By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer
updated 11:52 AM EST, Fri September 30, 2011
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September 29, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court starts its new term the first Monday of every October – this year, October 3. That’s when the Court opens for business. Sadly, a growing number of people believe that is who the Court is now open for.
September 28, 2011
September 28, 2011
By Tony Marrero, Times Staff Writer
BROOKSVILLE - It started as an act of patriotic philanthropy.
September 28, 2011
National legal experts will debate the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, September 28 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Charlotte School of Law.
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September 26, 2011
NLJ: Selective service: Christopher Kang takes charge of Obama's judicial nomination process.
By David Ingram
The National Law Journal
September 26, 2011
September 22, 2011
Wall Street Journal
Judge Dismisses Alabama County’s Challenge to Federal Voting Law
By Nathan Koppel
September 21, 2011
September 21, 2011
By Brad Gaskins
A federal judge today dismissed Shelby County’s lawsuit challenging certain sections of the Voting Rights Act.
U.S. District Judge John Bates’ ruling comes after he heard oral arguments Feb. 3.
The county’s challenge concerned sections 4(b) and 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which forbids cities and towns in nine states, including Alabama, from making any changes in voting practices or procedures without approval from the federal government.
September 19, 2011
The New York Times
On Day Devoted to Constitution, a Fight Over It
By Kate Zernike
September 16, 2011
In the 100 years since Constitution Day was first established, most Americans have lumped it with holidays like Grandparents’ Day and Administrative Assistants’ day — a noble cause, lightly observed.
But this year, with the Tea Party making the Constitution sexy again, the holiday (which, for those rusty on their civics, falls on Saturday) has become occasion for battle.
September 17, 2011
Christian Science Monitor
On Constitution Day, tea party and foes duel over our founding document
By Mark Trumbull
September 17, 2011
It's Constitution Day in the US, which this year features a healthy debate about the limits on government power. The growth of the tea party movement has heightened that continuing argument.
It's Constitution Day in the US, but that doesn't mean it's a day for the nation to unite around its founding document amid peace, love, and flowers.
September 16, 2011
Mother Jones
Liberals Fight Tea Party on Constitution Day
By Stephanie Mencimer
September 16, 2011
September 15, 2011
The Washington Post
Recovering the Constitution from conservatives
By Ruth Marcus
September 15, 2011
Tea Party types and other conservatives talk about how they’d like their country back.
I’d like my Constitution back.
The rise of these self-proclaimed constitutional conservatives is an ominous development that has received too little notice — and too little push-back.
September 15, 2011
Care2
Constitutional Conservatives Don’t Know The Constitution [VIDEO]
By Jessica P.
September 15, 2011
Tea Party candidates and their supporters like to identify themselves as “constitutional conservatives”. But what exactly does a constitutional conservative stand for?
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