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Supreme Court sisterhood? Elena Kagan may not be the only female nomineeFri, 07/23/2010 - 00:00Washington whisperers wonder if Ruth Bader Ginsburg is ready to retire ...
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GOP puts Thurgood Marshall on trial at Kagan hearingsTue, 06/29/2010 - 11:16GOP hit points against Kagan can practically be recited while asleep: activist, liberal, afirmative action ...
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Arizona Immigration Law Heading For Court ShowdownThu, 06/24/2010 - 08:28During a recent interview with CNN's John King, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said that, if the Obama Justice Department winds up suing her state over an immigration law that President Obama has called "misguided" and many constitutional scholars label unconstitutional, she'll go to court. "I have a pretty good record of winning in court," Brewer said. We'll see about that, governor -- and sooner than many people thought, ...
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Troy Davis Supporters Rally In Wright SquareWed, 06/23/2010 - 09:41Troy Anthony Davis is in federal court Wednesday for an evidentiary hearing, WTVM reports. Davis has spent nearly two decades on death row for the murder of Savannah Police Officer Mark MacPhail, but last year the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a federal judge to hold an evidentiary hearing. During the hearing there will be no opening arguments, and the U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. has said he expects Troy Davis's defense team to immediately present their new evidence. I ...
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Obama Nominates Solicitor General Elena Kagan To Supreme CourtMon, 05/10/2010 - 08:28The first female solicitor general Kagan. ...
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Obama To Discuss Supreme Court Pick With Party LeadersWed, 04/21/2010 - 06:55CNN reports that President Obama is expected to meet with key Republican and Democratic leaders Wednesday to discuss a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Obama has been privately reaching out this week to candidates for the pending Supreme Court vacancy, an administration source said Tuesday. The pre ...
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Banning Depictions Of Animal CrueltyTue, 04/20/2010 - 12:04The Supreme Court has struck down a federal law designed to stop the sale and marketing of videos showing dogfights and other acts of animal cruelty, saying it is an unconstitutional violation of free speech. The 8-1 decision was a defeat for animal rights groups and congressional sponsors of the unusual legislation. "The First Amendment itself reflects a judgment by the American people that the benefits of its restrictions on the government outweigh its costs," said C ...
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White House Dispels Notions Of Hilary Clinton Supreme Court NominationMon, 04/12/2010 - 17:12According to The Washington Post, the White House said Monday that Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is not being nominated to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court, despite contrary notions. Ben LaBolt, White House spokesman, said "The president thinks Secretary Clinton is doing an excellent job as Secretary of State ...
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Supreme Court Justice Says That He Will Step Down During President Obama's TermSun, 04/04/2010 - 09:13According to NPR, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he "will surely" retire while President Obama is still in office, giving the president the opportunity to maintain the high court's ideological balance. His departure would give Obama his second nomination to the court, enabling him to ensure that there would continue to be at least four liberal-leaning justices. ...
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Supreme Court Hands Victory To The $11 Trillion Mutual Fund IndustryTue, 03/30/2010 - 12:29The Supreme Court handed a victory to the $11 trillion mutual fund industry by endorsing a 1982 legal standard to decide the fairness of fund fees, a ruling that gives companies considerable freedom to set investment adviser charges, Reuters reports. Industry executives and attorneys described the high court's ruling as a big win because it limits the potential that Congress or lower courts could force f ...
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Chicago parents on gun ruling
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 10:07
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Kagan, nominee to Supreme Court
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 09:10
Elena Kagan is President Obama's second nominee to the Supreme Cour ... -
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Mon, 05/10/2010 - 09:18
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President Obama on Sotomayor's confirmation
Fri, 08/07/2009 - 16:37
President Barack Obama gives remarks on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's his ...
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