President Barack Obama sought to assure a top Republican senator he won’t nominate a “radical or extremist” to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court, the lawmaker said. While Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah said after speaking ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court eased the financial burden on some companies accused of contributing to contamination of industrial sites in a ruling that shifts millions of dollars in Superfund cleanup costs to taxpayers. The justices, voting 8-1, overturned a ruling ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court revived the Federal Communications Commission’s effort to fine CBS Corp. for the half-second exposure of Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004 Super Bowl, telling a lower court to reconsider the case. A Philadelphia-based federal appeals court ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether youths can be sentenced to life in prison for crimes other than murder, agreeing to hear arguments in a pair of Florida cases. The justices on Monday said they will hear appeals ...

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To be guilty of aggravated identity theft, you must know the false Social Security number you're using belongs to somebody else, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday. The unanimous decision reverses decisions by two lower courts, including the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, that said the government did not have to prove Ignacio Flores-Figueroa, who is Mexican, knew the fake Social Security number he used belonged to another person. Flores-Figueroa, a resident of Iowa, gave the false information to his bosses at L&M Steel Services in East Moline, Ill.

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President Barack Obama said he will replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter with a jurist who exhibits an “independent mind” and that he wants to have his nominee confirmed by the time the court’s next term begins. Obama interrupted the ...

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The culture police who spend their days trying to tamp down outbursts of indecency have quite a task at hand. Young people stroll down city streets exposing undershorts, bra straps and ever more bare skin. On television, gangsters get whacked ...

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U.S. Supreme Court justices, led by swing vote Anthony Kennedy, signaled they may be poised to strike down a central provision in the Voting Rights Act, potentially ordering the biggest change in election law in decades. Hearing arguments Wednesday in ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court revived a government attempt to fine broadcasters for isolated expletives on live television while hinting that the crackdown ultimately might be voided on free-speech grounds. Voting 5-4 along ideological lines, the high court said the Federal ...

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U.S. Supreme Court justices weighed the power of state authorities to investigate the practices of federally chartered banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. Hearing arguments Tuesday in Washington, several members of the court said states ...

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“A rule that gives police the power to conduct such a search whenever an individual is caught committing a traffic offense, when there is no basis for believing evidence of the offense might be found in the vehicle, creates a ...

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