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Stephen G. Breyer

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  • Illustration: Video game ruling by John Camejo for The Washington Times

    KNIGHT: Supremes equate video violence with free speech

    The cultural sledgehammer that's shattering basic decency in America keeps pounding away. Our enemies must be delighted to see us disarm morally and still expect to be strong, free and prosperous. They know it doesn't work that way.


  • Illustration: NLRB guide

    REILLY: Labor redoubles assault on Catholic colleges

    When federal agents ruled for a second time this year that a Catholic college cannot claim First Amendment protection from federal labor laws, they brazenly ignored instructions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and set up a potential Supreme Court confrontation.


  • ** FILE ** Former Attorney General John Ashcroft

    Supreme Court: Ashcroft can't be sued over arrest

    Former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued over his role in the post-September 11 arrest by federal agents at Dulles International Airport of an American Muslim who was listed as a terrorism witness but was never charged with a crime, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.


  • ** FILE ** Abdullah al-Kidd is seen in Los Angeles in February 2011. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

    High court rules out damage claim against Ashcroft

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out damage claims against former Attorney General John Ashcroft over an American Muslim's arrest, but four justices said the case raises serious questions about post-9/11 detentions under a federal law intended to make sure witnesses testify.


  • **FILE** Miroslava Acosta, 4, holds a sign during a rally at the Arizona state capital building in Phoenix on May 9, 2011, to protest Arizona's decision to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a decision by a lower court that put the most controversial parts of the state's immigration enforcement law on hold. (Associated Press)

    Supreme Court OKs Arizona's business immigration law

    In a weighty case with far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that requires all businesses to check to make sure new workers are in the country legally — and in the process signaled the states can have a greater say on immigration issues.


  • The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington is pictured in March 2009. (Associated Press)

    Supreme Court rejects Gitmo detainees' appeal

    The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Guantanamo detainees who fear they may be tortured or jailed if they are released from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.


  • Former House Speaker and current Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, at one point owed as much as a half-million dollars to jeweler Tiffany & Co., as revealed in financial disclosures filed by Mrs. Gingrich. (Associated Press)

    Inside Politics

    Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich's family at one point owed as much as a half-million dollars to luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co.


  • ** FILE ** Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

    EDITORIAL: Georgia backs voter ID

    Once again, a major court has ruled that states have every right to fight voter fraud by requiring voters to show identification. The Obama Justice Department, however, is on the wrong side of the argument. Fortunately, the sanctity of the vote is being upheld against those undermining it.


  • The U.S. Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

    Supreme Court split on Ariz. immigrant hiring law

    With Justice Elena Kagan taking no part in the case, it appears unlikely the Supreme Court will strike down an Arizona law imposing severe punishment on businesses that hire illegal immigrants.


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