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Thursday | USA Today

Top appeals court nominee sails toward confirmation

He's argued more than two dozen cases before the Supreme Court. Now, Sri Srinivasan could be moving toward a seat on the bench himself.

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Related Topix: US News, Clarence Thomas, District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Tue May 14, 2013

DFW Catholic

Justice Ginsburg calls Roe a disappointing decision

Washington D.C., May 14, 2013 / 02:04 am .- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an abortion rights advocate, says that the court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 was overreaching and became too big a "target" for pro-life supporters.

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Related Topix: US News, Abortion, Women's Health, Health

UnionLeader.com

Supreme Court says Manchester man who lost towed car while hospitalized can sue

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the law is on the side of a Manchester man who had his car towed six years ago from his apartment parking lot during a snowstorm.

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Related Topix: US News, Manchester, NH, US Supreme Court

Mon May 13, 2013

Bloomberg

Kermit Gosnell's Verdict Is Not Justice

Kermit Gosnell is a serial killer. He was found guilty today of the first-degree murder of three infants and the third-degree murder of a patient at his abortion clinic.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US News

USA Today

Supreme Court acting serene with unanimous rulings Supreme Court...

With three more 9-0 rulings issued Monday, the nine justices of the Supreme Court have now reached unanimous decisions in nearly 60% of the cases decided this term, a higher rate than in recent years.

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Related Topix: US News, Stephen Breyer

Sun May 12, 2013

Salon

Justice Ginsburg blames Roe v. Wade for current anti-choice fervor

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience at the University of Chicago Law School on Saturday night that a lack of "judicial restraint" in the court's ruling on Roe v. Wade gave abortion opponents a "clear target" that continues to fuel anti-choice activism 40 years later.

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Related Topix: US News, Abortion

The Huffington Post

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Have Only Been Addressed By One African-American Lawyer All Term

In this Oct. 8, 2010, file photo members of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington.

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Related Topix: US News, African-American, US Supreme Court, Washington, Sonia Sotomayor

The Wichita Eagle

In entire court term, justices see 1 black lawyer

In this Feb. 27, 2013 file photo special counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Debo Adegbile, speaks with the media outside the Supreme Court in Washington after presenting arguments in the Shelby County, Ala., v. Holder voting rights case.

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Related Topix: US News, African-American, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, US Supreme Court

Sat May 11, 2013

KWQC-TV Davenport

Justice Ginsburg to discuss Roe v. Wade in Chicago

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is scheduled to discuss the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade in Chicago.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Abortion, University of Chicago

Thu May 09, 2013

The Washington Post

Gary Silversmith sailed the Sequoia back to Washington

The boat is owned by Gary Silversmith, a 56-year-old lawyer and real estate entrepreneur.

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Related Topix: Washington, Bill Clinton, History in the News, US News, Samuel Alito, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Truman

NewsReview.com

15 Minutes

With opposition to gay marriage toppling like dominoes and California's homegrown bill, Proposition 8, teetering before the highest court in the land, the time is right to check in with an expert on the subject of marriage equality.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Wedding, UC Davis, US News

Wed May 08, 2013

ABA Journal

Justice Ginsburg is close behind Judge Judy on most trusted list

But actors are apparently the most trusted people in America, according to a Reader's Digest poll.

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Related Topix: US News, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, John G. Roberts

Wed May 01, 2013

TBD.com

Antoine Jones pleads guilty, accepts 15 years sentence

A former Washington nightclub owner who got a new trial on cocaine distribution charges after a Supreme Court verdict has pleaded guilty and will spend 15 years in prison.

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Related Topix: US News, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy

Tue Apr 30, 2013

The Louisville Cardinal

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Four out of the nine Supreme court justices are required to allow the case to be be heard, but they do not necessarily have to oppose or support the Defense of Marriage Act.

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Related Topix: Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy

ABA Journal

Legal reporter Nina Totenberg answers the question: When have you been the only woman in the room?

Totenberg recalls that era in response to the question, "When have you been the only woman in the room?" NPR reports.

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Related Topix: US News

Mon Apr 29, 2013

The Washington Post

Supreme Court says states may bar information requests from nonresidents

Virginia does not have to allow people outside its borders to take advantage of the commonwealth's Freedom of Information Act, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.

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Related Topix: US News, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Samuel Alito, Immigration Reform

Sun Apr 28, 2013

WNYC-AM New York

She Works: The Only Woman in the Room

Nina Totenberg's signature style of legal affairs reporting has been described as the "creme de la creme" of NPR.

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Related Topix: US News, Clarence Thomas

McClatchy

Sandra Day O'Connor expresses regret about court's role in 2000 election

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor hasn't given much thought to which was the most important case she helped decide during her 25 years on the bench - but she has no doubt which was most controversial.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, George Bush, W., US Politics, Al Gore

Sat Apr 27, 2013

OregonLive.com

'The Roberts Court' review: Constitutional questions

THE ROBERTS COURT Marcia Coyle Simon & Schuster $28, 352 pages "One of the hardest things about constitutional law is that there aren't clear answers to questions," former Acting Solicitor General of the United States Neal Katyal declared about a year ago.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

AlertNet

How far has women's movement come in last 40 years?

A member of a Female Engagement Team attached to Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion , 509th Infantry gives candy to children, while on a helicopter assault mission to improve their biological database of fighting aged males, near the town of Ahmad Khel in Afghanistan's Paktiya Province July 16, 2012.

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Related Topix: ACLU, US News, US Supreme Court, WRP, Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry