He openly expressed skepticism in Hollingsworth and led the Court in an hour-long debate in Windsor solely focused on whether the court has jurisdiction.
In fact, the only choice left was to keep silent or to debate nuclear safety issues in a law court.
If the Supreme Court declares a constitutional right to marriage other than one-man, one-woman, then all traditional marriage laws in all 50 states will be invalid, and there will be a serious debate (already in a lower federal court) of whether polygamists also have a constitutional right to national recognition.
This is a cut above the usual debate in and about the supreme court and sounds like progress.
The judge himself has noted that minutes already in the court's possession "showed some debate at a fairly high level in the bank".
In the public debate, the ball is now in Mr. Hazare's court either to declare his campaign successful and cease his fast or insist that his supporters continue to fight for a tougher bill.
It is an energetic debate in all 50 states, and this summer we will learn whether the Supreme Court will shut down this debate by making it a constitutional issue on which the American people are not allowed to vote.
These divisions were on vivid display on December 5th in a public debate between Antonin Scalia, the court's leading conservative, and Stephen Breyer, its leading liberal.
Apple and Samsung were back in San Jose federal court this afternoon to debate a variety of post-trial motions.
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And so the fact that Saddam Hussein is now being tried in an Iraqi court by Iraqi justices brings the debate full circle.
In debate on the issue this week, Democrats noted the Supreme Court ruled on June 28 to uphold the health care law's constitutionality, which they said should end talk of repeal and instead inspire bipartisan efforts to address the nation's weak economic recovery.
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Whatever the outcome, the Supreme Court now plans to weigh in on the habeas corpus debate.
The thrust of that debate was over whether al-Qaida figures were more properly tried in a military court, but security challenges also loomed as a factor.
The court doesn't do democracy any favors by getting involved in the abortion debate in such a way, according to Scalia.
It argued in court that the Home Office should have brought the issue back to Parliament for proper debate.
The real issue that is concerning the government is a case sitting before the Supreme Court here in the UK and it is a case that could change the whole debate.
"I believed that if the general public, especially the American public, had access to the information... this could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general, " Pfc Manning told the court.
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The debate was sparked by a ruling from the European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) that the display of crucifixes in Italian classrooms was contrary to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.
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