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Appeals Court Affirms NDAA Indefinite Detentions
• antiwar.comThrows Out Previous Court's Ban on Enforcement
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Judge Under Fire After Disclosure She Texted Prosecutor With Suggested Questions
• Jonathan TurleyElizabeth Coker, a District Judge in Texas, appears to want to be both judge and prosecutor at trial, but clearly not the defendant. Coker has admitted to sending text messages to a prosecutor to suggest examination questions during a trial.
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Generic drug companies granted total immunity against all lawsuits
• naturalnews.comYou may want to think twice before taking any more generic copies of brand-name pharmaceutical drugs, thanks to a recent Supreme Court ruling that effectively eliminates manufacturer liability in injury cases resulting from negative side effects.
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Magic Words, Magic Rights
• Simple JusticeWhen a cop says he "smells pot," he is invoking the automobile exception to the warrant requirement, which is based on exigent circumstances. Since a person can drive away, and thereby evade arrest and seizure of evidence of a crime in a car,
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100 Days Ago Mark Schmidter Was Jailed for THIS?
• .According to the “We Are Mark Schmidter” Facebook page, Mark will be released from jail tomorrow after serving 104 days of his 141-day sentence.
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Judge Finds Cop Not Guilty of Assault after Refusing to Watch Video of Assault
• Photography Is Not a CrimeWhen Bruce stepped in front of the judge to be tried this week, the judge refused to watch the video that came from a surveillance camera from the back of a police transport vehicle. As a result, Judge Theresa Counts Burke found him not guilty.
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Judge Says Police and U.S. Agents Misled Court in Manhattan Gun Possession Case
• New York TimesProsecutors in the office of the US attorney in Manhattan, strongly defended the officers’ testimony as truthful and accurate; they asked the judge to withdraw his findings, citing the potential damage to the officers’ careers. The judge refused.
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RARE: Justice Prevails! CA Jury finds Bankster Chalk Protester NOT 'Guilty' on ALL Charges!
• Daily Paul.comMan Tried for Chalk Drawings Found Not Guilty
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Judge strikes detective statements on Zimmerman
• APProsecutor Bernie de la Rionda began by asking the judge to strike from the record a statement Detective Chris Serino made in which he said he found credible Zimmerman's account of how he got into a fight with Trayvon Martin.
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Largest Straw Purchase of Guns in History; Phoenix Mayor, Council & Police All Complicit
• Daily Paul.comSomeone anonymously provided $200,000, to buy 2,000 guns in Phoenix, AZ in May 2013, using $100 grocery gift cards as the money.
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The Supreme Court Makes History: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
• Common DreamsThe U.S. Supreme Court announced three historic 5-4 decisions this week. In the first, a core component of the Voting Rights Act was gutted, enabling Southern states to enact......
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Second Circuit Upholds Conviction Of Radio Host For Attacks On Judges
• Jonathan TurleyA troubling conviction has now become a troubling precedent for the first amendment. A right-wing Internet radio host, Harold C. Turner, was earlier convicted of threatening three federal judges.
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Google Says Secret Intelligence Court Restricts Its Right to Free Speech
• Technologyreview.comGoogle is demanding that a secret intelligence court allow it to share some details about surveillance requests for user data.
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Supreme Court ruling: You need ID to buy beer, but not to register to vote
• naturalnews.comThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Arizona's state law requiring potential voters to show proof of citizenship while registering to vote is illegal.
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New Anti-Demonstration Rule at US Supreme Court
• ABC NewsThe Supreme Court has come up with a new regulation banning demonstrations on its grounds, two days after a broader anti-demonstration law was declared unconstitutional.
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules On Gene Patents
• popsci.comNaturally occurring genes cannot be patented, but synthetic ones can.
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Supreme Court says naturally occurring human DNA can't be patented
• ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled partially for Myriad Genetics Inc on the closely watched issue of whether human genes can be patented, deciding synthetically produced genetic material can be patented but naturally occurring DNA cannot.
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Wal-Mart pays $81.6 million settlement for environmental crimes against America
• naturalnews.comWal-Mart is not only the world's largest retailer, it is apparently one of the nation's biggest polluters as well, as evidenced by a massive fine levied recently by the federal government following an investigation of "environmental crimes" which las
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Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Program Needs to Stay Secret
• EFFThe Justice Department today urged continued secrecy for a 2011 FISC opinion that found the National Security Agency's surveillance under the FISA Amendments Act to be unconstitutional. Significantly, the surveillance at issue was carried out
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Judge Throws Out Verdict in Police Brutality Case
• New York TimesWhen Sean Thomas sued 3 New York City police officers in 2009, claiming they had used excessive force against him, he appeared to have a strong case. After his arrest the previous year during a dispute with his girlfriend at her home in the Bronx
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Federal judge accused of saying minorities predisposed to commit violent crime
• The TicketA federal appeals judge in Texas is accused of saying minorities are more apt than other groups to commit crime and that complaints of racial bias in death sentencing are a "red herring."
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Deadline Looms for Suspect to Decrypt Laptop, or Go Directly to Jail
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US Supreme Court: Police can take DNA swabs from arrestees
• APA sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, equating a DNA cheek swab to other common jailhouse procedures like fingerprinting. ‘‘Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, l
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Judge orders Google to comply with FBI's secret NSL demands
• c/NetCNET has learned that U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco rejected Google's request to modify or throw out 19 National Security Letters, used by the FBI that does not need a judge's approval.
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Disgraced ex-Mich. judge gets prison for fraud
• APDeclaring herself "broken" and "disgraced," former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway tearfully took responsibility for fraud Tuesday before a judge sentenced her to a year and a day in prison for concealing assets while she was pleading w
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Raw Milk Acquittal: A Victory for Freedom
• veteranstoday.comIn these days of creeping tyranny – some would say galloping tyranny – whenever freedom wins a battle, it’s time for a celebration.
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Supreme court gives inmates more leeway to challenge convictions
• Washington PostThe Supreme Court ruled a prisoner who presents credible evidence of his innocence can overcome a procedural barrier that he waited too long to go to court. Federal law dictates a state prisoner has a year from the time he is convicted to
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Raw Milk Acquittal: A Victory for Freedom
• Daily Paul.comGood news for this farmer of the future and raw milk!
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Illinois judge charged with heroin, gun possession
• APA southwestern Illinois judge whose colleague died of a cocaine overdose while the two were on a hunting trip together has been charged with possession of heroin and guns.
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Cell phone users ‘have no legitimate expectation of privacy’ – judge
• Russia TodayA federal judge recently ruled that if someone has their cell phone turned on, their location data does not deserve protection under the Fourth Amendment, meaning law enforcement can track individuals without a search warrant.
