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Temple Law's Ting on Supreme Court decision on immigration law

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Philadelphia Daily News

Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law would affect about half of the anti-illegal-immigrant bills pending before the Pennsylvania Legislature. With this ruling and another from last year, the Supreme Court provides a "very narrow window" for "state action in response to illegal immigration," said Jan Ting, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law.

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Temple's Steinberg on life sentences without parole for juveniles

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states may no longer sentence juveniles under the age of 18 who have committed homicide to mandatory life sentences without parole. Laurence Steinberg, professor of psychology at Temple, joined WHYY-FM's "Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane" to discuss the ruling: "The court has now accepted the fact that there is good social, behavioral and neuro science that supports — what most people take for granted — that adolescents are different than adults and that those differences matter for how we treat them under the law."

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Temple Law's Spiro on Arizona v. United States

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Philadelphia Inquirer

On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court rejected most of Arizona's tough 2010 border-control law but affirmed the provision which empowers police to investigate the residency status of anyone they stop or arrest. "Arizona is saying it is unfriendly to illegal immigrants and that part of [its law] was left standing," said Peter Spiro, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law. "But in terms of its practical influence it was clearly defanged" because the rest of the court's opinion broadly validates "the near-exclusive federal power over immigration."

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Parents' work-life stress hinders healthful family eating

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A new study from Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education has found that parents experiencing high levels of work-life stress have one and a half fewer family meals per week than parents with low levels of work-life stress and eat half a serving less of fruits and vegetables per day.

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Student's op-ed wades into constitutional debate over healthcare act

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Forbes

"The constitutional debate regarding the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act has divided the country based on economic ideology. However, I find myself at odds with many of my fellow proponents of economic freedom when I tell them I have concluded the individual mandate is constitutional," wrote Sean Rust, a student at Temple's Beasley School of Law, in an op-ed. Rust argued that the Supreme Court should "restrict their ruling to the Constitution itself, rather than try to determine the economic validity of each side's claims in such a complicated market."

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Temple track coach "ready for big things" at Olympic Trials

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Temple's track may not be the most glamorous and secluded training location for one of the nation's best long jumpers. But for Shameka Marshall, a Temple track and field coach, it's a perfect place to learn how to tune out distractions — an important skill for Marshall as she prepares for the big stage at the U.S. Olympic Trials this week. Marshall is ranked No. 8 among all U.S. women going into the trials, but the event is wide open. "I feel really good, really confident going in," Marshall said.

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MTV's 'The Real World: St. Thomas' makes Swift debut

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Brandon Swift, a former student at Temple University's Fox School of Business, is set to make his debut tonight in the first episode of "The Real World: St. Thomas," the 27th season of MTV's hit show. "He is such an engaging person," said "Real World" co-executive producer Jim Johnston. "He loves to talk and he loves to meet people. He got to know so many of the local people on St. Thomas.

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