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What effect would Sotomayor have on high court? - CNN International
CNN International
WASHINGTON (CNN) — If Sonia Sotomayor fulfills her long-held dream to sit on the Supreme Court, she would have the prestige of joining the highest court in the land, lifetime job security and a public forum as the first Hispanic on that …
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Supreme Court leaned right on many issues this term - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Brad Horrigan / AP The group of white firefighters dubbed "the New Haven 20" appear in a January file photo. But the divided justices began shifting from the Bush administration's hands-off approach to business, clearing the way for more consumer …
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Obama: Court leaves room for affirmative action - The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court is "moving the ball" to limit affirmative action, but he stressed that its ruling in favor of white firefighters still allows employers and educators to take race into account in …
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The high court flunks a DNA test - San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
After noting that DNA testing has an "unparalleled ability both to exonerate the wrongly convicted and to identify the guilty," a five-member majority of the Supreme Court said there was no right to the convincing reviews.
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Judge says museum suspect can't appear in court - Washington Post
Washington Post
By NEDRA PICKLER AP WASHINGTON — A white supremacist accused of fatally shooting a security guard at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is in no condition to appear in court, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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A court battle California doesn't need - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Supreme Court's ruling last week in the case of a grandiosely unethical West Virginia justice opened a new field of constitutional review — the high court may now consider when an elected state court jurist has been so tainted by politics that due …
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Court Postpones Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi - Voice of America
Voice of America
By VOA News The trial of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been adjourned until June 26. The court ordered the two-week postponement during a brief hearing Friday at the notorious Insein prison near the main city of Rangoon.
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Democrats ask court to block NY Senate coup - Newsday
Newsday
ALBANY, NY - The New York Senate's Democratic conference says it's headed to court to try to block the coalition that claims it took the majority power of the chamber Monday in a parliamentary power grab. Democratic spokesman Austin Shafran says the …
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Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell' - The Associated Press
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a legal challenge to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, a decision that allows the Obama administration to continue its slow, back-burner response to liberal activists who want …
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Court says judges must avoid appearance of bias - The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that elected judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias.
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