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SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia oversees the 61st annual Columbus Day Parade held on Oct. 10, 2005 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)

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Will court change church-state equation?
Will court change church-state equation?
Will the narrow conservative majority in the U.S. Supreme Court make it easier for communities across the United States to open government meetings with prayer -- almost always Christian prayer? Maybe.
Scalia, Alito sons at same law firm
Scalia, Alito sons at same law firm
The sons of two conservative Supreme Court justices are working at the Washington offices of litigation giant Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, The Hill reported.
Supreme Court refuses to stay order to Calif. to cut prison population
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to reverse or delay an order that California cut the number of inmates in its prisons by almost 10,000 this year.
Out from under the Voting Rights Act
Out from under the Voting Rights Act
A number of states, freed from the iron cuffs of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court, are enjoying their newfound freedom in predictable ways -- merrily pursuing voter ID laws and redrawing political districts without any interference from Washington.
DOMA and Prop 8, finding the light
DOMA and Prop 8, finding the light
The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision last week striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, and its companion ruling that in effect upheld the outlawing of California's Proposition 8, ignited a national conversation -- where does same-sex marriage go from here? For that matter, where does marriage go from here?
Court says extortion law violation must include 'property'
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday trying to force someone to recommend an investment to an employer does not violate a federal extortion law.
Court dismisses challenge to adverse Prop 8 ruling
Court dismisses challenge to adverse Prop 8 ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote Wednesday dismissed a challenge to a ruling that struck down California's law limiting marriage to heterosexuals.
Court strikes down DOMA
Court strikes down DOMA
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Wednesday, struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which denies a raft of benefits to gay couples.
Voter ID repercussions could be vast
Voter ID repercussions could be vast
The U.S. Supreme Court last week stepped into the national fight over voter identification requirements, and the result won't please those pushing such requirements in at least 30 states.
Court strikes down U.S. prostitution policy
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-2 Thursday the government cannot force a private group to disavow prostitution or forfeit federal funds.
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This case is ultimately less about censorship than it is about education. Our Constitution cannot succeed in securing the liberties it seeks to protect unless we can raise future generations committed cooperatively to making our system of government work. Education, however, is about choices. Sometimes, children need to learn by making choices for themselves. Other times, choices are made for children -- by their parents, by their teachers and by the people acting democratically through their governments. In my view, the First Amendment does not disable government from helping parents make such a choice here -- a choice not to have their children buy extremely violent, interactive video games, which they more than reasonably fear pose only the risk of harm to those children
Court strikes down video game sale ban
United Press International
When a perpetrator flees police in a car, his determination to elude capture makes a lack of concern for the safety of others an inherent part of the offense
Court: Fleeing police can be third strike
United Press International
As was perhaps predictable, instead of producing a clarification of the Delphic residual clause, today's opinion produces a fourth ad hoc judgment that will sow further confusion
Court: Fleeing police can be third strike
United Press International
Video games qualify for First Amendment protection. Like protected books, plays, and movies, they communicate ideas through familiar literary devices and features distinctive to the medium
Court strikes down video game sale ban
United Press International
The First Amendment's core purpose is to foster a healthy, vibrant political system full of robust discussion and debate. Nothing in Arizona's anti-corruption statute, the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Act, violates this constitutional protection. To the contrary, the act promotes the values underlying both the First Amendment and our entire Constitution by enhancing the 'opportunity for free political discussion to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people.
Under the U.S. Supreme Court: First Amendment, Kennedy triumph
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden order take-out lunch at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013. The reason he gave was they are starving and the establishment is giving a 10 percent discount to furloughed government workers as an indication of how ordinary Americans are looking out for one another. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool