<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Anthony M. Kennedy: News &amp; Videos about Anthony M. Kennedy - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Anthony_M_Kennedy</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Anthony M. Kennedy from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:03:49 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Anthony M. Kennedy: News &amp; Videos about Anthony M. Kennedy - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Anthony_M_Kennedy</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Anthony M. 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ideological split</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court says no to 'Millionaire's Amendment'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/26/scotus.campaign.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/26/scotus.campaign.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court has struck down a provision of a federal campaign finance law that allowed opponents of wealthy candidates to exceed strict campaign spending limits.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Child rapists can't be executed, Supreme Court rules</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/25/scotus.child.rape/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/25/scotus.child.rape/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that child rapists cannot be executed, concluding that capital punishment for crimes against individuals can be applied only to murderers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toobin: Death penalty will be reserved for murderers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/25/toobin.child.rape/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/25/toobin.child.rape/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday morning that child rapists cannot be given the death penalty, effectively reserving the punishment only for murderers.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arena: Court decision increases uncertainty in war on terror</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/13/arena.scotus.detainees.otsc/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/13/arena.scotus.detainees.otsc/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On Thursday the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that detainees have the same rights as anyone else in custody in the United States to contest their detention before a federal judge.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices: Gitmo detainees can challenge detention in U.S. courts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/12/scotus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/12/scotus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Suspected terrorists and foreign fighters held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to challenge their detention in federal court, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What the Gitmo Ruling Means</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814253,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814253,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A majority ruling allowing terror suspects to challenge their detention provokes fierce criticism from conservative justices and politicians</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices are well-off, well-traveled</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/06/scotus.finances/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/06/scotus.finances/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Most of the Supreme Court justices piled up a lot frequent flyer miles in 2007, jetting to such exotic locales as Austria, India and Hawaii, according to financial disclosure reports released Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Money laundering gets a little harder to prove</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/02/scotus.moneylaundering/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/02/scotus.moneylaundering/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court dealt federal prosecutors dual setbacks Monday in efforts to prosecute the laundering of drug ring and organized crime profits.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme court upholds apartheid-era lawsuit</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/12/news/international/apartheid_lawsuit/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/12/news/international/apartheid_lawsuit/index.htm</guid><description>The Supreme Court - apparently handcuffed by possible conflicts of interest - has allowed a multibillion-dollar federal lawsuit from South African blacks and others to proceed. The suit claims U.S. and foreign companies should be held liable for helping the former white-led apartheid government.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A False Consensus on Lethal Injection</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731633,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731633,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Supreme Court's opinion may clear the way for most executions, but the death penalty debate remain confused</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court split over execution of child rapists</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/16/scotus.execution/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/16/scotus.execution/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court focused Wednesday on whether "evolving standards of decency" in the United States forbid a resumption of capital punishment for any felony but murder. 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Wade, and little, it seems, has changed.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>High Court curbs investor lawsuits</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/15/news/companies/bc.scotus.securitiesfrau/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/15/news/companies/bc.scotus.securitiesfrau/index.htm</guid><description>The Supreme Court dealt a blow Tuesday to investors seeking to recover damages from alleged corporate fraud, a potentially huge liability case being closely watched by owners of stock, the business community and government regulators.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court appears likely to back voter ID law</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/09/voter.id/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/09/voter.id/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A conservative majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to support an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo identification, despite concerns that it could deprive thousands of people of their right to vote.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lethal injection goes before Supreme Court</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/07/sctous.injection/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/07/sctous.injection/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided along ideological lines Monday over whether lethal-injection execution methods in about three dozen states are being properly and humanely applied.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Panel OKs bill to televise open Supreme Court sessions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/06/supreme.court.tv/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/06/supreme.court.tv/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bitterly divided Senate panel Thursday approved a measure allowing all public U.S. Supreme Court proceedings to be televised despite fierce opposition from the justices.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Guantanamo Cases at Supreme Court
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1691059,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1691059,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Bush administration is back at the Supreme Court to defend its indefinite detentions of foreign terrorism suspects at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Some men have been held there nearly six years</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Excerpt: Court rewrites the law on gay rights </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/04/toobin.excerpt3/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/04/toobin.excerpt3/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On September 17, 1998, Houston police, responding to a report of a weapons disturbance, entered an apartment where John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner were having sex. The two men were arrested for violating the Texas law against "deviate sexual intercourse," which prohibited oral and anal sex. </description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>5-4 votes nudge Supreme Court to the right</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/02/scotus.review/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/02/scotus.review/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court began the term last October with renewed calls for unanimity from the chief justice, but it ended the session Thursday with the latest in a series of two dozen closely divided rulings. </description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court rulings reflect Bush's stamp</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/28/schneider.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/28/schneider.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Back in 1900, writer Finley 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increase diversity in their schools but believe they can accomplish similar goals with "race-conscious measures."</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court: Parents don't need lawyer to sue school</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/21/scotus.specialed/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/21/scotus.specialed/index.html</guid><description>Sandee Winkelman calls her experience with her Ohio school district "horrific" and accuses officials of "bullying" her over who should pay for the special education their autistic son receives.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 16:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices rule against killer on Arizona's death row</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/14/scotus.death/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/14/scotus.death/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court once again split 5-4 on an important death penalty case on Monday, with a majority of conservative justices rejecting an Arizona killer's claims his legal team did not do enough to keep him off death row.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 17:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court could toss key part of campaign finance law</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/25/scotus.campaign.ads/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/25/scotus.campaign.ads/index.html</guid><description>A majority of the Supreme Court's conservative bench appeared ready Wednesday to turn aside part of a sweeping campaign finance reform law with important implications for the upcoming presidential election</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices uphold ban on abortion procedure</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/18/scotus.abortion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/04/18/scotus.abortion/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law that banned a type of 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reach of federal regulators to block private development that might affect water quality, in an important property rights dispute that exposed deep divisions among the justices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court splits over wetlands protection</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/19/scotus.rulings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/19/scotus.rulings/index.html</guid><description>Ruling in an important property rights dispute, a divided U.S. Supreme Court limited the reach of federal regulators to block private development that might affect water quality.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police don't have to knock, justices say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/15/scotus.search/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/15/scotus.search/index.html</guid><description>A split Supreme Court ruled Thursday that drug evidence seized in a home search can be used against a suspect even though police failed to knock on the door and wait a "reasonable" amount of time before entering.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices issue key death penalty rulings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/12/scotus.death/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/12/scotus.death/index.html</guid><description>Two death row inmates won separate victories in the Supreme Court Monday -- one hoping to prove he did not commit a 1985 Tennessee murder, the other seeking to show that lethal injection methods used in Florida are cruel and unusual punishment.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court to hear Philip Morris 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their bosses.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 15:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices: Does lethal injection hurt?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/26/scotus.injection/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/26/scotus.injection/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court expressed concern Wednesday that the chemical cocktail used to execute Florida inmates could cause "excruciating pain" in violation of the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court sidesteps war powers challenge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/03/padilla.scotus/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/03/padilla.scotus/index.html</guid><description>A divided Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a U.S. citizen held until recently as an "enemy combatant" without traditional legal rights.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:31:00 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shootout</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/01/scotus.texas/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/01/scotus.texas/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared reluctant to throw out the Texas congressional map that resulted in a Republican majority in the state's congressional delegation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices wary of courtroom cameras</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/11/scotus.cameras/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/11/scotus.cameras/index.html</guid><description>Three Supreme Court justices expressed reluctance to allow cameras into their courtroom, citing the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial watched on television by millions.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Toobin: Roberts a young nominee for a chief justice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/05/toobin.roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/05/toobin.roberts/index.html</guid><description>President Bush moved quickly Monday to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Saturday. Bush nominated federal Judge John Roberts to the nation's top judicial post.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court backs municipal land grabs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/24/scotus.property/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/24/scotus.property/index.html</guid><description>In a victory for cities, a divided Supreme Court concluded Thursday that local governments have the authority to seize private land and turn the property over to private developers for economic development.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Let the wine sales flow</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/16/news/midcaps/wine_interstate/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/16/news/midcaps/wine_interstate/index.htm</guid><description>Wineries and wine quaffers had reason to raise their glasses Monday, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that states cannot prohibit consumers from buying wine directly from out-of-state wineries.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 15:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court: Foreign convictions don't prevent gun ownership in U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/26/scotus.gun.ownership/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/26/scotus.gun.ownership/index.html</guid><description>A Pennsylvania man can keep his gun after the Supreme Court concluded Tuesday that his conviction for crimes overseas did not prevent him from later owning a firearm.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Supreme Court and the juvenile death penalty</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/03/lazarus.death.penalty/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/03/lazarus.death.penalty/index.html</guid><description>This week, in Roper v. Simmons, the Supreme Court declared the death penalty for juvenile offenders to be unconstitutional. In so doing, the Supreme Court brought the United States into line with the international community.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court weighs Ten Commandments cases</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/02/scotus.ten.commandments/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/02/scotus.ten.commandments/index.html</guid><description>A cautious Supreme Court walked a legal tightrope Wednesday, seeming to look for ways that would allow displays of the Ten Commandments on government property to continue.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>High court: Juvenile death penalty unconstitutional</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/01/scotus.death.penalty/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/01/scotus.death.penalty/index.html</guid><description>In a ruling that marked a change in "national standards," a divided Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that the execution of juvenile killers is unconstitutional.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court rejects pledge challenge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/23/pledge.allegiance/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/23/pledge.allegiance/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court on Monday rejected efforts by a California atheist to revisit the issue of banning the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools because of its use of the words "under God."</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court bars Internet porn law enforcement</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/29/scotus.web.indecency/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/29/scotus.web.indecency/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked enforcement of a law intended to protect children from pornography on the Internet, saying the law probably violates free-speech guarantees.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Keeping name private can be crime, court rules</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/21/scotus.police.id/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/21/scotus.police.id/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court has again given police greater power to stop and question suspects, ruling Monday that a Nevada cowboy could not refuse to give his name to officers who tried to question him along a roadside.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2004 16:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reagan's Supreme Court choices steer conservative path</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/07/supreme.court/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/07/supreme.court/index.html</guid><description>Ronald Reagan's conservatism can be seen at the nation's highest court, dominated by his colorful and influential choices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court permits withholding Foster photos</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/30/foster.photos/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/30/foster.photos/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court Tuesday blocked the public release of controversial photographs showing the body of former White House official Vincent Foster, with justices concluding it would be an "unwarranted invasion" of the family's privacy.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Papers reveal Roe v. Wade almost overturned</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/04/scotus.blackmun.papers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/04/scotus.blackmun.papers/index.html</guid><description>As lawyers and court watchers have long suspected, the Supreme Court was ready to effectively overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion in 1992, but Justice Anthony M. Kennedy got cold feet, and the vote went the other way.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rehnquist slams Congress over reducing sentencing discretion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/01/rehnquist.judiciary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/01/rehnquist.judiciary/index.html</guid><description>The nation's chief justice has sharply criticized Congress over the issues of judicial salaries and laws tightening federal sentencing guidelines.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 15:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Castro and McEnroe hang tough, the ethics of pastrami, gerrymandering galore, and other matters. THE 67% SOLUTION</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/08/26/75393/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/08/26/75393/index.htm</guid><description>Gerrymandering is in the news these days, and you will doubtless find many an opportunity to work into dinner-party conversation the fact that the term was creatively named for Elbridge Gerry, who ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A test for bus drivers, a socially responsible ice cream, competing with the mob, and other matters. ONLY IN AMERICA (Cont'd)</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/06/03/75059/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/06/03/75059/index.htm</guid><description>Bruce Ennis, formerly national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union . . . ((had)) some difficult moments ((in arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that nude dancing was protected '...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>