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• Outside Voices: Court ruling reaches far

  January 25, 2010 in Opinion on Page A7 Los Angeles Times, Jan. 22: According to one campaign reform group, the U.S. Supreme Court created “a disaster for the American people” by ruling Thursday that corporations could spend money … 3

• High court rejects many limits on campaign spending

  January 22, 2010 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Overturning a century-old restriction, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that corporations may spend as much as they want to sway voters in federal elections. In a landmark 5-4 … 4

• Legislators delay hearing after campaign finance ruling

  January 22, 2010 in City on Page A10 The Supreme Court’s ruling on campaign finance prompted a Washington legislative committee to delay action Thursday on two proposals involving contributions to local candidates. The Senate Government Operations and Elections …

• Wash. not likely affected by campaign finance ruling

  January 21, 2010 in Region The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark campaign finance decision might not have much effect in Washington state.

• High court overturns campaign finance rule

  January 21, 2010 in Nation/World The Supreme Court threw out a 63-year-old law designed to restrain the influence of big business and unions on elections Thursday, ruling that corporations may spend as freely as they … 10

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  Justices hear case on keeping sex offenders behind bars

  January 13, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A group of dangerous sex criminals who took their case before the Supreme Court Tuesday had one clear champion: Justice Antonin Scalia. A staunch conservative, he has not …

• Wash. to appeal felon vote ruling to Supreme Court

  January 6, 2010 in City Attorney General Rob McKenna and Secretary of State Sam Reed say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court’s decision that would give Washington state felons … 13

• High court could rule on worker privacy

  December 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is expected to decide as soon as today whether to hear an appeal of a case in which employees won a constitutional right to privacy … 6

• Court signals leniency for young

  November 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Confronted with the stark reality of a 13-year-old boy sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, the Supreme Court justices signaled Monday that they were …

• Editorial: Petition signers help to create legislation

  October 27, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 It looks as if the fate of Referendum 71 will be decided long before a final decision is made on whether to release the names of the more than 120,000 … 2

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  Supreme Court will hear Guantanamo detainee case

  October 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether Guantanamo detainees who are considered no threat can be ordered released in the United States – over the objections of …

• Pacelle’s HSUS again shows distasteful image to world

  October 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 Washington’s general deer hunting season opens Saturday. Thousands of photos will be snapped to preserve the memories of hard work, fabulous scenery, quality family time, good friends and, for perhaps … 2

• Sotomayor jumps into Supreme Court role

  October 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – By midmorning on the first day of the Supreme Court’s term, it was clear new Justice Sonia Sotomayor will fit right in – and in particular with her …

• Change coming to U.S. Supreme Court

  October 5, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Justice David Souter never danced the salsa in public. Justice John Paul Stevens doesn’t sing in karaoke bars. And Chief Justice John Roberts hasn’t thrown out the first …

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  Gun control case to get court’s ear

  October 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court set up a historic decision on gun control Wednesday, saying it will rule whether restrictive state and local laws violate the Second Amendment right to …

• Sandra Day O’Connor: End judge elections in Wash.

  September 14, 2009 in City The first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court says there’s a serious problem with the government in Washington and many other states: They elect their judges. 4

• Supreme Court reviewing corporate campaigning

  September 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s conservative bloc sounded poised Wednesday to strike down on free speech grounds a 100-year-old ban against corporations spending large amounts of money to elect or …

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  Clerk hiring signals Stevens may retire

  September 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Justice John Paul Stevens, who will turn 90 early next year, has given a hint that this Supreme Court term will be his last, potentially clearing the way …

• Sotomayor’s first vote sought to spare killer

  August 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Newly seated Justice Sonia Sotomayor has cast her first recorded vote on the Supreme Court, joining three liberal justices in an unsuccessful effort to stop an execution in …

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  Senate confirms Sotomayor for Supreme Court

  August 6, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.

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  Vote foretells partisan pattern of opposition

  July 29, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Republicans’ unflinching opposition to Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday drew a partisan line in the sand, signaling that future Barack Obama nominees to the Supreme Court are unlikely …

• Sotomayor vote delayed

  July 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans on Tuesday blocked the consideration of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for a week, saying that they needed time to study her record, even …

• Editorial: Lots to learn from process in Senate for Sotomayor

  July 17, 2009 in Opinion on Page A15 Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings have provided moments of tension and moments of levity. It’s been a refreshing demonstration of national political leaders’ ability to temper serious advocacy with respectful civility. …

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  Sotomayor pushes back on racial basis questions

  July 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, deflecting tough questioning by Republicans on the second day of her confirmation hearings, said Tuesday that in 17 years as a judge she … 1

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  Sotomayor hearings begin today

  July 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Sonia Sotomayor has decided advantages as she begins the most important trial of her long legal career, a nationally televised consideration of her nomination to be the first …

• David S. Broder: Court can’t kill race issue

  July 5, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 The implicit message delivered by the Supreme Court majority, in two of the most important decisions of the term that ended this week, is that racial discrimination is no longer …

• Court: States can challenge banks

  June 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A12 WASHINGTON – State governments can challenge the practices of national banks in court, the Supreme Court held Monday, in a decision that bolsters the power of states relative to federal …

• Court won’t hear Bible club appeal

  June 30, 2009 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to stop the Kent School District from blocking a group of Christian students from forming a Bible club on a high …

• Court reverses ruling on race

  June 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In a closely watched case that could have a broad effect on hiring and promotion policies, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters who earned top test … 1

• Court won’t get involved in Bible club question

  June 29, 2009 in Nation/World, Region The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stop a school district from blocking a group of Christian students from forming a Bible club on campus. 8

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