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News from\u00a0the justice system; state and federal courts, and the Supreme Court<\/h2>\n

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How the GOP Candidates Are Blocking the Vote<\/a><\/div>
February 1, 2016<\/div>
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As a senator from Texas, Cruz has championed his state\u2019s voter-ID law, the strictest in the country. The law\u2014which allows voters presenting a handgun permit to cast a ballot, but not those with a student ID\u2014has been blocked by federal courts on three occasions. Cruz\u2019s website featured a petition calling on supporters to tell Obama:…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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TRP News – Progressive News & Information – August 24, 2015 – The Rational Progressive<\/a><\/div>
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TRP News with James Andre. This week – can Sanders win the Democratic primary? Do Clinton’s emails really matter? What do you know about the Senate elections? Two states fail to draw legal voting district maps, migrants storm the Macedonian border, and the Koreas exchange artillery fire in the middle of a joint U.S. –…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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TRP News – Progressive News & Information – August 10, 2015 – The Rational Progressive<\/a><\/div>
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TRP News with James Andre. This week – the Jade Helm military exercise brings out the crazies, Potential Reid successor Senator Schumer bucks White House on Iran deal, voting rights on the 50th anniversary of the voting rights amendment, an update on the HIV outbreak in Indiana, the EPA accident polluting a Colorado river with…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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TRP News – Progressive News & Information – June 29, 2015<\/a><\/div>
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TRP News with James Andre. This week Fast Track has passed and been sent to the President, the Islamic State turns one year old and calls for a month of disaster, SCOTUS hands down several important decisions including same sex marriage, the Iran talks overrun but are said to be near completion, and the politics…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Meet the Unusual Plaintiffs Behind the Supreme Court Case That Could Destroy Obamacare<\/a><\/div>
February 10, 2015<\/div>
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On March 4, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in King v. Burwell, a lawsuit designed by conservative advocates to destroy Obamacare. If the plaintiffs prevail, about 8 million people could lose their health insurance. Premiums are likely to skyrocket by 35 percent or more, threatening coverage for millions of others. Health policy experts…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Judge Myron Thompson rules Alabama abortion clinic law unconstitutional<\/a><\/div>
August 4, 2014<\/div>
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U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson today ruled an Alabama law requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is unconstitutional, saying that it poses an undue burden on women’s right to abortion.Abortion providers sued to block the law, passed in 2013, saying it would force three of Alabama’s five abortion clinics to close.The…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Federal agency cancels Redskins trademark registration, says name is disparaging<\/a><\/div>
June 18, 2014<\/div>
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, calling the football team\u2019s name \u201cdisparaging to Native Americans. \u201dThe landmark case, which appeared before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, was filed on behalf of five Native Americans. It was the second time such a case was filed. \u201cThis victory…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Republican Court Unpacking Plan Takes Judicial Manipulation to a New Level<\/a><\/div>
May 29, 2013<\/div>
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Republicans in the Senate have made no secret of their efforts to block the President\u2019s constitutional responsibility to appoint federal judges. They have filibustered unquestionably qualified nominees, like Caitlin Halligan. And their obstruction of the confirmation process kept several nominees waiting more than a year for a vote. \u00a0In fact, on average, our judicial nominees…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Judicial Vacancies Languish On Key Federal Appeals Court<\/a><\/div>
April 2, 2013<\/div>
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The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., is sometimes called the second most important court in the country, regularly delivering the final word on major environmental, labor and national security cases. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has a whopping four vacancies, the most in the nation, including one…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Reagan-Appointed Judge On Race: ‘Eleanor Roosevelt Said Staffs Of One Color Always Work Better’<\/a><\/div>
February 11, 2013<\/div>
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A Texas civil rights group filed a complaint against Judge Lynn N. Hughes, a Ronald Reagan-appointee to a federal district court in Texas, criticizing his \u201coutlandish racial comments\u201d in a case brought by a South Asian man alleging employment discrimination: At one point, during a hearing in a racial discrimination case, Hughes reportedly said, \u201cEleanor…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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