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Ex-Justice criticizes high court

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens had harsh words for his former conservative colleagues Wednesday, saying they have inconsistently applied the law two years after a sweeping ruling dealing with campaign finance reform.
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Former Justice criticizes high court on campaign finance rulings

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens had harsh words for his former conservative colleagues Wednesday, saying they have inconsistently applied the law two years after a sweeping ruling dealing with campaign finance reform.
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SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth to end historic trip

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The SpaceX Dragon supply ship returned to Earth on Thursday, ending its revolutionary nine-day voyage to the International Space Station with an old-fashioned splashdown in the Pacific.

The unmanned capsule parachuted into the ocean about 500 miles off Mexico's Baja California, bringing back more than ...

SpaceX Dragon leaves space station for trip home

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The SpaceX Dragon capsule left the International Space Station early Thursday and aimed for a Pacific splashdown to end its historic flight.

Astronauts set the world's first commercial supply ship loose after a five-day visit, releasing the vessel with the space station's robot arm. The ...

California Senate moves to ban gay-to-straight therapy for kids

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35
The California Senate passed Wednesday a bill that would regulate therapies that purport to be able to change a child's sexual orientation -- from gay to straight.
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California Senate moves to ban gay-to-straight therapy for kids

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35
The California Senate passed Wednesday a bill that would regulate therapies that purport to be able to change a child's sexual orientation -- from gay to straight.
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House debates abortion ban for sex of fetus

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35
One of the most divisive issues in politics is set to take center stage in Congress on Thursday as the House of Representatives votes on a measure banning abortions based on the sex of a fetus.
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House rejects abortion ban based on sex of fetus

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35
Congress took up one of the most divisive issues in politics Thursday as the House of Representatives rejected a controversial measure banning abortions based on the sex of a fetus.
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Washington Times Breaks U.S. Media Blackout On Bilderberg

TruthNews.US - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35
Paul Joseph Watson | Washington Post fails to mention the fact that dozens of hugely influential power brokers are meeting in their own back yard.

Why Does The Mainstream Media Ignore The Bilderberg Group?

TruthNews.US - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35
The American Dream | Over the next several days, more than a hundred of the most powerful people on the planet will attend a secret conference at a hotel in Chantilly, Virgina.

Security tighter than ever for power players

TruthNews.US - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35
The Washington Times | Chantilly's Westfields Marriott hotel is the site of an “unprecedented” security crackdown as the world’s richest and most powerful arrive for the annual Bilderberg conference.

2013 Symposium: "Technology and Crime: The Future of the Fourth Amendment in Public"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 11:35

From Crim Prof Blog:

The AALS Section on Criminal Justice will hold a panel during the AALS 2013 Annual Meeting in New Orleans entitled: Technology and Crime: The Future of the Fourth Amendment in Public.

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New mass surveillance technologies are changing Fourth Amendment protections in public. Enhanced video cameras, GPS location devices, license plate readers, mobile body scanners, backscatter x-ray vans, facial recognition technology, drones, and satellite imaging, in combination, can all be directed at targeted geographic areas. Combined with, or replacing, traditional “stop and frisk” or police surveillance tactics, these technologies have the potential to alter Fourth Amendment protections. At the same time, intelligence-led policing strategies involving crime mapping and analysis have allowed law enforcement to identify areas of crime for targeted police intervention. This panel looks at the constitutional implications of these developments on the expectation of privacy.

Just 2 U.S. colleges make grade in new ranking

The U.S. may have the most prestigious universities in the world, but the best of a new generation of schools are found elsewhere, a major new survey shows.

Of the top 10 institutions founded in the past 50 years, only two are in the U.S., according to London-based Times Higher ...

Security tighter than ever at Bilderberg conference

Chantilly's Westfields Marriott hotel is the site of an "unprecedented" security crackdown as the world's richest and most powerful arrive for the annual Bilderberg conference.

Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to protest the highly secretive gathering, which kicks off Thursday and lasts through the weekend. The off-the-record meeting, well known ...

Debate heated on sex-selection abortion ban

The House of Representatives Wednesday debated but did not immediately vote on a bill to outlaw abortions based solely on the basis of sex.

The discussion pointed up the philosophical views of the members, with some arguing that killing unborn girls just because they are girls is the ultimate war ...

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