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A host of people might be changing their addresses in the coming months, as the long-anticipated Hawthorne Court housing development may finally open its doors.
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By Brian Croce
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8/22/12
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Reasonable citizens of all parties, from way liberal to far right, agree that while the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, we can’t shout “Fire!” in a crowded theater if there’s no fire.
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8/2/12
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Those Founding Fathers knew what they were doing. Checks and balances worked last week, as the United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 decision that surprised pretty much everybody.
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7/3/12
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Last week, the Supreme Court, in all of its glory, decided on two monumental cases.
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7/3/12
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Everybody needs a friend. Whether it’s a family member, a public-school buddy or your faithful dog, it’s comforting to have that one person or thing you can turn to in times of need.
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6/28/12
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It’s not often that a fifth grader gets convicted of armed robbery but that happened twice this past month in Valley Stream. However, the children didn’t have to serve any jail time and were allowed to return to school with their classmates.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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6/28/12
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Exhibits and more...
Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European …
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6/6/12
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First of two parts.
In 1965, Morris Kramer, a 30-year-old bachelor who lived in Atlantic Beach with his mother, claimed that the Lawrence Public School District and the State of New York were discriminating against him.
Kramer owned no property and had no children in the schools, so, by state law at the time, he couldn’t vote in a school district election. That, he said, violated his constitutional rights.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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4/18/12
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Feeling threatened by the Supreme Court’s diligent and persistent questioning of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), President Obama referred to the court as an “unelected group of people.”
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4/12/12
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Last week, the Supreme Court held three days of oral arguments on whether the landmark of the Obama administration, Obamacare, the controversial bill that overhauled our health care system, violated the Constitution.
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4/5/12
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