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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan channeled 1980s MTV favorite Tommy Tutone in her majority decision on Thursday in a case about trucking. And if someone has the number she mentioned, it would be latest chapter of the Tutone legend. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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Argo and New Resolve on Capitol Hill Could Finally Bring Justice to the 1979 Iran Hostages
Posted by admin on June 12th, 2013
Dozens of senators are receiving a gut-wrenching Father’s Day letter this week from a group launching its first collective action as Capitol Hill advocates: the spouses and children of 52 Americans taken hostage in Iran in 1979 and held for 444 days. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Bill to revamp military justice faces uphill fight
Posted by admin on June 11th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ambitious legislation to stanch the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces by overhauling the military justice system faces an uncertain future due to vigorous objections from senior Defense Department leaders and key members of Congress who are concerned the proposed changes go too far. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! [...]
Supremes enforce ex post facto clause, while Justice Thomas would go back to 1798
Posted by admin on June 11th, 2013
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Sexual assaults force changes to military justice
Posted by admin on June 4th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined to stop sexual assault in the military, Congress is spelling out for the services how far lawmakers are willing to go in changing the decades-old military justice system. Tweet This Post
Military seeks to temper military justice overhaul
Posted by admin on June 3rd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The military's top uniformed leaders will seek to temper calls for a drastic overhaul of the military justice system as Congress demands fast answers to the growing epidemic of sexual assaults within the armed forces. Tweet This Post
Abbreviated pundit round-up: Sen. Baldwin talks economic justice, Bradley court martial to start
Posted by admin on June 3rd, 2013
John Nichols at The Nation writes Senator’s Call Stirs Movement to Get Congress Focused on Economic Justice: Tweet This Post
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Tags: Abbreviated, Baldwin, Bradley, Court, Economic, Justice, Martial, Pundit, Roundup, Sen., start, talks 
No Comments »Washington police arrest 17 in Occupy Justice foreclosure protests. Actions continue today
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Actions, Arrest, continue, Foreclosure, Justice, Occupy, Police, protests, Today, Washington No Comments »Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday, widening a probe that includes investigations by three committees in Congress. Tweet This Post
Journalists Say Justice Department Intimidating Reporters
Posted by admin on May 14th, 2013
Journalists called the news the Justice Department seized records from phone lines assigned to Associated Press offices and its reporters over a two month period “chilling” and a “dragnet to intimidate the media,” Politico reports. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post
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