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Justice Thomas Raises Concerns About Increase in Expedited Appeals on "Shadow Docket"
11 May 2024 03:01 GMT
Just as Justice Kavanaugh spoke to the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference today, Justice Thomas spoke to the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference. (Justices commonly speak at the judicial conference for the circuit for which they are circuit justice.) As …
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A Supreme Court case out of Oregon could change how AZ addresses homelessness
23 Apr 2024 21:45 GMT
Architect of the Capitol
The U.S. Supreme Court building.
Can you punish someone for sleeping on the street? That’s one of the questions at the heart of an Oregon case that’s been playing out before the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
It has sweeping …
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Sandra Day O’Connor portrait will hang in Maine courthouse after rescue from the trash
15 Apr 2024 17:23 GMT
An original oil portrait of late Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will soon hang in Augusta’s courthouse a decade after it was saved from the trash.
The portrait was likely painted around 1981, the year O’Connor became the first woman to serve on …
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Late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor honored by Duke University
05 Apr 2024 02:12 GMT
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – Duke University took a moment to honor the work of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on Thursday.
She was named the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke …
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Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at Duke Law ceremony honoring late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
04 Apr 2024 23:16 GMT
Chief Justice John Roberts spoke Thursday at a private Duke Law ceremony honoring the late Sandra Day O’Connor, former associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Held at the Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center, the event also included remarks from School …
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Former Supreme Court justice warns obsessive 'textualism' will 'turn law into chaos'
26 Mar 2024 13:47 GMT
When President Bill Clinton appointed former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in 1994, the High Court was already leaning to the right. But some of the GOP-appointed justices of that era — including Ronald Reagan appointees Anthony Kennedy and …
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Obama judge mocks top Dem law firm in Wisconsin election lawsuit: 'Makes no sense'
12 May 2024 15:29 GMT
Fox News host Mark Levin says challenging an election is not subversion on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.'
A federal judge ripped into a top Democratic law firm that was attempting to challenge an absentee ballot witness requirement in Wisconsin.
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Supreme Court justice doesn't deserve honor? GOP…
04 Mar 2024 10:39 GMT
Just three months after her death, the Arizona House has rejected a proposal to honor the late Sandra Day O’Connor with a statue inside the U.S. Capitol.
It’s not so surprising that a coalition of Republicans and Democrats would kill the state bill. There …
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AZ representative: Sandra Day O'Connor is 'undistinguished'
01 Mar 2024 02:44 GMT
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Arizona state Rep. Alexander Kolodin.
A Republican lawmaker bashed the late Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor while urging members to vote against a measure that would have requested the federal government …
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Former Justice Stephen Breyer plans return to the bench as visiting judge for appeals court
05 Apr 2024 22:47 GMT
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is aiming to get back on the bench, this time as a visiting judge on a federal appeals court.
Breyer, who retired from the high court in 2022, said on a podcast this week that he's looking at a potential …