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In search of an indestructible car
3/14/2010 9:17 PM

Imagine a remake of the blockbuster mobster saga, The Godfather.

A super frivolous filing
3/7/2010 8:52 AM

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Even in court, home is where the heart is
2/28/2010 2:00 PM
Five years ago, President George W. Bush chose Madison County as the most appropriate place to sign into law the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.
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U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Trial Lawyers)
2/21/2010 12:48 PM
If he who pays the piper calls the tune, Dick Durbin is playing nothing but trial lawyer favorites.
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Gino's plan for new jobs
2/13/2010 5:19 PM
Alexi "Gino" Giannoulias, the Illinois Democrats' nominee for U.S. Senate, says he has "a plan for new jobs."
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Decision harms health care reform
2/6/2010 10:37 PM
In his 2003 book, Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges, onetime Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork warned about "the seizure by judges of authority properly belonging to the people and their elected representatives."
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Free speech for everyone, not just certain ones
1/30/2010 5:00 PM
"Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech," says the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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What goes around comes around
1/24/2010 2:56 PM
According to ancient history, when Perillos of Athens created a new torture device for the delight of Phalaris, the tyrant of Agrigentum of Sicily, he expected to be rewarded handsomely for his handiwork.
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Peter, Paul, and Maryville
1/17/2010 2:25 PM
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul," said Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw.
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The day the toast wasn't burnt
1/10/2010 8:00 AM
The story is told of the seven-year-old boy who never spoke.
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A New Year's Resolution
12/26/2009 11:39 AM
As Ronald Reagan once observed, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
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