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		<title>Democrats move for federal Defense of Marriage Act repeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats who back gay marriage have decided now is the time to repeal a federal law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The Democrats may satisfy their gay marriage supporters, but the bill won&#8217;t get very far. The repeal could be approved by the Senate Judiciary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law signed letting UND drop Fighting Sioux name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Like many of her classmates and University of North Dakota students who came before her, senior Annie Hessinger says it doesn&#8217;t matter that the school is shedding its 81-year-old nickname after a drawn-out dispute with the NCAA. She&#8217;s Fighting Sioux and always will be, no matter what new nickname the school eventually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/law-signed-letting-und-drop-fighting-sioux-name/</link>
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		<title>Supreme Court likely to take Obama health care case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The politics of President Obama&#8217;s health care law could shift dramatically under an expected review by the Supreme Court. The justices meet privately today to decide which of numerous appeals to take up &#8212; and one of them is the health care law Obama signed in 2010. Legal analysts expect the high court to take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/supreme-court-likely-to-take-obama-health-care-case/</link>
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		<title>Legal Residents Fear South Carolina Immigration Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina&#8217;s new immigration law, SB 20, which faces a lawsuit from pro-immigrant organizations, will not only affect undocumented foreigners but also U.S. citizens and legal residents. Puerto Rico-born Carolina Belen de Paguada is concerned about the possible entry into force of the controversial law, which was inspired by Arizona&#8217;s SB 1070 legislation. Married to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/legal-residents-fear-south-carolina-immigration-law/</link>
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		<title>House repeals law withholding contractors&#8217; taxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) – In a rare show of unity in a bitterly partisan year, the House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to repeal a law requiring federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent of what contractors are owed until they pay their taxes. Federal investigators have found tens of thousands of contractors who owe billions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/house-repeals-law-withholding-contractors-taxes/</link>
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		<title>Lawyer Opposing Health Law Is Familiar Face to the Justices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — It would be hard for any lawyer to fathom a more riveting caseload than the one Paul D. Clement carried during his seven years in President George W. Bush’s Justice Department. As solicitor general for three years and deputy solicitor for four, Mr. Clement appeared before the Supreme Court 49 times, defended the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/lawyer-opposing-health-law-is-familiar-face-to-the-justices/</link>
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		<title>SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Health care law in March?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration and challengers of the president&#8217;s health care overhaul are pushing for Supreme Court consideration of the law in late March, judging by the speed with which they are filing legal papers. Parties in a high court case rarely submit legal briefs before their deadline, and often ask for extensions. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/supreme-court-notebook-health-care-law-in-march/</link>
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		<title>Oklahoma judge halts law barring drug-induced abortions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A judge blocked a new Oklahoma law on Wednesday that would have prohibited women in the state from having medication-induced abortions to end unwanted early-term pregnancies. The law had been scheduled to go into effect on November 1, but state District Judge Dan Owens issued a temporary restraining order in a victory for abortion rights [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/oklahoma-judge-halts-law-barring-drug-induced-abortions/</link>
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		<title>Michigan&#8217;s Medical Marijuana Law Stoned to Death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michigan’s law enforcement authorities have been determined to undo the will of voters who overwhelmingly approved a 2008 ballot initiative legalizing medical marijuana. They’ve looked for every which way to stop patients from accessing marijuana. For example, the law allows patients to possess 2.5 ounces of usable marijuana. However, they&#8217;ve been arresting patients for possessing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/michigans-medical-marijuana-law-stoned-to-death/</link>
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		<title>Threat of more regulations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At least one sector of the economy is booming, and President Barack Obama can legitimately take credit for it. Since he took office, employment has surged 13 percent at federal regulatory agencies. The regulators&#8217; budgets are up 16 percent. (These numbers are derived from a May report published by Washington University and George Washington University.) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/threat-of-more-regulations/</link>
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		<title>Herbert calls Obama policy &#8216;amnesty&#8217;, defends Utah law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Thusday criticized the Obama administration’s decision to focus immigration enforcement efforts only on those with criminal charges, saying it is an open invitation to people to break the law and enter the country. “It’s certainly de facto amnesty and I’m surprised that President Obama took the position he did and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/herbert-calls-obama-policy-amnesty-defends-utah-law/</link>
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		<title>China considers legalising secret detentions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China is considering changes to its criminal law that human rights activists said Saturday would effectively legalise the forced disappearance of dissidents. Proposed amendments to &#8220;residential surveillance&#8221; laws would allow police to hold suspects in secret locations in cases involving national security, terrorism or major corruption, the official Legal Daily said this week. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/china-considers-legalising-secret-detentions/</link>
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		<title>Obama Courts Hispanics Through Amnesty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Politicians incessantly count votes. Before every decision, a politician calculates how many votes are gained and lost. The Hispanic community believes Obama promised to curb deportations and promote legalization. Increasingly, Hispanics are very disappointed with Obama’s inaction. Last week, Hispanic activists stepped up the pressure on the President and had multiple demonstrations shouting “Legalizacion Si [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/obama-courts-hispanics-through-amnesty/</link>
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		<title>Facebook facial recognition violates German privacy laws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Guardian report, Facebook is being threatened with legal action over its facial recognition software in Germany, for reasons that it violates strict German data protection and privacy laws. The facial recognition software within Facebook allows users to upload photos without the need to tag each and every friend. Facebook automatically tags photos of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/facebook-facial-recognition-violates-german-privacy-laws/</link>
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		<title>Justice Dept Sues Alabama Over Nation&#8217;s Harshest Anti-Immigrant Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is stepping in yet again to challenge a state immigration law, this time for the most far-reaching anti-immigrant state law yet, Alabama’s HB 56. In its highly anticipated lawsuit filed late Monday, the Department of Justice said that Alabama’s recently passed HB 56, which is set to go into effect on Sept. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/justice-dept-sues-alabama-over-nations-harshest-anti-immigrant-law/</link>
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		<title>Georgia law school graduate accused of killing classmate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Police in Georgia have charged a recent law school graduate with the murder of a fellow graduate whose dismembered body was discovered in a trash bin outside an apartment building where they both lived. Stephen Mark McDaniel, 25, was charged late Tuesday in Macon with killing 27-year-old Lauren Giddings, police spokeswoman Jami Gaudet told Reuters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/georgia-law-school-graduate-accused-of-killing-classmate/</link>
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		<title>Gov. Pat Quinn to Sign Illinois DREAM Act into Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illinois is about to become a DREAM state for immigrant students who are undocumented. Gov. Pat Quinn is set to sign a bill that would give such students access to private scholarships for college and lets them enroll in state college savings programs. Quinn will visit Benito Juárez Community Academy in Chicago on Monday to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/gov-pat-quinn-to-sign-illinois-dream-act-into-law/</link>
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		<title>For debt-ceiling deal to become law, what needs to happen by Tuesday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington In a rare moment of relief, Senate leaders rushed together to the floor Sunday night to announce a historic debt agreement, and Asian financial markets, just opening, rallied. But selling the deal to a critical mass of rank-and-file lawmakers is as formidable a political reach as breaking the bitter, partisan impasse among top leaders [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/for-debt-ceiling-deal-to-become-law-what-needs-to-happen-by-tuesday/</link>
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		<title>Health law boosts care, lowers cost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in Washington agrees that we have an obligation to tackle health care costs. Rapidly rising costs are not sustainable for businesses, and they are not sustainable for families. But there’s a big difference between President Barack Obama’s plan to lower costs and the Republican plan, which doesn’t control costs, ends Medicare as we know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/health-law-boosts-care-lowers-cost/</link>
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		<title>More gun licenses, more debates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LANSING &#8212; The right to carry a concealed weapon in Michigan &#8212; 10 years ago a red-hot topic &#8212; is pretty much uncontested. No one is talking about rolling back the CCW changes of 2001, or enacting new gun restrictions. But the argument over whether authorizing more people to carry concealed guns was a good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.all-lawyers.info/more-gun-licenses-more-debates/</link>
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