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Bush names conservative judge for opening
Oct 31 2005 11:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush nominated Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court on Monday, hoping to usher in a historic new era of judicial conservatism while ending a Republican divide that doomed an earlier pick.
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Supreme Court refuses to hear coast appeal
Oct 31 2005 10:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by a marine conservation group which challenged the constitutionality of the powerful California Coastal Commission.
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Alito has affirmed abortion restrictions
Oct 31 2005 9:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's new pick for the Supreme Court has a track record on abortion that suggests a shift toward more restrictions.
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Supreme court rejects Microsoft appeal
Oct 31 2005 9:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Microsoft Corp., which sought to protect itself from a big-dollar patent ruling.
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Court nominee Alito holdings top $615,000
Oct 31 2005 4:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's net worth got a major boost last year when a family friend died and left him Exxon Mobil Corp. stock worth between $100,000 and $250,000, according to his 2004 financial disclosure statement.
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Alito had peaceful confirmation hearing
Oct 31 2005 3:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fifteen years ago, Samuel Alito told senators at his confirmation hearing that judges shouldn't "step over the line" into lawmaking or "try to pigeonhole the case or to import a judge's own view of the law into the law," records showed Monday.
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Alito: Conservative, not always predictable
Oct 31 2005 3:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Samuel Alito, a conservative on a moderate to liberal federal court, has taken a restrictive view of discrimination and harassment cases during his 15 years on the bench while stoutly defending religious freedoms.
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Supreme Court rejects telecommuting case
Oct 31 2005 1:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to disturb New York's system of taxing the income of telecommuters who live elsewhere but are employed by companies in the Empire state.
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Court to hear medical patent case
Oct 31 2005 10:39AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a patent infringement case involving a test that helps predict strokes, heart attacks and dementia.
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Supreme Court nixes appeal on cell phones
Oct 31 2005 10:25AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider throwing out class-action lawsuits that accuse cell phone makers of failing to protect users from unsafe levels of radiation.
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Supreme Court to consider immigrant rights
Oct 31 2005 10:11AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to clarify the rights of longtime illegal immigrants to seek permission to stay in the United States.
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Alito would be fifth Catholic on Court
Oct 31 2005 7:45AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - If confirmed, Samuel Alito would be the fifth Roman Catholic on the current Supreme Court and the 11th Catholic to serve in the court's history. The others:
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