Mr. Morsi continued to court political activists who were outraged by Mr. Shafiq's near-victory.
He probably believes he was protecting the reputation of the court, but in the process he made the court look more political and he hurt his own reputation and I think ultimately the court's, too.
Any administration regards its positions before the court as political sallies as much as legal assertions.
To Democrats, Romney painted himself into a corner by embracing conservative immigration policies in the primaries to court the political right wing.
The Justices can help the Constitutional system, the country's political temper and the Court's reputation by letting the people decide how to define the core family unit of society.
The court said political map-makers cannot use race as the principal consideration in drawing congressional district boundary lines, but also agreed that using race as one factor could be constitutional.
Mr Kostunica says the Hague court is a political affair, biased against Serbs, and of dubious legitimacy.
Normally, the court resists taking political trends into account when making its decisions.
The case filed by his colleague, James Ashby, was a "political attack", the court ruled, ordering Mr Ashby to pay Mr Slipper's fees.
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How U.S. political leaders and the Supreme Court act in coming months could set the template for years on a contentious topic that shows no sign of cooling.
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Those petitioning the court ranged from the political right to the left, and a record 37, 000 Germans signed on.
Graham defended the importance of probing Sotomayor's political beliefs by highlighting the high court's 1955 landmark ruling in Brown v.
Hoping to deflect the political clout of a defendant in court, she asked for women to come out in droves and pack the courtroom.
On Wednesday, Lisa Madigan dismissed the notion that waiting for a decision on a Supreme Court appeal was a political maneuver related to her campaign plans.
Citizens United was about whether people organized into corporations or labor unions could buy television ads and express their opinions during political campaigns, and the Supreme Court said yes.
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As a result, the court argued, the political balance would not be unduly shaken so long as the unions continued to have ample funds to pursue their political agenda.
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Worse still, the US has refused to announce whether it will use its Security Council veto to block a referral of Israel's military and political leaders to the International Criminal Court.
Washington (CNN) -- Labor unions must give nonmember workers "fresh notice" of unplanned increases in fees or assessments -- money that might be used for political purposes -- the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
And by virtue of that, he is much closer to the model of judicial restraint than justices of the liberal or conservative perspective that want to see the court implement a particular political philosophy.
It was disclosed in court Tuesday that a "political activist" who was not an officeholder was also on Mulqueen's list.
Mr Nasheed ordered the army in January to arrest the chief judge of the criminal court, accusing him of political bias and corruption.
The group is spending money on television advertisements, phone calls, campaign mailings and other political efforts, helped by a Supreme Court decision that loosened restrictions on campaign spending.
The court did not split on political grounds: the four dissenters, for instance, included two conservative justices (William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas) and two moderate justices (Sandra Day O'Connor and John Paul Stevens).
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He commented that the effects of depleted uranium were a matter of debate among scientists, politicians and campaigners and said the court was not concerned with political or campaigning questions, but with the scientific questions as to Mr David's illness and the effects of depleted uranium.
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Scott's name came up again last week, with the release of a pile of memos from 1993 and 1994 in which she outlined ways to court the President's political supporters with visits to the White House mess, special policy briefings, trinkets, White House tours and the like.
With a new US president with very little if any knowledge of world politics and a potentially unstable domestic platform after the recent, highly political judgement reached by the American Supreme Court, the time has never been better for Europe to take up its historic responsibility to put its own house in order.
The conservatism of the Lochner era at the Supreme Court, and in the broader political world, generated a backlash.
The court tossed out the argument that political parties are private associations and said discrimination against blacks violated the 15th amendment.
Nor is it the first time a high court has stepped into a divisive political battle to state what it thinks is the law.
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The left was targeting conservative groups and donors well before the Supreme Court's 2010 ruling on independent political expenditures by corporations.
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