StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of the prosecution, having deceived the jury and the court, to come clean?" asked Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. "So the prosecution can lie and conceal, and the defense still has the burden to discover the evidence?" challenged Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. The arguments advanced by Bunn had worked at the prosecution-oriented U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, but Bunn found no sympathy...
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Pres.-elect Barack Obama 's transition team announced today that Elena Kagan , dean of Harvard Law School, will serve as Solicitor General of the United States. Kagan is oft mentioned in legal circles as a potential Supreme Court justice. With one woman -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- remaining on the high court, court watchers anticipate that Obama's first nominee to the SCOTUS will be a...
findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
... as Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg also attended the school.Coleman stayed in the New York area through college, studying at Long Island’s Hofstra University, where he was student body president and . Twin Cities weekly City Pages quotes Coleman as saying during a Hofstra campus election, He then went to...
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer are "moderate" liberals.?? And GOP opposition to Obama Supreme Court nominees would constitute a "fake fight" demonstrating that Republicans remain mired in the culture wars.?? Such was the collective wisdom of two of the roundtable members on ABC's "This Week" today. Before moving to the substance, a word about the roundtable's lopsided composition,...
findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
... that the . The majority opinion was written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice David H. Souter dissented, while Justices Stephen G. Breyer and John Paul Stevens only partially agreed with the majority opinion. The Supreme Court blog notes that while in this case, the , that conclusion would not carry over in all instances. The blog also reports...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 28/12/2008
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer are "moderate" liberals. And GOP opposition to Obama Supreme Court nominees would constitute a "fake fight" demonstrating that Republicans remain mired in the culture wars. Such was the collective wisdom of two of the roundtable members on ABC's "This Week" today. Before moving to the substance, a word about the roundtable's lopsided composition,...
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
... press coverage would lead you to believe that she’s a cross between Florence Nightingale, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Princess Diana and Princess Leia . But it looks like that’s what we’re going to get. Go to Source Share and Enjoy:
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
... defend against this very type of case," Garnick said. Stevens was joined by Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter, as well as Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote often decides cases where there is an ideological division. The conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, dissented. Thomas, writing for...
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
... cigarettes.Justice John Paul Stevens, joined by Justices Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, said in the court's majority opinion that the lawsuit could go forward.Stevens said neither the Federal Cigarette Labeling Act nor the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's action in this area preempted the fraud claim under state law.But Stevens said the court...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
... joining the majority opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens. Justices David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer also joined the majority.Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito.Monday's ruling affirms a decision of the federal appeals court in Boston, which had sided with consumers. The smokers allege...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
... of the majority decision, which was joined by Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.To win their suit, the decision emphasized, the complaining smokers still have to prove that the companies' "use of 'light' and 'lowered tar' descriptors in fact violated the state deceptive practices statute." But even though not ruling on the merits...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
... type of case," Garnick said.Stevens was joined by the other liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter, as well as Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote often decides cases where there is an ideological division.The conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, dissented.Thomas, writing for...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
... false statements.Justice John Paul Stevens, joined by Justices Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, said in the court's majority opinion that the lawsuit could go forward.Stevens said neither the Federal Cigarette Labeling Act nor the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's action in this area preempted the fraud claim under state law.But Stevens said the...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
... go forward, Stevens said.
He was joined by the other liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter, as well as Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote often decides cases where there is an ideological division.
The conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, dissented.
Thomas,...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
... may go forward, Stevens said.He was joined by the other liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter, as well as Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote often decides cases where there is an ideological division.The conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, dissented.Thomas, writing for the...
