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Whatever the Supreme Court Decides on Healthcare, Nurses See the Real Crisis Continuing

Karen Higgins, AlterNet. March 28, 2012.

If Medicare is good enough for our grandparents, it should be good enough for the rest of us.

Supreme Court Says Religious School Can Fire Teacher for Illness

Josh Eidelson, In These Times. February 12, 2012.

In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld for the first time a “ministerial exception” limiting the rights of employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Eyewitness Identification Has 50% Error Rate? How We Throw People in Prison Based on False ID

Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. January 23, 2012.

From Sacco and Vanzetti to Troy Davis, witnesses to crime scenes get it wrong too often. So why did the Supreme Court just make it harder to challenge such evidence in court?

Hypocritical NYPD Continues Racist Pot Arrest Crusade

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. December 30, 2011.

Since the police commissioner told the NYPD to follow the books on marijuana arrests, all that's changed are the court proceedings that unfairly criminalize thousands.

The Health of Children and Consumers Is Threatened by Conservative Push for Corporate Speech Rights

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. December 12, 2011.

Some pro-business federal judges have shockingly approved a constitutional right for big companies to avoid revealing product dangers on labels.

A Step Backwards: CA Court Rules Cities Can Ban Marijuana Dispensaries

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 14, 2011.

In the days since the ruling was announced, a number of localities have already either moved to enact bans or halted plans to regulate dispensaries.

Victory For Iraq War Whistleblower; KBR's Profiteering Exposed

Amy Goodman, Comment Is Free. July 27, 2011.

Military contract whistleblower Bunny Greenhouse's legal win is welcome, but US taxpayers are still out $5 trillion for Bush's wars.

Supreme Court OK With Violent Video Games; Porn Still Illegal (for Minors)

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 28, 2011.

Is it hypocritical of the Supreme Court to allow violent video games to be sold to minors, while continuing to ban depictions of sex?

Chevron Is Trying to Slither Away from a Massive 8$ Billion Judgement for Cancer Deaths, Illnesses and Destruction

Greg Palast, TruthOut.org. February 15, 2011.

Mr. President, will you stand by your words and tell this renegade, deadly US corporation to pay for the damage they have done?

US Judge OK's Confession Extracted by Threatening Suspect with Rape

Eric W. Dolan, Raw Story. August 12, 2010.

Omar Ahmed Khadr, apprehended at age 15, imprisoned in Gitmo for the past 7 years awaiting trial for terrorism and war crimes.

Scalia and Thomas Are Nuts

Booman, Booman Tribune. August 18, 2009.

Apparently, it's Constitutional to execute a prisoner known to be innocent.

Court Rules Al Franken Has Won Senate Seat

Agence France PresseJune 30, 2009.

The decision could hand Democrats unchecked control of both houses of Congress.

Clarence Thomas Scoots Right -- Again

Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. June 27, 2009.

After 18 years of sleepwalking through proceedings, Thomas has found his niche: the most conservative judge in the court.

A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

Howard Zinn, City Lights. May 3, 2007.

An excerpt from Howard Zinn's new book -- a collection of essays on history, class and the strength of ordinary citizens -- explores the unfair trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the flawed justice system that still haunts us today.