Liberal and conservative political groups are bracing for what could be a divisive battle over the confirmation for President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The Senate will take up Judge Sotomayor's nomination sometime

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some secrets are so well-kept that even family members don't know them. So it is with the story of two Supreme Court justices and a proposal of marriage. NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg has the story. NINA TOTENBER

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Senators Rejoin Supreme Court Battle After Recess The partisan tug-of-war over a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy will overshadow Congress when the Senate gets back to work Monday after a two-week recess. The battle simmered last week even as Capitol Hill

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court starts a new term today with some major cases on a raft of controversial issues - partisan gerrymandering, privacy in the age of technology, sports wagering, gay rights and many more cases. NPR legal affairs

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Case questions whether environmental law has gone too far Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 27 April 2010 The US Supreme Court will hear arguments involving a genetically modified variety of alfalfa designed to grow even when farmers spray it with a ch

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Students at New York's Hunter College express pride in Elena Kagan Adam Phillips | New York 11 May 2010 Photo: Hunter College High School Yearbook Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan in the 1977 yearbook at Manhattan's Hunter College High School. Presi

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 23 January 2006 watch Right to Die report The Supreme Court last week upheld a controversial law in the state of Oregon that allows physicians to prescribe lethal dose

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By Jim Malone WAshington 22 February 2006 The U.S. Supreme Court will revisit the politically divisive issue of abortion later this year. The abortion case in question will be a major test for a court

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For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a definitive ruling on the right of Americans to own guns. A five-to-four majority of the court ruled that individual citizens have the right to own firearms, and in the process it str

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A high-ranking Republican senator says President Barack Obama's nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court should apologize for a comment made years ago about the roles of race and gender in judicial opinions. Meanwhile, Democratic senators are downpla

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Pakistan's Supreme Court has granted bail to the hard-line cleric who led Islamabad's Red Mosque - a former hub for the country's militant groups. The military's deadly assault on gunmen barricaded inside Abdul Aziz's mosque in 2007 sparked a surge

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Californians React to Supreme Court Immigration Ruling The court ruled that three parts of SB 1070, the Arizona law aimed at illegal aliens, were infringements by the state on federal authority over immigration. But it kept in place a controversial p

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A handout picture made available by the official website of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows the later (L) touring Jamran, Iran's first domestically built warship, during its unveiling ceremony at an undisclosed location in southe

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NOEL KING, HOST: The curtain rises today on Act 2 of extreme partisan gerrymandering, a play in three acts currently onstage at the U.S. Supreme Court. NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg updates the plotline of the biggest legal controv

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In 2010, a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed an unarmed 15-year-old boy who was standing on the Mexican side of the border. Between 2005 and 2013, there were 42 of these cross-border shooting deaths. Today, the U.S. Suprem

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Online sales are about to start costing more. The Supreme Court ruled today that states can force retailers to collect and remit sales taxes on out-of-state purchases. The 5-to-4 decision reverses decades-old decisions. Those

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By Jim Malone 06 November 2006 US Supreme Court, Washington DC The U.S. Supreme Court takes up the divisive issue of abortion Wednesday in a legal challenge that is being closely watched by abortion rights supporters and opponents. ---- At issue are

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By Jim Malone Washington 01 October 2009 The U.S. Supreme Court opens its annual term Monday with a new justice and a new slate of potentially significant cases. US Supreme Court (file photo) The Supreme Court traditionally opens its annual term on

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here in Washington, the conventional wisdom is that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be easily confirmed. But if 2016 proved anything, it's that conventional wisdom is not always accurate. So Senate Democrats find themselv

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THIS IS AMERICA - US Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Law, Strikes Down Much of Immigration Law CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we will look at the recent United States Supreme Cour

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