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freedom</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/22/scotus.sex.offenders/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/22/scotus.sex.offenders/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court will review a federal law allowing convicted sex offenders deemed "sexually dangerous" by the government to remain in prison even after they have completed their sentences.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court issues narrow decision in voting rights dispute</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/22/scotus.voting.rights/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/22/scotus.voting.rights/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court compromised Monday in a major voting rights case, finding that a powerful enforcement tool in the landmark Voting Rights Act was being applied too broadly.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:36:00 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John McCain likes fellow conservative justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama does not think much of Clarence Thomas.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Biden: Scrapper from Scranton</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/11/revealed.biden.bio/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/11/revealed.biden.bio/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One of the most memorable moments in the Democratic presidential primaries came last year when a debate moderator asked Joe Biden about his reputation for talking too much.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey estimates 1 percent of adults have active epilepsy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/08/08/epilepsy.adults/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/08/08/epilepsy.adults/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An estimated one percent of adults have active epilepsy, and many of them are getting insufficient treatment, according to a 19-state survey released Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Justices' term ends on a less-contentious note</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/27/justices.end.term/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/27/justices.end.term/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It looked like the makings of a perfect storm of animosity in the last week of the Supreme Court's current term, before it wrapped up for the summer recess Thursday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>When the Supremes Get Along</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1818535,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1818535,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Despite two dramatic 5-4 decisions, the court is actually starting to move beyond its predictable ideological split</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court says no to 'Millionaire's Amendment'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/26/scotus.campaign.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/26/scotus.campaign.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court has struck down a provision of a federal campaign finance law that allowed opponents of wealthy candidates to exceed strict campaign spending limits.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Convicted killer executed after last-minute legal wrangle fails</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/20/reed.execution/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/20/reed.execution/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Convicted killer James Earl Reed was executed Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his last-minute request for a stay, said Josh Gelinas, spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What the Gitmo Ruling Means</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814253,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814253,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A majority ruling allowing terror suspects to challenge their detention provokes fierce criticism from conservative justices and politicians</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices are well-off, well-traveled</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/06/scotus.finances/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/06/scotus.finances/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Most of the Supreme Court justices piled up a lot frequent flyer miles in 2007, jetting to such exotic locales as Austria, India and Hawaii, according to financial disclosure reports released Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Money laundering gets a little harder to prove</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/02/scotus.moneylaundering/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/02/scotus.moneylaundering/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court dealt federal prosecutors dual setbacks Monday in efforts to prosecute the laundering of drug ring and organized crime profits.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme court upholds apartheid-era lawsuit</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/12/news/international/apartheid_lawsuit/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/12/news/international/apartheid_lawsuit/index.htm</guid><description>The Supreme Court - apparently handcuffed by possible conflicts of interest - has allowed a multibillion-dollar federal lawsuit from South African blacks and others to proceed. 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