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Biographer takes a look into Scalia's influence, defiance

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:19:17 GMT

Biography looks at conservative, confrontational jurist's influence on law, societyAuthor describes Scalia as a product of contrasting families who has thrived on conflictShe says Scalia's best friend on court is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a low-key, liberal...
Source: CNN

LST builds first global nanotech regulation database

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:50:01 GMT

(PhysOrg.com) -- A global database of government documents on nanotechnology is being launched by three law professors at Arizona State University who, with their colleagues in Australia and Belgium, have corralled and organized a massive number of...
Source: PhysOrg.com

First global nanotechnology regulation database launched

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:35:58 GMT

(Nanowerk News) A global database of government documents on nanotechnology is being launched by three law professors at Arizona State University who, with their colleagues in Australia and Belgium, have corralled and organized a massive number of...
Source: Nanowerk Nanotechnology Spotlight

School Zone: Stimulus funds coming to Washoe schools

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:00 GMT

School Zone is a weekly column written by the Washoe County School District trustees and administration about key issues and noteworthy news for parents, teachers and students.
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Biography of Justice Scalia draws on interviews from the hero to the right

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:34:28 GMT

The last time veteran Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic wrote a biography of a justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, she promptly retired.
Source: Macleans.ca

Review: Scalia biography draws on key interviews

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:24:36 GMT

"American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia" (Sarah Crichton Books, 448 pages, $28), by Joan Biskupic: The last time veteran Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic wrote a biography of a justice, Sandra Day...
Source: MSN Entertainment

Historical role

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:10:01 GMT

Richard Dreyfuss (above)tried on a new role -- Abraham Lincoln.
Source: New York Post

Best of the Web Today: The 'Diversity' Sham

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:21 GMT

By James Taranto It has been 6½ years since the U.S. Supreme Court, in Grutter v. Bollinger, upheld the legality of racial discrimination in university admissions for the purpose of realizing "the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student...
Source: Wall Street Journal

Quoted in 'Bachmann and Kline join GOP colleagues in legal brief defending 'God' references in national motto'

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:16:33 GMT

Sandra Day O'Connor said in MinnPost.com:

This category of 'ceremonial deism' most clearly encompasses such things as the national motto ('In God We Trust'), religious references in traditional patriotic songs such as the Star-Spangled Banner, and the words with which the Marshal of this Court opens each of its sessions ('God save the United States and this honorable Court')

Photo from AP Photo

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:19:32 GMT

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, left, looks on as actress Chita Rivera, center, laughs with Dr. Janet Davison Rowley, right, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, during a ceremony where President...

Photo from Getty Images

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:07:03 GMT

WASHINGTON - AUGUST 12: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the Medal of Freedom to retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House August 12, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on The Today Show

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:38:54 GMT