News tagged with federal supreme court
Court won't reduce student's music download fine
(AP) -- The Supreme Court has refused to take up a Boston University student's constitutional challenge to a $675,000 penalty for illegally downloading 30 songs and sharing them on the Internet.
May 21, 2012 |
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Supreme Court rejects emergency carp measures
(AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to order emergency measures that might prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite a warning that the exotic fish pose a "dire threat" to the region's ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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UAE court jails five Internet activists
A United Arab Emirates court on Sunday sentenced a blogger and four other Internet activists to prison terms after finding them guilty of charges including insulting the Gulf state's leaders.
Nov 27, 2011 |
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High court troubled by warrantless GPS tracking (Update)
The Supreme Court invoked visions of an all-seeing Big Brother and satellites watching us from above. Then things got personal Tuesday when the justices were told police could slap GPS devices on their cars ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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US appeals court upholds Obama's health care law
A US federal appeals court in Ohio upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's controversial health care law Wednesday in the first rejection of several challenges at the appeals court level.
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Supreme Court to review warrantless GPS tracking (Update)
(AP) -- The Supreme Court will weigh in on an important privacy issue for the digital age: whether the police need a warrant before using a global positioning system device to track a suspect's movements.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Appeals court won't reconsider Facebook settlement
A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its decision ordering two former Harvard classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to accept a multimillion dollar settlement over the company.
May 16, 2011 |
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US appeals court hears arguments on health care law
A US federal appeals court in Virginia began Tuesday examining two challenges to President Barack Obama's controversial health care law.
May 11, 2011 |
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US Justice Dept to appeal health care reform ruling
The Obama administration said Tuesday it would appeal against a federal judge's ruling that a key provision of the landmark health care reform law was unconstitutional.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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UT professors find mixing business with politics pays off
Now that the 2010 election is over, here is something to consider for the 2012 race: If you want to fatten your company's profits, contribute to a political campaign.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Legal analysis: The health insurance mandate is constitutional
The most politically charged feature of the health reform law is the mandate that legal residents have health insurance. Within weeks of the law's passage, twenty states had filed lawsuits charging that the mandate is unconstitutional ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Microsoft request for patent suit review is nixed
(AP) -- A federal appeals court has rejected Microsoft's request to review a $290 million patent ruling against the software maker.
Apr 01, 2010 |
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German teacher loses battle against pupils' web rankings
A German teacher who had sued to shut down a website where pupils rank their instructors according to competence and "coolness" lost her battle in court Tuesday.
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Study shows judges' backgrounds matter in high court selection
Some federal judges are tossing out civil cases based on their own opinions, a disturbing trend that makes background checks even more important in the search for a new associate justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, a University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 18, 2009 |
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