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Court bars suit against faith-based plan
Jun 25 2007 10:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration's faith-based initiatives got a boost Monday from the Supreme Court: a ruling that ordinary taxpayers cannot sue to stop conferences that help religious charities apply for federal grants.
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Court allows issue ads near elections
Jun 25 2007 8:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Free speech rights take precedence over government restrictions on political advertising, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that opens the door for greater influence by interest groups in the closing days of an election.
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Court limits student free-speech rights
Jun 25 2007 6:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A high school student's "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner got slapped down by the Supreme Court in a decision Monday that restricts student speech rights when the message seems to advocate illegal drug use.
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Court limits student free-speech rights
Jun 25 2007 6:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A high school student's "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner got slapped down by the Supreme Court in a decision Monday that restricts student speech rights when the message seems to advocate illegal drug use.
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Supreme Court refuses Tenn. custody case
Jun 25 2007 5:48PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to get involved in a custody fight over an 8-year-old girl whose Chinese parents have been trying for seven years to get her back from temporary foster care.
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High court signals rightward tilt
Jun 25 2007 3:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court liberated corporate and union political spending, limited students' speech and shielded the White House faith-based program from legal challenge Monday in 5-4 rulings that pointed up the court's shift to the right.
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Court to hear Web cigarette sales fight
Jun 25 2007 11:12AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider reinstating Maine's law aimed at regulating Internet sales of cigarettes to keep them out of the hands of minors.
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Court will hear Louisiana death case
Jun 25 2007 11:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review whether race played a role in the selection of an all-white jury that imposed a death sentence on a black man in Louisiana.
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Business prevails in environmental case
Jun 25 2007 9:25AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court sided with developers and the Bush administration Monday in a dispute with environmentalists over protecting endangered species.
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