legaltimes.typepad.com - 10/21/2009
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The Supreme Court this morning granted review in the first Guantanamo detainee case to face the Obama Administration at the high court level. The Court's action was announced in an order list that was issued in an unusual way. Normally,...
csmonitor.com - 10/21/2009
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csmonitor.com —
The Supreme Court lets stand a Virginia court
ruling that police must actually see erratic driving –...
and not just rely on anonymous tips – to stop a suspected drunk driver. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the ...
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Supreme Court declines to set rule on drunk driving stops
news.yahoo.com - 10/20/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
AP - Chief Justice John Roberts spoke out
in vain Tuesday against a lower court ruling he...
says will "grant drunk drivers 'one free swerve'" that could potentially end someone's life.
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Roberts speaks out on drunk driving case
(AP)
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