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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: decision

decision stories: 6 news summaries

 On the Fence? 
 Play a Hunch.com 

Site asks questions, then makes recommendations

Jun 16, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new website is ready to answer your queries, but it wants to get to know you first. Hunch.com, created by MIT scientists, asks a series of questions before making a recommendation—say, which car to buy, where to go on vacation, what campy movie to watch. It offers... More »

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Internet • MIT • website • decision • hunch.com

analysis

Sotomayor's Record Reveals Rigor, Little Else

Dispassionate rulings exhaustive, but show
no larger vision

May 27, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor’s decisions “are not always a pleasure to read,” writes Adam Liptak of the New York Times, but “they are usually models of modern judicial craftsmanship.” They are exhaustive and technical, with even uncontroversial propositions justified with detailed footnotes. They also reveal strikingly... More »

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US Court of Appeals • justice • US Supreme Court • ruling • decision • Sonia Sotomayor • Ricci v. DeStefano

updated

 Obama Reverses, 
 Will Block Release  
 of Abuse Photos 

In reversal, president says images would endanger US troops

May 13, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has reversed position and will oppose the release of abuse photos of detainees in US custody, the Washington Post reports. "The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • torture • American Civil Liberties Union • abuse • detainee • photograph • harsh interrogation • decision • Obama administration • President Obama • Jay-ZTV

analysis

Clarence Thomas
Strays From Righty Line

Slams Bush team, backs consumer protection in recent case

Mar 9, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clarence Thomas might be the Supreme Court’s rightmost justice, but he’s “never been shy about breaking with conventional wisdom,” writes David G. Savage in the Los Angeles Times. In the latest such instance, he upheld injured patients’ right to sue drug companies, arguing that “agency... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • medical marijuana • conservative • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • liberal • justices • decision • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

Supreme Court: It's a Dialog, Not an Isolated Oracle

Reporter looks back at 30 years and 2,691 decisions

Jul 13, 08 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rather than boldly paving new roads, the Supreme Court functions largely as a bellwether of public opinion, cementing change “rather than propelling it,” writes Linda Greenhouse, looking back on some 30 years of reporting on the court for the New York Times. The justices don’t constitute a... More »

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justice system • justice • US Supreme Court • decision

 Supreme Court's
 Gay Rights
 Revolution 

5 years later profound change still rippling though society

Jun 29, 08 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been five years since the Supreme Court heard Lawrence v. Texas and handed down a landmark decision in effect decriminalizing homosexual activity and paving the way for gay marriage legislation in Massachusetts and California. The decision has been cited in numerous cases around the country challenging morals legislation,... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • US Supreme Court • homosexual • Lawrence v. Texas • decision • sodomy

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