Supreme Court
Rights groups praise Obama’s high court pick
May 11, 2010Calling her "one of the nations foremost legal minds" and a "trailblazing leader," President Obama announced his Supreme Court nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan on May 10.
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Obama nominee could shape Supreme Court for decades
April 13, 2010Obama told reporters he would look for a candidate with qualities similar to Stevens, a Republican who became a liberal on the court.
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After Supreme Court ruling, unions fear opening of corporate cash floodgates
February 2, 2010Leaders of the nation's largest unions came out in unanimous opposition to the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows corporations to spend as much as they like to influence the outcome of elections in the United...
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Supreme Court fumbles Native American mascot challenge
November 17, 2009The U.S. Supreme Court refused this week to hear a case involving a lawsuit by Native American activists on use of the name "Washington Redskins."
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Supreme Court refuses to hear case of Cuba 5
June 16, 2009WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court today refused, without comment, to hear the case of the “Cuba 5,” Cuban citizens jailed by the federal government in a case that has generated intense international criticism of...
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