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Bork nomination fight altered judicial selection
Conservatives wanted Robert H. Bork on the Supreme Court. They wound up with Anthony Kennedy, the key vote in reaffirming a woman's right to an ...
Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at high court
Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court's decision to take up the case of California's ban on same-sex unions.
On average the Stones older than US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court used to be called Nine Old Men. That's nothing compared to the ageless Rolling Stones. The justices on average are the kid brothers ...
Court eyes limits on detention powers in searches
The Supreme Court reacted skeptically Thursday to the government's argument that police may detain residents of a home to be searched even if they are ...
Justices: Do drug-sniffing dogs pass smell test?
Can you trust what a dog's nose knows? Police do, but the Supreme Court considered Wednesday curbing the use of drug-sniffing dogs in investigations ...
Court skeptical about tossing surveillance suit
The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Monday of a government request to invalidate a lawsuit challenging the expansion of a surveillance law used to ...
Texas affirmative action plan in trouble at court
The fate of the University of Texas' affirmative action program rests with the Supreme Court, where skeptical conservative justices indicated they are ...
High court looks at race in college admissions
Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this ...
Study: Race-neutral admissions can work
As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back ...
Justices open big term with new human rights case
The Supreme Court plunged into its new term Monday with a high-stakes dispute between businesses and human rights groups over accountability for ...
Supreme Court Justices attend annual Red Mass
An American archbishop has reminded a congregation that included six Supreme Court justices Sunday to be open to the spirit of God, beg for his ...
Another big Supreme Court term kicks off Monday
When last we saw the chief justice of the United States on the bench, John Roberts was joining with the Supreme Court's liberals in an unlikely lineup ...
One new justice could change a lot
The issue: With four justices in their seventies, odds are good that whoever is elected president in November will have a chance to fill at least one ...
Kennedy: Judges' Senate confirmation too political
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says the Senate confirmation for new federal judges is too political and is keeping out highly qualified ...