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trump honors wife of late justice scalia
Bookmarked 458 weeks ago
president donald trump honored maureen scalia the wife of us supreme court justice antonin scalia who died last year during trump039s first address before a joint session of congress

scalia dies republicans debate full frontal with samantha bee tbs
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justice antonin scalia passes here039s how you destabilize an election that039s already pretty much a car tumbling down the side of a cliffwatch full frontal with samantha bee all new mondays 10:309:30c on tbs

supreme court justice antonin scalia dead at 79
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us supreme court justice antonin scalia has died at the age of 79 cnn039s joe johns takes a look back on his legacy

supreme court vs 9th circuit: roberts defends scalia039s honor as justices ready to reverse case
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church and state who cares
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washington ap by jesse j holland associated press -- 4 hrs agoin a groundbreaking case the supreme court on wednesday held for the first time that religious employees of a church cannot sue for employment discriminationbut the court039s unanimous decision in a case from michigan did not specify the distinction between a secular employee who can take advantage of the government039s protection from discrimination and retaliation and a religious employee who can039tit was nevertheless the first time the high court has acknowledged the existence of a quotministerial exceptionquot to anti-discrimination laws a doctrine developed in lower court rulings this doctrine says the first amendment039s guarantee of freedom of religion shields churches and their operations from the reach of such protective laws when the issue involves employees of these institutionsfor the complete story follow the link:http:newsyahoocomcourt-judges-cannot-involved-church-dispute-152559467html

mcconnell skips obama dinner eats with federalist society
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sam stein contributed reporting washington -- on the day that republican leaders were supposed to have a bipartisan meeting and an intimate dinner with president obama senate minority leader mitch mcconnell r-ky spent several hours schmoozing with the conservative federalist society -- including attending their annual dinner

supreme court building covered in giant dollar signs
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to mark the second citizens united anniversary we lit up the supreme court with giant dollar signs to send a message: rights are for people not corporate quotpersonsquot

justice kagan on using a kindle to read briefs
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in this excerpt from c-span039s interview with associate supreme court justice elena kagan airing sunday december 19 at 6:30 pm et on c-span justice kagan describes using an amazon kindle to read briefs included in her comments quoti have a kindle that my briefs are on you know i saw justice scalia he said that he had them on an ipad and i thought huh maybe i should have them on an ipad but mine are on a kindle and i also of course you know sometimes truck them around just on hard copy so i do bothquot

stephen039s tribute to antonin scalia
Bookmarked 512 weeks ago
a lot has been and will be said about the late justice antonin scalia but stephen has one very specific memory of the mansubscribe to quotthe late showquot channel here: http:bitlycolbertyoutubefor more content from quotthe late show with stephen colbertquot click here: http:bitly1akisnrwatch full episodes of quotthe late showquot here: http:bitly1puei40download the colbert app here: http:appleco1qqgwk4like quotthe late showquot on facebook here: http:onfbme1df139yfollow quotthe late showquot on twitter here: http:bitly1dmzzzgfollow quotthe late showquot on google here: http:bitly1jlggzwwatch the late show with stephen colbert weeknights at 11:35 pm et10:35 pm ct only on cbsget the cbs app for iphone amp ipad click here: http:bitly12rlxgeget new episodes of shows you love across devices the next day stream live tv and watch full seasons of cbs fan favorites anytime anywhere with cbs all access try it free http:bitly1oqa29b

sathedc - assassinating the constitution
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president obama039s order to kill citizen al-awlaki represents a new low in american civilization

the us supreme koch
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on the anniversary of the citizens united ruling a bunch of protesters gathered at the supreme court with a quotus supreme kochquot banner - this is what happened next

conversations with great minds - brian miller - the self-made myth p2
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brian miller executive director - united for a fair economy ufe ampamp co-author of the new book the self-made myth: and the truth about how government helps individuals and businesses succeed donald trump and other 1 percenters will tell you they succeeded without help from the government - but our great mind for tonight will say that039s not true how has the self-made myth taken over american society - and how can we challenge it

if y039all come to get me - bring body bags
Bookmarked 714 weeks ago
for a grim snapshot of america - check out the front page of today039s usa today there - you039ll see two stories - one above the fold - one below the fold - and both relate to the death of the american middle class first - there039s this story out of texas - where sheriff039s deputies are trying to figure out a way to end a stand-off that039s been going on for 12-years john joe gray - a self-identified quotsovereign citizenquot who believes the government has no legitimacy and thus no authority - has been holed up in a fortified compound in the woods daring police to come and arrest him on felony assault charges that are more than a decade old back in 2000 - gray wrote a letter to police reading quotif y039all come to get me bring body bagsquot police have resisted moving in on the compound - knowing that any attempt will certainly end in violence and deathfor john joe gray - and many other americans - the militia movement is their last refuge when they039ve given up on the american dream - and realize the united states is not a land of opportunity like it was before reaganomics took hold these americans - mostly men - watched their fathers and grandfathers come of age during the new deal era in america - when men were able to raise families on a single paycheck working in a factory they learned what it meant to be a breadwinner - to be a provider for their families and whether it039s politically correct or not - being the sole provider for the family - was an important part of what being a man was all about for most of american history - and still is for most men unfortunately today - with millions and millions of manufacturing jobs shipped overseas - and tens of thousands of factories that once supported these middle class breadwinners closed down - these men have lost their manhood

supreme court justices: senate republicans vow to bork obama nominee to replace scalia - tomonews
Bookmarked 512 weeks ago
washington the supreme court has lost one of its most reliable conservative justices antonin scalia but republican vows to deny president barack obama the opportunity to nominate his successor smack of pure jiggery pokeryscalia039s death leaves just three conservative voices on the nine-member court against four liberal voices and one moderate voice in the form of justice anthony kennedy naturally the republicans are anxious to prevent a leftward tilt on the court they hope the next president can decide the replacement and they hope one of their guys and not democrats hillary clinton or bernie sanders will be the one making that decision this would mean scalia039s seat would be left vacant for at least one yearto this end republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said he won039t even consider any nominee put forth by obama the senate has a constitutional duty to vet and then vote on the president039s nominee however mcconnell and his colleague chuck grassley chairman of the senate judiciary committee can use their procedural authority to stymie the nomination processwhat would the originalist scalia make of such obstructionism it039s the senate039s job to debate and vote on obama039s nominee whoever that might bean election year scotus nomination is not without precedent in 1988 ronald reagan nominee anthony kennedy sailed through the democratic-controlled senate in a 97-0 vote kennedy has been a swing vote on many of the court039s 5-4 decisions siding with his liberal colleagues on issues such as gay marriage but joining his conservative colleagues on cases such as citizens united in a contentious battle fought largely along party lines the democrats had rejected reagan039s earlier nominee robert bork fearing his position on privacy rights and roe v wade the democrats had so vilified bork that his name eventually became a verb meaning to vilify a person with the goal of denying him an appointment to public office surely the republicans and obama can find a similar consensus candidate and not bork up the nomination processthe republicans039 obstructionist strategy is not without risks should they lose this battle in the court of public opinion and at the ballot box in november the next three justices could all be appointed by a democrat kennedy is 79 while bill clinton appointees ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer are 82 and 72 respectively-------------------------------------------------------------covering the biggest stories in current affairs world news sports entertainment and technology the creators from next animation studio deliver world famous news animations to a global audience news doesnt have to be boring can039t get enough of these animationswatch more: http:ustomonewsnetlike: http:wwwfacebookcomtomonewsusfollow: tomoanimators http:wwwtwittercomtomoanimatorssubscribe to our newsletter: http:eepurlcom0kouz

the last word - scalia039s unusual obama attack
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june 25 2012justice antonin scalia delivers an opinion on arizona039s immigration law as well as president obama039s new immigration policy msnbc039s lawrence o039donnell discusses why scalia039s attack is so unusual with tom goldstein of scotusblogcom