court OKs ‘John Doe’ warrants based on crime-scene DNA – Los Angeles Times (blog)
The California Supreme Court ruled 5-2 today that prosecutors may get around legal deadlines by filing arrest warrants based on DNA left behind at a crime. …
Calif. court rejects felony charges in pension case – Reuters
LOS ANGELES, Jan 25 (Reuters) – The California Supreme Court on Monday dismissed felony charges against five former trustees in the City of …
After 34 Years, a Plainspoken Justice Gets Louder – New York Times
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., left, and Justice John Paul Stevens at the Supreme Court in 2005. By ADAM LIPTAK Adam Liptak's column about the legal …
Court Ruling Invites a Boom in Political Ads
Jan 24th
The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns. Reaction is coming in fast. Continue
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Worst Media Coverage on Supreme Court Decision in USA Ever
With Haiti all over the news, the momentous story of Supreme court’s activism in changing American democracy has been ignored by too many USA media giants and small-town wannabee media conglomerates.
Call For Immediate Arrest of 5 Supreme Court Justices for Tr
Gordon Duff | The bloated corpse we are creating in Washington is emitting a stench we can no longer abide.
Reactions to Supreme Court Campaign Finance Ruling.
The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns. Read the Citizens United opinion (pdf). Reaction is coming in fast —>
Supreme Court ruling: Do we really trust corporations more t
Yesterday�s 5-to-4 decision on campaign finance reform was bold and sweeping. The parties on both sides of the case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, offered the Supreme Court narrow ways in which to resolve their dispute. But the Court rejected those options.
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Supreme Court: A bold conservative step from Supreme Court
Jan 23rd
“Congress should prohibit any corporation from engaging in this new political spending if it has any non-American shareholders or owners.” If that would happen, unions might be left un-fettered – an unintended consequence. Continue
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Court Lifts Limits on Corporate Donations- FOX FORUM: Supreme Court Hands One to Big Biz
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Obama: Supreme Court Ruling ‘Devastating’ to Democracy
President vows to fight decision that lifted limits on corporate campaign influence..
Obama: Supreme Court Ruling ‘Devastating’ to Democracy
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Obama blasts Supreme Court campaign-finance ruling
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday sharply criticized a Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, saying he couldn’t think of anything more devastating to the public interest. He also suggested the ruling could jeopardize his domestic agenda. In its 5-4 decision this….
Supreme Court
Jan 22nd
Depending on which long opinion in the campaign-finance case you prefer, the Supreme Court either struck a blow for the First Amendment or sold American politics into bondage to corporations More
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Change Congress | Lawrence Lessig on the Supreme Court’s Citizens United Decision
Supreme Court decision will weaken trust in our political system. Fight for fair campaign finance at http://bit.ly/5htaPc
Supreme Court Rolls Back Campaign Finance Restrictions
Supreme Court Rolls Back Campaign Finance Restrictions http://bit.ly/7HgStv
Supreme Court eases business, labor political spending rules – CNN.com
Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court has given big business, unions and nonprofits more power to spend freely in federal elections, a major turnaround that threatens a century of government efforts to regulate the power of corporations to bankroll American politics.
Supreme Court rolls back campaign cash limits – Supreme Court- msnbc.com
The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns.
US Supreme Court ruling on campaign spending may undermine elections – Supreme Court
Jan 21st
While reviewing today’s Supreme Court decision in the case of Citizens United v. FEC, I have come to the conclusion that this may be the most disastrous decision since Plessy v. Ferguson, which guaranteed six additional decades of hateful and destructive racial segregation.
Recent Twitter Activity
- RT @Mudflats: Every cavity in my head is bleeding and I can’t decide if it’s the sinus infection or the Supreme Court that did it to me.
- RT @fuzislippers The Big Losers in Today’s Supreme Court Decision– The MSM. http://is.gd/6L709 #tcot
#gop#tlot#ocra#teaparty - RT @BenHbgPa: Corporations aren’t people. Drowning out others’ speech with cash mocks free speech. Bush Supreme Court screwed the countr …
- "Supreme Court Rolls Back Campaign Finance Restrictions" – http://bit.ly/5q8zar
- #tcot #news Citizens United vs. FEC ” Supreme Court Protects First Amendment Rights http://bit.ly/4WfBIE #ocra
- BREAKING WASHINGTON Video News: Supreme Court Gives U.S. Government to Corporations, Unions Next In Line!!! http://bit.ly/6mMM20
- Unlimited Corporate Influence Can’t Go Unchallenged: Today, the Supreme Court opened the floodgates for corporatio… http://bit.ly/8sGKwI
- RT @Proudlib: Supreme Court rules that a corporation is a person– Fine, let them pay income taxes then just like real people do.
- RT @DellaATL: RT @whisper1111: Supreme Court puts "used democracy" on sale on Ebay #p2
