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Supreme Court

Unallotment ruling coverage

By Andy Driscoll, Truth to Tell on KFAI

TTT MAY 5: UNALLOTMENT RULING COVERAGEMORE »

Near v. Minnesota, a 1937 case with continuing significance

01/30/2010 - 10:30am - 1:00pm

Charles Samuelson, executive director of the Minnesota ACLU, will talk about a seminal case concerning censoring of the media that started in Minnesota and went to all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Its implications are still being felt today. The New York Times used it to ensure access to the Pentagon Papers.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Baucus: Vote for sale

By Bill Sorem, Free Speech Zone

I don’t know if a “Vote for Sale” sign hangs on the office door of Senator Max Baucus, but the message from his office is clear. He votes as his benefactors dictate.MORE »

And then there were two? Recusals in Coleman case could whittle state high court below quorum

By Chris Steller, Minnesota Independent
Pinch hitters could be called up to help the Minnesota Supreme Court handle Norm Coleman’s election-contest appeal if more justices recuse themselves.

Two of the seven high-court justices have already said they won’t deliberate on the case.MORE »

U.S. Senate recount: What’s next?

By Paul Demko, Minnesota Independent
Al Franken won the U.S. Senate contest by 225 votes. That was the determination that the five-member State Canvassing Board put their signatures to on Monday. Franken duly declared victory, pronouncing himself the “next senator from Minnesota.”

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Supreme court race to the finish

By Mary Schoen, TC Daily Planet
In a race that has recently heated up, Supreme Court Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea and Fourth District Court Judge Deborah Hedlund are battling for the Associate Justice seat on the Minnesota Supreme Court held by Gildea since her appointment by Governor Tim Pawlenty in January 2006.MORE »

To Koryne Horbal . . .

By Richard Lee Dechert, Free Speech Zone

and other "feminists" who say they'll reject Barack Obama and write-in Hillary Clinton as their presidential preference:

"McCain promised that, if elected, he would follow President Bush's model in choosing Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. MORE »

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