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  • July 2008

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

      New York Times  |  Jul 13, 08 5:00 AM CDT

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

      (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 “remote oracle”--instead, they function as part of America’s ever-changing political dialog. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • justice system  • justice  • decision

  • June 2008
  • November 2007

    • Saudi Rape Victim 'Crushed Human Being,' Husband Says

      CNN  |  Nov 21, 07 9:41 AM CST

      Saudi Rape Victim 'Crushed Human Being,' Husband Says

      (Newser) - The husband of the Saudi gang-rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail blamed one judge's vendetta—and not the Saudi judicial system itself—for her treatment "as a guilty person who committed a crime." He told CNN his wife has been a severely depressed, ill, "crushed human being" since the attack in 2006, when they were engaged. She's given up her education, and is too fragile to speak publicly. More »

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      rape  • Saudi Arabia  • courts  • Islamic Sharia law  • Saudi rape victim  • justice

  • April 2007

    • Supreme Court Blocks Gitmo Detainees

      Associated Press  |  Apr 30, 07 2:04 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Blocks Gitmo Detainees

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court will not hear the cases of two Guantanamo detainees who sought to challenge the government's policy on military tribunals, it announced today. But it will hear arguments this fall in the case of a Texas death row inmate, a Mexican national whose appeal was supported by the Bush administration and the Mexican government. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • trial  • court  • detainee  • military tribunal  • justice

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