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Obama to learn Supreme Court health verdict from news

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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama will learn how the Supreme Court rules on his flagship healthcare law from watching the news, and won't get any advance word on the opinion, the White House said on Wednesday.

Romney presses attacks on "Obamacare" before ruling

SALEM, Virginia - Republican Mitt Romney stepped up his criticism on Tuesday of President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement, saying if the U.S. Supreme Court does not overturn the 2010 healthcare overhaul when it decides its fate this week he would dump it if elected in November.

The immigration ruling: a hint on healthcare?

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's decision in the Arizona immigration case on Monday showed a conciliatory streak within a divided court that could emerge again when the justices issue their climactic healthcare decision on Thursday.

U.S., Health, Politics 26 Jun 2012

Supreme Court splits its verdict on Arizona immigration law

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the main provision of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants but threw out three other parts, handing partial victories to President Barack Obama in his challenge to the law and to the measure's conservative supporters. | Video

Politics, U.S. 26 Jun 2012

Arizona governor hails immigration ruling, opponents dismayed

PHOENIX - Republican Governor Jan Brewer hailed Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a key part of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants, while the law's critics said thousands of families will live in fear in the southwestern state bordering Mexico.

Politics, U.S. 26 Jun 2012

High court splits its verdict on Arizona immigration law

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the main provision of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants but threw out three other parts, handing partial victories to President Barack Obama in his challenge to the law and to the measure's conservative supporters. | Video

U.S., Politics 25 Jun 2012

Romney cautious in response to immigration ruling

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney blasted President Barack Obama on Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court's divided ruling on Arizona's illegal-immigration law, and said he wished the court had approached the issue differently.

Arizona governor hails immigration ruling, opponents dismayed

PHOENIX - Republican Governor Jan Brewer hailed Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a key part of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants, while the law's critics said thousands of families will live in fear in the southwestern state bordering Mexico.

U.S., Politics 25 Jun 2012

Madoff payouts won't get Supreme Court review

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court declined to review how the trustee for Bernard Madoff's customers calculates victims' losses, a decision that could help speed a payout of billions of dollars.

25 Jun 2012

Teen murderers must get parole chance: Supreme Court

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled unconstitutional mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for people under age 18 when they committed murder in a ruling that could affect nearly 2,500 young prisoners.

25 Jun 2012

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