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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, Interior Policy, U.S. Supreme Court, Laws, Personal Weapon Control
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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: Justice and Rights, U.S. Senate, United Nations, Laws, Lawyers
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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: T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone Group Plc, U.S. Congress, Federal Communications Commission
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Supreme Court reinforces FCC authority in disputes over cell tower placements
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers. The court voted 6-3 Monday to uphold an appeals court ruling in favor...Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Washington, DC, Samuel A. Alito, John G. Roberts, Jr., Federal Communications Commission
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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: Judges, Justice System, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Book
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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: Government, Shootings, Politics, Interior Policy, Justice System
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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: Justice and Rights, University of Richmond, Freedom of Information Laws, Local Government, Freedom of Information Act
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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: Labor Legislation, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Litigation, Laws, Lawyers
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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: Migration, Politics, Tribune Company, Labor Legislation, Immigration
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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: Government, Labor Legislation, Laws, National Government, Marketing
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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: Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, Laws, Illegal Immigrants, American Civil Liberties Union
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