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MS sufferer Marie Fleming has chosen how she will die despite Supreme Court ruling (IrishCentral)

Sat, 04 May 2013 05:27:02 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A terminally-ill MS sufferer has already chosen the method she will use to end her own life – despite losing a Supreme Court case against the ban on assisted suicide.

Irish professor with multiple sclerosis Marie Fleming loses landmark right-to-die case in Irish Supreme Court (IrishCentral)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:03:22 PDT

Marie Fleming; partner deniedassisted suicideA terminally ill woman with multiple sclerosis has lost her landmark case in the Supreme Court challenging Ireland's absolute ban on euthanasiaMarie Fleming (59) fought the case up to the country's most senior legal tribunal, requesting an assurance that her partner not be prosecuted for helping her end her lifeThe case was described by the Chief Justice, Susan Denham, as 'very tragic'However the court's answer was that the Irish constitution guarantees an absolute right to life, and that there was no legal recognition for a corresponding right to die READ MORE

US Supreme court rejects appeal over secret IRA tapes at Boston College (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:07:13 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

The United States Supreme Court has denied an appeal that sought to keep interviews with former IRA members being turned over to the Northern Irish police.

England rule supreme at the Aviva Stadium for first win in 10 years on Irish soil (IrishCentral)

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:18:57 PST

By: Patrick Counihan

Ireland 6 pts

MS victim Marie Fleming to bring her right to euthanasia fight to Ireland’s Supreme Court (IrishCentral)

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:40:15 PST

By: KERRY O’SHEA

59-year-old Marie Fleming, who is suffering from the terminal disease Multiple Sclerosis, is heading for Ireland’s Supreme Court to appeal the High Court ruling against her bid to be granted assisted suicide.

Christine Quinn tells Supreme Court Justice ‘Don’t compare me to a murderer because I’m a lesbian’ - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:04:40 PST

By: KERRY O’SHEA

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was on MSNBC’s ‘Hardball with Chris Matthews’ on Tuesday night responding to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s comments regarding homosexuality.

Supreme Court again orders halt on Boston College handing over IRA interviews (IrishCentral)

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:52:18 PDT

By: SEAN BROSNAN

The Supreme Court has again blocked Boston College from handing over tapes featuring interviews with convicted IRA car bomber Delours Price to the Northern Irish Police, the Boston Herald reports. This will be the last stay granted by the Supreme Court and will last until November 16th.

Boston College researchers pledge to turn to Supreme Court to protect IRA interview from British (IrishCentral)

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:32:17 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre, researchers who interviewed for IRA members for a Boston College oral history project, have announced their intention to ask the United States Supreme Court to rule that the tapes should not be handed over to the British authorities.

US Supreme Court appeal possible in Boston College IRA case (IrishCentral)

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:32:48 PDT

By: NIALL O'DOWD

The Boston College legal decision which orders the college to hand over tapes of interviews of IRA members to the US Justice Department and British authorities could be appealed to the US Supreme Court.

Bill O’Reilly half apologizes for “being an idiot” after Supreme Court Obamacare ruling (IrishCentral)

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:13:35 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Political pundit Bill O'Reilly half honored his public pledge to 'apologize for being an idiot' if the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate in President Obama's health care law.

Supreme Court OK of Obamacare is a huge gift to Mitt Romney and GOP (IrishCentral)

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:15:34 PDT

Within the the 1st hour after the Supreme Court announced Obamacare legislation would stand, the Romney Presidential campaign coffers were flooded with campaign donations This one decision has totally fired up the base like nothing else couldChief Justice Roberts said, in so many words, if you don't like the law, throw out the politicians who passed the law That will be a rallying call for the large majority of Americans who do not like the intrusive law that was forced upon them READ MORE

The verdict on John Roberts Supreme Court (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:15:34 PDT

John RobertsYou already know what's going to happen, don't you? You know because the Supreme Court that Chief Justice John Roberts leads is the most conservative in modern American historyThere is no possibility for surprise and no pretense at it even Was Bush v Gore a surprise to you? Will the current Supreme Court hand President Obama and the Democrats a formidable victory in an election year?Not a chance READ MORE

Obama abandons Arizona, the border will be like no country for old men (IrishCentral)

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:45:30 PDT

Along the Arizona/Mexican border, dozens of heavily armed spotters man look out points on mountain peaks commanding the shimmering, parched landscape below They usually man these posts for two weeks at a time, taking provisions with them to last the entire 14 days They are equipped with night vision technology, powerful binoculars and high tech communications able to keep them in touch with command centers miles away But these aren't US military personnel or law enforcement, they are soldiers of powerful Mexican drug cartels, who own these crossing points where vast amounts of drugs and human traffickers stream into the United States READ MORE

President Obama has pushed the Constitution, now the Constitution pushes back (IrishCentral)

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:16:14 PDT

The Supreme Court will rule this week whether President Obama's health care bill is constitutional and whether his Justice Department under embattled Eric Holder can stop Arizona from enforcing immigration law The administrations prestige is riding on the outcome of these decisions Since the President has touted himself as a constitutional scholar, you would think a positive outcome for him is a foregone conclusion But most legal experts have said Obamacare is an overreached Frankenstein monster of a law and flawed constitutionally as it forces citizens to purchase private insurance READ MORE

Opponents protest against Irish E3 bill outside Supreme Court (IrishCentral)

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:07:08 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

A small group gathered outside the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday to protest against Arizona’s immigration law, which was being debated inside.

Obamacare faces the light of day in Supreme Court (IrishCentral)

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:45:11 PDT

Back in early 2010, then Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Congress, they would get to find out what's in the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, after they passed it No need to ask any questions now regarding the pesky details and small print in the over 2700 pages of legalese Just vote yes for it, trust us and you will be pleasantly surprisedFor those legislators saying they couldn't vote if there were any provisions for abortion or abortion drugs, they were promised drugs/procedures would not be in it READ MORE

CONAN REIGNS SUPREME! (IrishCentral)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:05:03 PDT

Jay Leno, you may have stolen the Tonight Show back from America's favorite redhead but at the end of the day the laugh is on you Conan O'Brien, the king of everything funny in the world, scored an Emmy nomination today for best variety series Conspicuously absent from that category? One Jay Leno It just goes to show that being a cheater doesn't always mean that you win in the long run READ MORE

US Supreme Court says Vatican can be sued over Irish priest (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:47:04 PDT

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A court case which initiated in 2002, John V. Doe v. Holy See, was initially seen by the Vatican to be a publicity stunt. The Vatican appealed the case but the Supreme Court has now ruled to give it the green light.

A 'Supreme' moment for Catholics, but does it matter? (IrishCentral)

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:45:03 PST

Posted by FatherTim at 8/7/2009 8:37 PM EDTMy friends,Today's confirmation by the US Senate of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the nation's highest court is a day for the record books, or history books, or religious books -- or some sort of book Or not READ MORE

Courting Kathleen (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:15:21 PST

Posted by Patricia Harty at 5/15/2009 4:13 PM EDT Could an Irish-American Stanford University law professor be the next Supreme Court Justice?When Kathleen Sullivan, Stanford University law professor, and former dean, was asked in a 2000 interview with Elgie Gillespie for Irish America magazine, about the possibility of following in Sandra Day O'Connor and William Brennan's footsteps, she said:“Who knows? It's politics”“I admired Brennan so and it always annoyed me when he was praised for stereotypical 'Irish' qualities instead of for just being as smart as a whip!”Now, Sullivan, a third-generation Irish-American with Cork and Limerick roots, is one of 12 possible Supreme Court nominees who could be nominated by President Barack Obama with the retirement of Justice David SouterSullivan, grew up in Queens, New York, her mother was a teacher, her father an accountant, both of whom graduated from city college public education They espoused, the “usual emigrant values of hard work and emotional astringency, but were as focused and articulate as can be,” she said READ MORE