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Court: Patients may not use pot legally
Jun 6 2005 11:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People who smoke marijuana because their doctors recommend it to ease pain can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, overriding medical marijuana statutes in 10 states.
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Court: Ships must provide disabled access
Jun 6 2005 11:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court extended the reach of a landmark federal disabilities law, ruling Monday that foreign cruise lines that dock at U.S. ports must provide better access to handicapped people.
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Calif. AG: Don't panic over pot ruling
Jun 6 2005 9:54PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Oregon stopped issuing medical marijuana cards after Monday's Supreme Court ruling, but people could apparently still get pot with a doctor's approval there and in nine other states. And nobody in law enforcement appeared eager to make headlines arresting ailing patients.
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Supreme Court rejects women's sports case
Jun 6 2005 2:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider reinstating a lawsuit that accuses federal officials of discriminating against male athletes in enforcing equal opportunities for women.
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Rehnquist backs medical marijuana patients
Jun 6 2005 12:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who is fighting thyroid cancer, disagreed with Monday's Supreme Court ruling that allows federal prosecutions of ill medical marijuana users.
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High court declines to review libel suit
Jun 6 2005 9:53AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court declined to consider Monday whether a news weekly's fictional article about a 6-year-old girl getting arrested over a book report libeled two officials.
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