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U.S. justices rule for PPL Corp in overseas tax case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for utility PPL Corp in its dispute with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over credits the company claimed to offset overseas tax payments. The court ruled on a unanimous vote that Pennsylvania-...Tags: Entergy Corporation, Politics, Taxation, U.S. Supreme Court, Internal Revenue Service
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Supreme Court rules for PPL in overseas tax case
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled for utility PPL Corp. in its dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over credits the company claimed to offset overseas tax payments. The court ruled on a unanimous vote that Allentown-based PPL can...Tags: Entergy Corporation, Politics, Taxation, U.S. Supreme Court, Internal Revenue Service
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Winning Law Day Essay: "Equality in College Admissions"
Winning Law Day Essay: "Equality in College Admissions" By Elizabeth Sherwood North Central Michigan College student There are many people who have played an important role in the journey to equality for all. The most notable of those people...Tags: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Racism, Harriet Tubman, University of South Carolina
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Deep in the reeds on genes
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney had it wrong. Corporations aren't people -- corporations own people. The Supreme Court on Monday took up the unusual question of whether corporations control our genetic material -- specifically, whether a Utah-based company...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mitt Romney, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Plant Openings
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Antonin Scalia's anti-gay words are poison; so I confronted him
It seems these days as if everyone is speculating about how Justice Anthony M. Kennedy will approach the two same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. But I haven't heard anyone wondering which side Antonin Scalia will be on. He has made...
Tags: Minority Groups, Judges, Family, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Marriage
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Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits
WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Civil Rights, Lawyers, Criminal Laws
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Supreme Court blocks overseas human rights cases from U.S. courts
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has declared that American courts will not be the world’s forum for deciding suits alleging human rights abuses by corporations and foreign tyrants on foreign soil. In a 9-0 decision, the high court tossed...
Tags: Human Rights, Civil Rights, Politics, Lawyers, Criminal Laws
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A ruling on racial progress
Jonah GoldbergI can only hope that the scourge of racism is finally purged from Stewartstown and Pinkham's Grant. These are two of 10 New Hampshire towns covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which requires local officials to get permission, or...Tags: New York City, Civil Rights, Politics, Brooklyn (New York City), Bronx (New York City)
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Why North Carolina can't have its own official church
In recent days my Facebook feed has been littered with links to stories about a bill in the North Carolina Legislature that would allow the state to establish its own religion. Here was another example, my outraged friends said, of Bible Belt...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, Judges, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice
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Judging the Voting Rights Act
Rightly regarded as one of the most lustrous legacies of the civil rights movement, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaws discrimination in voting nationwide, but it also requires that states with a history of denying minorities the right to vote obtain...
Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, Lawyers, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Congress
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Justice Kennedy's one-man show
WASHINGTON -- Imagine how gratifying it must feel to be Anthony Kennedy. As the justice who most often serves as the swing vote on the Supreme Court, he is the target of endless sycophancy, solicitude and general kissing up -- and his courtiers were...
Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Judges, Barack Obama, Family
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Supreme Court seems willing to restore gay marriage in California
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, hearing arguments on the emotionally charged issue of gay marriage for the first time, appeared willing Tuesday to restore marital rights to gays and lesbians in California but uncomfortable with legalizing same-sex...
Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Family
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Feb 27, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013
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