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Justices Hear Case on Taxing of Students

November 10, 2010

WASHINGTON — “How do you draw the line,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked at a Supreme Court argument on Monday, “between a student who is working and a worker who is studying?” The case concerned medical residents, who work long hours as part of their studies, providing care to hospital patients. They are often paid more…

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Justices Revisit Tax Credits for Religious Schools

November 4, 2010

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday returned to a subject that produced a major and closely divided decision eight years ago: how far may the government go in aiding religious schools? In 2002, in a 5-to-4 ruling, the court upheld a school voucher system in Cleveland that parents used almost exclusively to pay for…

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Supreme Court Justices Debate Video Game Ban

November 3, 2010

WASHINGTON — In a lively and sometimes testy Supreme Court argument on Tuesday over a law banning the sale of violent video games to minors, the justices struggled to define how the First Amendment should apply to a new medium. They tried analogies — to books, films, cartoons, comic books, fairy tales and rap lyrics.…

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Supreme Court in Britain Gives More Legal Force to Prenuptial Agreements

October 21, 2010

Gestern berichteten wir bereits auf unserer Webseite was zu beachten ist, wenn Sie als Nicht-Amerikaner einen Amerikaner heiraten moechten (oder umgekehrt). Ankuepfend an dieses Thema fand ich folgende Meldung aus Großbritannien interessant: LONDON — A ruling by the Supreme Court here on Wednesday gave prenuptial agreements more weight in divorce cases, bringing British law closer…

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