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Supreme Court puts limits on reach of human rights law
Christian Science Monitor The US Supreme Court on Wednesday significantly limited the scope of a 224-year-old federal statute that allows foreign residents to file civil lawsuits in US courts for violations of international law. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories … Supreme court blocks Nigerian activists from suing Shell over alleged tortureThe Guardian Supreme Court Limits Human Rights SuitsABC News (blog) Justices Bar US Suit in Nigerian Human Rights CaseNew York Times Los Angeles Times –USA TODAY –BBC News all 52 news articles » |
Supreme Court puts limits on reach of human rights law – Christian Science Monitor
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Supreme Court puts limits on reach of human rights law
Christian Science Monitor The US Supreme Court on Wednesday significantly limited the scope of a 224-year-old federal statute that allows foreign residents to file civil lawsuits in US courts for violations of international law. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories … Supreme court blocks Nigerian activists from suing Shell over alleged tortureThe Guardian Justices Bar US Suit in Nigerian Human Rights CaseNew York Times Supreme Court blocks overseas human rights cases from US courtsLos Angeles Times Fox Business –USA TODAY –CNN all 53 news articles » |
Supreme Court puts limits on reach of human rights law – Christian Science Monitor
 Christian Science Monitor |
Supreme Court puts limits on reach of human rights law
Christian Science Monitor The US Supreme Court on Wednesday significantly limited the scope of a 224-year-old federal statute that allows foreign residents to file civil lawsuits in US courts for violations of international law. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories … Supreme court blocks Nigerian activists from suing Shell over alleged tortureThe Guardian Justices Bar US Suit in Nigerian Human Rights CaseNew York Times Supreme Court blocks overseas human rights cases from US courtsLos Angeles Times Fox Business –USA TODAY –CNN all 53 news articles » |
Supreme Court Ducks Key Second Amendment Issue — For Now – Cato Institute (blog)
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Supreme Court Ducks Key Second Amendment Issue — For Now
Cato Institute (blog) Alas this morning the Supreme Court declined to review Kachalsky v. Cacace the challenge to New York City's effective ban on carrying firearms (which I've previously discussed). To correct some early media reports, this does not mean that the Court upheld … Supreme Court refuses to hear NRA challenge to law limiting concealed-carry … |
Novartis Cancer-Drug Patent Denied by India Supreme Court – Bloomberg
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Novartis Cancer-Drug Patent Denied by India Supreme Court
Bloomberg Novartis AG's (NOVN) Gleevec cancer treatment isn't eligible for a patent in India, the Supreme Court ruled, in a decision watched by non-profit groups seeking to expand access to medicines and drugmakers concerned the country is increasingly … India's top court dismisses Novartis petition for Glivec patent SC rejects Novartis's patent plea on its cancer drug, says Glivec failed innovative … Lawyer: India's Supreme Court rejects Novartis AG's right to patent new version … |
Supreme Court tackles Prop 8, DOMA – MSNBC
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Supreme Court tackles Prop 8, DOMA
MSNBC This week the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against Proposition 8, a California law that bans same-sex marriages, and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal law defining marriage as between a man and woman. USA Today's Supreme … It's not all same sex unions – there's other stuff and soccer slogs along, too … Gay Couples Challenge Utah Marriage Ban In Court |
Gay Couples Challenge Utah Marriage Ban In Court – Towleroad
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Gay Couples Challenge Utah Marriage Ban In Court
Towleroad Overshadowed by this week's historic marriage equality Supreme Court hearings was a lawsuit filed several days ago by three gay and lesbian couples in the U.S. District in Utah which challenges that state's ban on same-sex marriage. The Daily Herald … |
Senators voice support for gay marriage as Supreme Court weighs Prop 8 case – New York Daily News
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Senators voice support for gay marriage as Supreme Court weighs Prop 8 case
New York Daily News WASHINGTON — A trickle of lawmakers announcing support for gay marriage became a cascade Tuesday, with four Democratic senators in 48 hours changing their stance. Sens. Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), Jon Tester (Mont.) and Mark Warner (Va.) joined Sen. Don't oppose the majority's authority (DOMA) Gay marriage not like abortion rift Ohioans and gay marriage |
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Race-Related Admissions Case – JDJournal.com
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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Race-Related Admissions Case
JDJournal.com On Monday, the Supreme Court decided that it would dig further into affirmative action at university admissions, according to The Washington Post. The court agreed that it would review the decision of a lower court to overturn the voter-approved initiative that … |
Supreme Court rules against publisher on copyright protections – Chicago Tribune
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Supreme Court rules against publisher on copyright protections
Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday said U.S. copyright holders cannot block the resale inside the country of products they make elsewhere, a major case affecting the annual importation of tens of billions of dollars of gray market goods. Justices Rule Against Publishers in Textbook Copyright Case SCOTUS Reverses in Kirtsaeng Supreme Court Expands First Sale Interpretation |