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The justices Monday ruled that Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman infringed Monsanto’s patent for genetically modified soybeans when he bought some of those seeds from a local grain elevator and used them for a second, late-season crop.
Posted on May 14, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Bill Maher suggests a new rule for those who want to strip away constitutional rights to ensure “justice” and former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gets a well-deserved honor.
Posted on May 5, 2013
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In an instance of too little and way too late, Sandra Day O’Connor appears to be having a case of buyer’s remorse.
Posted on Apr 29, 2013
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AP/Chris Park
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By Bill Boyarsky — Gutless action has no place in the high court’s deliberations on marriage.
Posted on Apr 8, 2013
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Bill Moyers looks at America’s gruesome history of capital punishment, racism and the highest court in the land with former ABC News reporters Martin Clancy (pictured) and Tim O’Brien, authors of the new book “Murder at the Supreme Court.”
Posted on Apr 2, 2013
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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on Mar 31, 2013
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on Mar 31, 2013
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on Mar 31, 2013
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Mar 30, 2013
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By Shaun Randol — How did a pioneering group of students that included future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas get into College of the Holy Cross, and how did they become leaders in American sports, culture, law and business? Author Diane Brady discusses what attracted her to their story.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss same-sex marriage as the issue moves to the Supreme Court. Will the justices’ decision be sweeping? The dramatic shift in public opinion on the topic may be reflected in the Republican Party’s repositioning, but pollster Nate Silver says only 25 percent of the GOP supports gay marriage.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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Photo illustration from an image by Colin Grey (CC-BY)
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A deeper look at the Supreme Court’s historic week, the Obama administration harasses whistle-blowers, and “Duck Dynasty” in revolt.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A deeper look at the Supreme Court’s historic week, the Obama administration harasses whistle-blowers, and “Duck Dynasty” in revolt.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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By David Sirota — Out of all the newsworthy comments during this week’s Supreme Court debate over the legality of same-sex marriage bans, none was more revealing—or troubling—than that which came from Justice Sonya Sotomayor.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including more legal troubles for former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig related to that infamous bathroom arrest and Barbara Walters’ possible major announcement.
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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By Richard Reeves — As the Supreme Court debated this week over the federal Defense of Marriage Act, Justice Antonin Scalia noted the number of states that are permitting gays and lesbians to marry. "There has been a sea change," he said, "between now and 1996." He was right about that, but it’s not just gay marriage.
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Columbus Dispatch —
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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Hear remarks from Edie Windsor, the lead plaintiff in the case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act; watch clips from the documentary that tells her story of love in spite of the state; and hear a widely read activist argue that winning the right for gays to marry is not a strategy to achieve structural change.
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — When it comes to policy, I fall into both of these camps—pro-Bloomberg on guns, but anti-Citizens United. And so I have been pondering the issue of consistency or, as some would see it, hypocrisy.
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including a Texas congressman’s run-in with the law and Ashley Judd’s big political announcement.
Posted on Mar 27, 2013
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By Amy Goodman — Edie and Thea met in the early 1960s, in New York’s Greenwich Village. They hit it off.
Posted on Mar 27, 2013
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George W. Bush’s paintings do not reveal anything about the Iraq War, despite our wishing that they did; absurdly, the main argument against gay marriage is the state’s supposed need to regulate procreation; meanwhile, the entire Senate voted against Social Security cuts and the media said nothing. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Mar 27, 2013
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By Bill Blum — Nevertheless, the Supreme Court’s likely rulings on the issue of gay marriage will not be complete victories for those who support allowing same-sex couples to wed.
Posted on Mar 27, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Nate Silver makes a prediction about gay marriage and North Dakota sticks it to women by enacting the nation’s strictest abortion law.
Posted on Mar 26, 2013
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One of the top arguments that those who oppose allowing gay couples to wed routinely give is that it would be a “threat” to the marriage of straight couples. What happens when attendees at an anti-marriage equality rally Tuesday were asked about it, however, paints a different picture.
Posted on Mar 26, 2013
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By Eugene Robinson — Don’t take anything for granted. The conservative activists on the Supreme Court may not be able to halt the inexorable shift toward acceptance of gay marriage, but we probably should expect them to try.
Posted on Mar 26, 2013
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the case concerning Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that bars same-sex couples from marrying in the state.
Posted on Mar 26, 2013
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Mar 26, 2013
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By Robert Reich — We’re still legislating and regulating private morality, while ignoring the much larger crisis of public morality in America.
Posted on Mar 25, 2013
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Roberts’ cousin is a lesbian who wishes to wed her partner. She currently can’t, however, because of Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that bars same-sex couples from marrying in the state. The Supreme Court is set to hear a challenge to Proposition 8 this week.
Posted on Mar 25, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Ted Cruz’s attempt to repeal Obamacare and why the debate on gay marriage may be over even before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a pair of cases on the issue this week.
Posted on Mar 24, 2013
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By Bill Blum — There is good reason to be optimistic that the Roberts court will bow to the growing public acceptance of same-sex marriage.
Posted on Mar 14, 2013
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Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune —
Posted on Mar 10, 2013
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"American Gothic" by Grant Wood.
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By Bill Boyarsky — The opponents of same-sex marriage are certainly an unromantic bunch. That grim vision hit me as I read the arguments submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court for and against Proposition 8.
Posted on Mar 8, 2013
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Mar 6, 2013
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on Mar 5, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the White House weighing in on whether cellphones should be locked and Democratic lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to raise the minimum wage.
Posted on Mar 4, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including John Roberts being called out for a big error in the Voting Rights Act case and former NBA star Dennis Rodman defends his “good friend” Kim Jong Un.
Posted on Mar 3, 2013
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The man who has played the good, the bad and the ugly both in Hollywood and American politics has come out in favor of same-sex marriage as he added his name to a legal brief calling on the Supreme Court to strike down a ban on such unions.
Posted on Mar 1, 2013
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By Bill Blum — Take it from the ultraconservative and increasingly unrestrained Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: What’s really at stake in the case of Shelby County v. Holder isn’t simply the technical constitutionality of Sections 4 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but the “perpetuation of racial entitlement” in the law’s renewal.
Posted on Feb 28, 2013
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Certain Supreme Court justices were critical of the Voting Rights Act as they listened to oral arguments Wednesday in a case challening a key portion of the civil rights legislation.
Posted on Feb 27, 2013
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AP/Ben Margot
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This week, dozens of influential conservatives will submit a legal brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative passed in 2008 that outlawed same-sex marriage in the state, and all other similar bans.
Posted on Feb 26, 2013
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