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Supreme Court challenge filed to Whitaker appointment
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent Washington lawyer is leading an effort to lure the Supreme Court into the dispute over the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as the new U.S. acting attorney general. Lawyer Thomas Goldstein…
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Supreme Court to hear arguments in census dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will hear arguments over the evidence a federal judge can consider in the lawsuit concerning the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census. U.S. District…
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Supreme Court to hear Virginia GOP’s districting appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear an appeal by Virginia Republicans who are trying to preserve state legislative districts that have been struck down by a lower court as racially discriminatory.…
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Ginsburg, 85, improving after fall but misses court session
A court spokeswoman said the justice would not join her colleagues Tuesday morning but that Ginsburg “continues to improve and is working from home,”
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Supreme Court to hear Va. redistricting case
In an order granting the hearing Tuesday morning, the court asked for additional briefing on whether House Republican leaders who have been defending the map have standing to do that.
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Retired Justice Kennedy to speak at Virginia law school
Kennedy will be interviewed by financier-philanthropist David Rubenstein Friday during an inaugural event for the new Karsh Center for Law and Democracy.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg out of hospital after fall
The Supreme Court says 85-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is home after being released from the hospital. She had been admitted for treatment and observation after fracturing three ribs in a fall.
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Justice Ginsburg in hospital after fracturing 3 ribs in fall
The court says the justice went to George Washington University Hospital in Washington early Thursday after experiencing discomfort overnight. The court says the fall occurred Wednesday evening.
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Trump attends Kavanaugh swearing-in ceremony at the Supreme Court
The president and first lady Melania Trump also met privately with the justices before Thursday’s brief courtroom ceremony.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized, fractured 3 ribs in fall at court
The Supreme Court says 85-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractured three ribs in a fall in her office at the court and is in the hospital.
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Justices hear lawsuit arising from USS Cole bombing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court debated Wednesday whether to overturn a nearly $315 million judgment against Sudan stemming from the bombing of the USS Cole. The question the justices are being asked to answer…
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Missouri death penalty case seems to turn on Kavanaugh vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hearing his first arguments in a death penalty case, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh seemed open Tuesday to the arguments of a Missouri inmate who says his rare medical condition could result…
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Justices rule for firefighters claiming age discrimination
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has decided unanimously that local governments with small workforces must comply with a federal law against age discrimination. The justices ruled Tuesday in favor of two Arizona firefighters who…
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Administration asks high court to fast-track DACA cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to fast-track cases on the president’s decision to end a program that shields young immigrants from deportation. The administration on Monday asked the Supreme…
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Justices skeptical of argument to overturn Va. mining ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed reluctant Monday to agree with companies seeking to overturn a decades-old Virginia ban on mining radioactive uranium. The justices heard arguments in a case brought by the owners…
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