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LETTER: Wasting Time And Money Challenging New Gun Law
Regarding "Connecticut Sued Over New Gun Law" [May 23, Connecticut]: The key issue in a lawsuit being raised by a coalition of gun dealers, owners and gun lobbies that claims the state's new gun law violates the Constitution and citing once again Second...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy
Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's...
Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Politics, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Judges
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U.S. justices endorse FCC authority in cellphone tower case
ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has authority to try to speed up the process for installing wireless communications towers when local governments...Tags: U.S. Congress, T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom AG, Vodafone Group Plc, Judges
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'The Roberts Court' captures an important transformation
At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he memorably testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Healthcare Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Peter Sagal's 'Constitution USA' hits the road with humor
NEW YORK — If someone told you of a barnstorming TV host who interviewed people around the country about a given subject, you'd say it sounds like a lot of the road-trip reality series that have proliferated on cable TV. But what if that host...
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Gun rights and corresponding responsibilities
For those who oppose commonsense gun safety legislation - including background checks and magazine limits - claiming it threatens their Second Amendment rights, I say gun rights come with responsibilities to protect citizens’ safety. Even...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Safety of Citizens
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Supreme Court rules Va. can deny out-of-state FOIA use
Richmond Times-DispatchThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Virginia Freedom of Information Act provision allowing state and local governments to deny record requests from out-of-state residents. The decision came two months after oral arguments in the...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Local Government, University of Richmond, Realty, Justice and Rights
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Immigration ruling no surprise
The Decatur Daily, Ala.Those on both sides of Alabama's illegal-immigration law said Monday they were not surprised the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request to revive portions of the law. The justices upheld a federal appeals court ruling that blocked parts of the law...Tags: Politics, Litigation, U.S. Congress, Marcel Black, Scott Beason
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Supreme Court refuses to revive Alabama immigration law
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON _ The Supreme Court has blocked Alabama from enforcing a state law that authorized the police to arrest and jail persons who hid or transported illegal immigrants. By an 8-1 vote, the justices let stand lower court rulings that said enforcing...Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Migration
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Supreme Court rejects Alabama's appeal of immigration law decision
The Montgomery AdvertiserThe U.S. Supreme Court Monday morning turned back Alabama's appeal of a lower court's ruling striking down a portion of the state's immigration law making it a state crime to conceal, harbor or transport undocumented aliens into the state. The appeal,...Tags: Politics, Migration, U.S. Department of Justice, National Government, Government
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Supreme Court won't revive Alabama immigration law
WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court made it clear Monday that enforcing immigration laws was reserved for the federal government, not the states. By an 8-1 vote, the justices rejected a request from Alabama to revive part of a 2011 law designed to drive...Tags: Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Migration, Justice and Rights, Career and Workplace
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Chasm divides gun control and gun rights advocates
SACRAMENTO — "Living in parallel universes," is how Senate leader Darrell Steinberg describes it. Gun control and gun rights advocates "talking past each other." Emanating from different cultures, incapable of agreeing on how to make us all...
Tags: Politics, Donald P. Wagner, Marty Block, Mark Leno, Tea Party Movement
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