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Reaching, or waiting, for a constitutional issue
53 minutes ago ago from SCOTUSblog
Analysis The Supreme Court normally is not eager far from it to decide a constitutional question; its traditions are for hesitancy about that ultimate stroke. But on Tuesday, the Court seemed quite impatient to ask, and answer, an issue of constitutionality: the validity of the 1988 law that is a vital government weapon against corruption the honest services fraud law. It seemed, however, that there could be a scheduling problem: ...
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22 hours ago ago from MetaFilter
The Supreme Court has taken review in a case in which a law school barred a Christian legal group which apparently excludes non-Christian and LGBT students. The Hastings Christian Fellowship, a chapter of the Christian Legal Society , lost its official recognition as a student organization when it wouldn't agree to accept members and officers "regardless of their religion or beliefs about homosexuality" and ran afoul of the Hastings Law ...
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12 hours ago ago from Ulster\'s Doomed!
The issue of the removal of some grant assistance to fee-paying Protestant schools in the south is complex, and ongoing. The issue is essentially one of equality of treatment between different denominational schools – up to now Protestant schools have been receiving a greater amount of aid per pupil than Catholic schools, and the Attorney General gave the government advice that this may be unconstitutional according to Article 44 : ...
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22 hours ago ago from 8Asians.com
By Jason Having grown up on the East Coast in Washington D.C., which is a fairly multi-cultural community, I was shocked to hear about the assaults and beatings on about 30 Asian students at South Philadelphia High School . Fights broke out inside and outside of the school between mainly black and Asian students and many of those students had to seek medical attention for minor injuries. Up to ten students, both Asian and black, have ...
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15 hours ago ago from Big Education Ape
Supreme Court to Hear Rights vs. Religion Case - NYTimes.com : "WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a Christian student group that had been denied recognition by a public law school in California for excluding homosexuals and nonbelievers. The case pits anti-discrimination principles against religious freedom." The group, the Christian Legal Society, says it welcomes all students to participate in its ...
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Court takes on federal anti-fraud law
13 hours ago ago from PopEater
WASHINGTON -The Supreme Court is considering whether to rein in federal prosecutors' use of a 28-word fraud law that has become a preferred tool in high-profile corporate crime and public corruption cases and a favorite target of critics. The court is hearing three cases this term, including two Tuesday, in which defendants are challenging the use of the so-called honest services fraud law against them. The law makes it illegal for officials, ...
Related contentRights and Religion Clash in Court
18 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a Christian student group that had been denied recognition by a public law school in California for excluding homosexuals and nonbelievers. The case pits anti-discrimination principles against religious freedom. Related Sidebar: The Turducken Approach to Privacy Law (December 8, 2009) Court Spars on Oversight of Agencies (December 8, 2009) Times Topics: U.S. ...
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19 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON Just how independent may a government agency be? Related Rights and Religion Clash in Court (December 8, 2009) Sidebar: The Turducken Approach to Privacy Law (December 8, 2009) In a spirited argument at the Supreme Court on Monday, the justices considered whether Congress had violated separation-of-powers principles in 2002 when it created a board to regulate the accounting industry. The problem, critics of the ...
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1 day ago ago from Good News Now
ORLANDO, Fla.(AP) The disparity between graduation rates for white and black college football players at schools headed to bowl games grew slightly this year, according to a study released Monday. The annual report by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport also showed overall academic progress. But there were 21 schools that graduated fewer than 50 percent of their black football players, the study ...
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