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Ginsburg misses Supreme Court arguments for the 1st time
The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month.
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High court won’t take case of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it is leaving in place a decision that vacated a murder conviction against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who was convicted in 2002 of the 1975 bludgeoning death of Martha Moxley, who lived across the street from the Skakel family in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Supreme Court sides with Ohio over death row inmate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is ordering a federal appeals court to re-examine the case of a convicted killer in Ohio whose death sentence was thrown out after he was found to be mentally…
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Supreme Court to decide if Fosamax users can sue Merck over bone fractures
On Monday, the Supreme Court hears arguments in a case brought by Cortez and more than 500 Fosamax users from 45 states trying to sue Merck for damages after experiencing atypical femoral fractures, which they allege were caused by the drug.
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High court to take new look at partisan electoral districts
The Supreme Court is plunging back into the issue of whether electoral districts can be too partisan. Disputes have arisen in cases involving North Carolina’s heavily Republican congressional map and a Democratic congressional district in Maryland.
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Supreme Court to take new look at overly partisan electoral districts, in cases from Maryland, North Carolina
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court to take new look at overly partisan electoral districts, in cases from Maryland, North Carolina.
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Chief justice details efforts to combat workplace misconduct
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is using his annual report on the federal judiciary to highlight the steps the branch has taken to combat inappropriate conduct in the workplace. In December…
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Low-key days at Supreme Court may be ending soon
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court began its term with the tumultuous confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, followed by a studied avoidance of drama on the high court bench — especially anything that would divide…
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Supreme Court’s low-profile approach to be tested
The next few weeks will test whether the calm can last at the Supreme Court. When justices gather in private on Jan. 4 to consider new cases for arguments in April and into next term, they will confront a raft of high-profile appeals.
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Court: Justice Ginsburg leaves hospital after cancer surgery
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery Friday to remove two malignant growths in her left lung. Doctors say there is no evidence of any remaining disease.
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Court says Justice Ginsburg up and working after surgery
Now 85, the justice has been treated for cancer two other times. Last month she cracked three ribs in a fall at the court.
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Cancer the latest health woe for resilient Justice Ginsburg
Doctors found “no evidence of any remaining disease” and scans taken before the surgery showed no cancerous growths elsewhere in her body, the court said in a statement. No additional treatment is currently planned, it said.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Chief Justice John Roberts joined his four more…
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Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban for immigrants who illegally cross US-Mexico border
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban for immigrants who illegally cross US-Mexico border.
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Supreme Court: Justice Ginsburg has cancerous growths removed from lung
Supreme Court: Justice Ginsburg has cancerous growths removed from lung.
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