Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that all 31 states must recognize same-sex marriages performed in the capital, though its decision does not force those states to begin marrying gay couples in their territory.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/11/mexico-gay-marriage-supreme-court_n_678016.html
Earlier this week a Swedish appeals court upheld the ruling of a district court and ordered an ISP to hand over the details of a torrent site operator.
Faced with a potential $96,500 fine for non-compliance, TeliaSonera has announced it will take an appeal to the Supreme Court in an attempt to balance pre-existing privacy....
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http://torrentfreak.com/isp-takes-bittorrent-admin-privacy-case-to-the-supreme-court-100521/
Thanks to five justices on the Supreme Court, the United States is no longer the only country to impose sentences of life without parole on its teenagers.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/opinion/18tue1.html
The White House moved quickly today to squelch the widening speculation that Hillary Clinton could be nominated to the Supreme Court, as Senator Orrin Hatch suggested this morning.
"The President thinks Secretary Clinton is doing an excellent job as Secretary of State..."
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0410/White_House_kills_Hillary_SCOTUS_buzz.html
President Barack Obama had some harsh words for the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down a key campaign-finance provision during his State of the Union address tonight, and Justice Samuel Alito looked less than pleased.
