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

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| Thu Mar. 28, 2013 9:16 AM PDT

Big Government or Marriage Equality? DOMA Puts Conservative Justices in a Bind

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| Wed Mar. 27, 2013 3:00 PM PDT

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

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| Tue Mar. 26, 2013 1:29 PM PDT

At Supreme Court, Marriage Equality Foes' Best Argument Is That They're Losing

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| Tue Mar. 26, 2013 12:20 PM PDT

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Here Are the 7 Worst Things Antonin Scalia Has Said or Written About Homosexuality

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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"

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| Mon Mar. 25, 2013 12:14 PM PDT

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

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

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

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

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

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| Wed Mar. 13, 2013 9:39 AM PDT

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

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| Fri Mar. 8, 2013 2:16 PM PST

Obama Plans to Pick Up the Pace on Judges

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| Sun Mar. 3, 2013 9:36 PM PST

Supreme Court Poised to Declare Racism Over

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 12:48 PM PST

Chief Justice Roberts' Long War Against the Voting Rights Act

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| Wed Feb. 27, 2013 4:01 AM PST

This Supreme Court Case Could Give Corporations Even More Power to Screw Consumers

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 4:56 AM PST

Should Cops Be Allowed to Seize Your DNA?

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| Tue Feb. 26, 2013 4:06 AM PST

The Supreme Court Won't Hear "Citizens United on Steroids" Case

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| Mon Feb. 25, 2013 9:18 AM PST

Former Obama Officials Call for Oversight Over Targeted Killing

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| Thu Feb. 21, 2013 9:11 AM PST

Monsanto: All Your Seeds Are Belong to Us

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| Wed Feb. 20, 2013 4:01 AM PST

SCOTUS to Consider Challenge to Campaign Donation Limits

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| Tue Feb. 19, 2013 1:15 PM PST

Georgia Man With IQ of 70 Granted Stay of Execution (UPDATED)

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| Tue Feb. 19, 2013 4:47 AM PST

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