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August 20 2010

Kennedy favors civilian courts in terrorism cases

In this photo taken March 8, 2007, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government regarding the Supreme Court's 2008 fiscal budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kennedy said Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 that most terrorism cases should be tried in civilian courts. Kennedy addressed participants in the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference on Maui, where a panel discussion earlier this week reached a consensus in favor of using civilian courts instead of military commissions in most terrorism cases. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Thursday that most terrorism cases should be tried in civilian courts.


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July 20 2010

Social media seen as potential problem in Miss. courts | clarionledger.com

The 22-member Mississippi Model Jury Instruction Commission is studying a social media instruction as part of an overall update, state Supreme Court…
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June 29 2010

Federal courts see border security landslide

U.S. Border Patrol agent Santos Flores walks in front of the old border fence, back left, where it meets a five-mile section of new border fence in 2008 at Nogales, Ariz. President Barack Obama's plan to hire 1,000 more Border Patrol agents and other immigration officers could flood the region's already overwhelmed federal courts, a judiciary official said.President Obama’s $600 million border plan has 1,000 agents, seven gunrunner teams, five FBI task forces and more prosecutors and immigration judges, but nothing for federal courts.


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June 22 2010

Obama slowly puts his mark on federal courts

Appeals court nominee Goodwin Liu takes the oath before testifying during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in April.Democrats control the White House and Congress, but President Barack Obama is off to a slow start in putting his imprint on the third branch of government, the federal courts.


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May 22 2010

Clinton courts Chinese people; tough mission nears

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in blue, applauds alongside visitors as they watch a video presentation during a tour to U.S. Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai, China, Saturday, May 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)Courting the Chinese people, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to make the case Saturday for greater cooperation and partnership between the two countries as a difficult diplomatic assignment approached: winning Beijing’s support for punishing ally North Korea.






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