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Hold the cake! Fans honor Ginsburg’s birthday with exercise
Wearing workout gear and carrying water bottles, fans of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg celebrated her 86th birthday Friday by exercising in front of the high court.
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Supreme Court expands April 23 census arguments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it will try to resolve all the legal issues about a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The justices on Friday are expanding their April 23 arguments to…
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After study, federal judiciary revises codes of conduct
The federal judiciary on Tuesday revised its codes of conduct for judges and judicial employees to more clearly spell out inappropriate workplace behavior, including sexual harassment.
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Justices: Nebraska county owes $28M for wrongful convictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a rural Nebraska county’s appeal of a $28 million court judgment aimed at compensating six people wrongfully convicted of a 1985 slaying. The justices turned away…
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High court won’t review award to Calif. couple deputies shot
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a roughly $4 million judgment for an innocent couple shot while California deputies searched for a wanted man. The high court on Monday declined to…
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Ginsburg’s recovery prescription: Plenty of opinions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Now we know what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was doing as she recuperated from lung cancer surgery: churning out opinions for the court at a faster clip than any of her younger…
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High court declines New Jersey preservation grants case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three conservative Supreme Court justices say barring synagogues, temples, churches and mosques from programs that award money for preservation work is discrimination. The statement from Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joined by Justices Samuel…
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Why some religious groups want to see the Peace Cross removed
Some religious groups hope that the Peace Cross in Prince George’s county will get removed. The groups do not want the significance of the cross’s image to be reduced by a Supreme Court ruling that said it is not a in important religious symbol anymore.
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High court’s cross case could affect monuments nationally
The monuments most likely to be affected are large crosses on public, not private, lands and where there’s a prominent cross that isn’t part of a larger memorial.
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Supreme Court rules for Alabama death row inmate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is ordering a new state court hearing to determine whether an Alabama death row inmate is so affected by dementia that he can’t be executed. The justices ruled 5-3…
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Supreme Court seems inclined to retain cross on public land
The cross’s challengers include three area residents and the District of Columbia-based American Humanist Association, a group that includes atheists and agnostics.
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The Latest: Court seems open to allowing 40-foot cross
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Supreme Court arguments in the cross case (all times local): 11:45 a.m. The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that a 40-foot-tall cross that stands on public land in…
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Supreme Court: judges can’t rule from beyond the grave
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal judges can’t rule from beyond the grave, the Supreme Court said Monday. The high court said in an unsigned opinion that a federal court can’t count the vote of a judge…
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High court deciding fate of cross-shaped Maryland memorial
The Supreme Court hears arguments this week over whether a 40-foot-tall concrete cross at a highway median violates the First Amendment’s establishment clause or is merely a memorial that’s honored World War I dead for the last century.
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‘Excessive fines’ ban applies to states, Supreme Court says
The decision, in an opinion written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, could help efforts to rein in police seizures of property from criminal suspects.
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