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Roberts Labors to Bring Divided Court Together

Chief scores 2 big 8-1 decisions last week, but Supremes still split

Jun 29, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Roberts told the Senate in 2005 that the Supreme Court was too polarized, and as chief justice he promised to encourage harmony between the court's left and right blocs. Last week he delivered, with two 8-1 decisions on the Voting Rights Act and the strip-search of a 13-year-old girl.... More »

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John Roberts • Voting Rights Act • Chief Justice • strip search • court cases • US Supreme Court

(AP) - An Arizona middle school's strip search of a teenage girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen was illegal, the Supreme Court ruled today. School officials violated the law with their search of Savana Redding, the justices said in an 8-1 ruling. Redding, who now attends college, was 13 when school officials... More »

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Arizona • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Constitution • John Paul Stevens • Fourth Amendment • strip search • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • Savana Redding

Ginsburg Wants Another Woman at High Court

Justice bemoans her
male colleagues' 'lack of understanding'

May 6, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among the many people calling on Barack Obama to name a woman to fill his first Supreme Court vacancy, one voice stands out: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the sole female on the nation's highest bench. In a frank interview with USA Today, the justice says that some of her male colleagues... More »

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women • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • gender discrimination • strip search • US Supreme Court • justices • David Souter

 High Court Skeptical 
 of Strip-Search Case 

And sounds skeptical

Apr 22, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Savana Redding’s lawyers made their case before the Supreme Court yesterday, condemning the strip-search of a 13-year-old in a hunt for ibuprofen as unreasonable search and seizure. But the justices were skeptical, the LA Times reports, with their questions indicating they were leery of limiting school officials’ powers... More »

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John Roberts • drugs • privacy • Stephen Breyer • search and seizure • strip search • US Supreme Court

 School Strip-Search Case 
 Heads to Supreme Court 

Law is murky on the limits of privacy in school

Mar 24, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 2003, staff at an Arizona middle school strip-searched Savana Redding, then 13, after getting a tip that she had prescription-strength ibuprofen. They didn't find any, and Redding sued. Next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the school's policy violated Redding's constitutional rights, reports the New York ... More »

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drugs • Arizona • privacy • strip search • US Supreme Court • middle school

Strip-search Costs McD's $6.1M

Jurors say franchise negligent in hoax

Oct 6, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Kentucky jury has ordered McDonald's to pay $6.1 million to settle the case of an employee who was strip-searched in the fast-food restaurant as part of a hoax. Jurors gave Louise Ogborn, 18 at the time, hefty punitive damages because McDonald's didn't seem all that concerned about warning... More »

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McDonald's • sexual abuse • hoax • strip search • telephone

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