Justice
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US
Justice Amy Coney Barrett Stakes Out Distinctive Stance in Trump Case
The justice distanced herself from the majority, saying it had gone too far, and from the three liberals, saying their tone sent the wrong message.
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World
What Israel’s Supreme Court Justices Wrote in Their Landmark Ruling
The eight Israeli justices who struck down a key part of the judicial overhaul on Monday argued that they had little choice given the law’s potential danger to Israeli democracy. On the other side were seven dissenting justices who saw overreach in ...
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US
Justices in Wisconsin Order New Legislative Maps
The ruling, coming just months after liberals gained a 4-to-3 majority on the State Supreme Court, could undo gerrymanders that have given Republicans lopsided control of the State Legislature.
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US
New Trump Cases Shadowed by Rocky Relationship With Supreme Court
Though he appointed three justices, his administration had the worst track record before the justices since at least the 1930s.
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US
Clarence Thomas Threatened to Resign Over Salary Concerns in 2000
The justice set off a scramble by a lawmaker to find a way to raise his pay.
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US
Justice O’Connor to Be Memorialized in National Cathedral Service
President Biden and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. are scheduled to be among those speaking at the funeral for the first female justice.
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US
Justice O’Connor, the First Woman on the Supreme Court, Lies in Repose
The justices, former law clerks and the public gathered to remember Sandra Day O’Connor, who was the most powerful woman in the country during a critical time in American law.
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Newyork
What Sandra Day O’Connor Got Wrong
A few years before she left the Supreme Court in 2006, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor explained the relationship between courts and the public. As she saw it, courts were “mainly reactive institutions,” she wrote in “The Majesty of the Law,” a ...
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US
The Supreme Court’s Search for a More Attractive Gun Rights Case
The next big Second Amendment case, after one on domestic violence, could be about whether the government can disarm a man who lied to get food stamps.
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US
Supreme Court Refuses to Revive Florida Law Restricting Drag Shows
A federal judge in Orlando ruled that the law violated the First Amendment, saying it was “specifically designed to suppress the speech of drag queen performers.”