Jesse J Holland

October 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday praised Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' sense of honor at his trial on corruption charges, calling his reputation for honesty and integrity "sterling" in the quarter-century they've known each other."As we say in the infantry, this is a guy you take on a long patrol," said the retired four-star Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

By TOM HAYS and JESSE J. HOLLAND

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July 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Supreme Court nominees rarely take risky or controversial positions when in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sonia Sotomayor is no exception.She's following a path charted by several nominees before her, including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, on the questions they've all been asked.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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January 25, 2006 | National Law Journal

Alito already has enough support from a majority of senators to be put on the bench as early as this week.

By Jesse J. Holland

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September 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By JESSE J. HOLLAND and MARK SHERMAN

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October 15, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, was kept at a hospital overnight after she became drowsy and fell from her seat aboard an airplane. Court officials blamed a reaction to medicine.It was the second time Ginsburg, 76, has been hospitalized in the last month.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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March 18, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court will struggle this week with the validity of an Arizona law that tries to keep illegal immigrants from voting by demanding all state residents show documents proving their U.S. citizenship before registering to vote in national elections.

By Jacques Billeaud and Jesse J. Holland

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March 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Months after its debut, "Hillary: The Movie" faces nine of the nation's toughest critics: the Supreme Court.The justices' review of the slashing documentary financed by longtime critics of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton could bring more than just a thumbs up or thumbs down.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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August 04, 2010 | Daily Report Online

You have the right to remain silent, but only if you tell the police that you're remaining silent.You have a right to a lawyer-before, during and after questioning, even though the police don't have to tell you exactly when the lawyer can be with you. If you can't afford a lawyer, one will be provided to you.

By Jesse J. Holland

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March 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether government regulation of a movie critical of former presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton might also be used to ban books critical of political hopefuls during election season.One justice warned that the future of the nation's campaign finance law could ride on their decision on whether the anti-Clinton movie was journalism or a political attack ad.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND

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March 26, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect's property to look for evidence without first getting a warrant for a search, a decision which may limit how investigators use dogs' sensitive noses to search out drugs, explosives and other items hidden from human sight, sound and smell.

By Jesse J. Holland

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