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States to Feds: Give Us Greenhouse Gas Rules, Or Else!

A coalition will go to court if the EPA doesn't finalize overdue rules for new power plants.

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| Thu Apr. 18, 2013 10:24 AM PDT
Sri Srinivasan

Who Is Sri Srinivasan, Obama's "Supreme Court Nominee in Waiting"?

Obama's US Court of Appeals nominee is a total mystery.

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| Wed Apr. 10, 2013 7:21 AM PDT

Charts: Look At How Badly Obama Lags on Judicial Appointments

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| Wed Apr. 3, 2013 8:37 PM PDT

Ken Starr (!) Pleads With Senate GOPers to Confirm Obama Nominee

Will Republicans filibuster a guy endorsed by the man who led the witch hunt against Bill Clinton?

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| Tue Apr. 2, 2013 3:07 AM PDT

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The Civil Rights Division Is Kicking Butt, Says the Civil Rights Division

The Justice Department's civil rights division has released a report on its accomplishments under Thomas Perez.

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| Fri Mar. 29, 2013 8:47 AM PDT
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MIA at the Supreme Court: DOMA Lawyer's Most Homophobic Arguments

The attorney supporting the Defense of Marriage Act never made his most controversial arguments—a sign that the anti-gay forces can't defend their own rhetoric.

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| Fri Mar. 29, 2013 8:18 AM PDT

WATCH: Love Hurts [Fiore Cartoon]

The Supreme Court is poised to stop gay marriage once and for all—and just make it regular old marriage.

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| Thu Mar. 28, 2013 1:33 PM PDT

8 Things Justice Alito Has Ruled on That Are Newer Than Cellphones and the Internet

The conservative Supreme Court justice seems to think the constitutionality of same-sex marriage depends on how long it's been around.

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| Thu Mar. 28, 2013 9:16 AM PDT
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Big Government or Marriage Equality? DOMA Puts Conservative Justices in a Bind

The fight over the Defense of Marriage Act challenges the stated principles of Roberts, Scalia, and the rest of the GOP appointees.

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| Wed Mar. 27, 2013 11:34 AM PDT
Cecile Richards

"I Can't Even Imagine What Else They Could Think Of. Just Putting Women Behind Bars?"

Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards on North Dakota's crappy new abortion law.

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| Tue Mar. 26, 2013 12:59 PM PDT
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At Supreme Court, Marriage Equality Foes' Best Argument Is That They're Losing

Plus: Audio of the Supreme Court arguments in the Proposition 8 case.

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| Tue Mar. 26, 2013 10:59 AM PDT
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Here Are the 7 Worst Things Antonin Scalia Has Said or Written About Homosexuality

This week the Supreme Court will hear arguments about equal rights for gay Americans. But we already know what Scalia thinks.

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| Tue Mar. 26, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Anti-Marriage Equality Leader Says America Cannot Remain "Half Slave and Half Free"

The head of a top anti-same sex marriage group makes a curious analogy between marriage rights and slavery.

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| Mon Mar. 25, 2013 12:20 PM PDT
Al Pacino and Helen Mirren in HBO's Phil Spector

Your Guide To Al Pacino Screaming, From "Dog Day Afternoon" to David Mamet's New HBO Film "Phil Spector"

David Mamet's film focuses on the notorious record producer's murder trial—and affords ample room for Pacino's combustible and exciting performance.

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| Sat Mar. 23, 2013 3:59 PM PDT
Thomas Perez

The GOP Wants to Use This Bizarre Case to Scuttle Obama's Most Progressive Cabinet Nominee

Inside the case that made conservatives hate Thomas Perez.

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| Fri Mar. 22, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
Justice

Study: Blacks Twice as Likely as Whites to Get Death Penalty in This Texas County

The study was commissioned by death row inmate Duane Buck, whose race was a factor in his sentencing.

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| Wed Mar. 13, 2013 8:02 AM PDT

WATCH: Justice Scalia: Those Were the Days [Fiore Cartoon]

Gee, our old Jim Crow worked great!

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| Fri Mar. 8, 2013 2:06 PM PST

Obama Plans to Pick Up the Pace on Judges

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| Sun Mar. 3, 2013 9:35 PM PST

Supreme Court Poised to Declare Racism Over

Conservative justices on the high court look set to scrap a key part of the Voting Rights Act.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 11:29 AM PST

Chief Justice Roberts' Long War Against the Voting Rights Act

Roberts has been a critic of the Voting Rights Act for 30 years. Now he will help decide whether the law's most important section lives or dies.

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 4:00 AM PST