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Jim Bunning puts foot in mouth, then apologizes
WatchdogFormer Phillie Jim Bunning publicly anticipated Saturday that Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Cornell '54) would be dead within the year from pancreatic cancer. Then he apologized, which seems appropriate. (A donation would be a nice touch, Senator.) Regardless,...Tags: Jim Bunning, Death, Social Issues
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Obama: The Supremes, the cabinet
Spin CycleRuth Bader Ginsburg, ailing, gets a big hand. Cabinet members Hillary Cllinton (looking faux surprised as always) leading, of course, followed by Geithner, and Gates, and others including Vilsack....Holder stayed back at the White House as the...Tags: Health, White House, Diseases and Illnesses
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Supreme Court: Race in hiring, promoting
The Swampby David G. Savage With Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. leading the way, the Supreme Court debated today whether to put stricter limits on the use of race as a factor in deciding who gets hired or promoted.......Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Justice System, Politics, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Fires
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David Souter, we hardly knew ye...
The Swampby Mark Silva A Supreme Court justice is retiring. This is how they bid adieu: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: "Justice Souter has served with great distinction on the Court for nearly 20 years. His desire to return to......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, John Paul Stevens, Justice System, Virginia, Court Administration
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Obama seeking 'diversity of experience'
The Swampby Mark Silva and Christi Parsons, updated at 3:30 pm EDT With the confirmed retirement of Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, President Barack Obama said today that he will seek a replacement with "a sharp and independent mind,'' and......Tags: John Paul Stevens, United States, Rahm Emanuel, Retirement, Thurgood Marshall
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Supreme goal: 'No more Mr. white guys'
The Swampby Mark Silva The imminent opening on the Supreme Court offers President Barack Obama a chance to break a mold on the nation's high court: "The current justices are cut from similar cloth,'' Christopher Eisgruber, provost at Princeton, writes in......Tags: John Paul Stevens, Justice System, California, NPR, Politics
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Souter retiring; Obama's first court pick
The Swampby David G. Savage Justice David H. Souter, a New Hampshire Republican who became a key liberal vote on the Supreme Court, reportedly plans to retire this summer, clearing the way for President Obama to make his first nomination to......Tags: John Paul Stevens, United States, Upper House, Al Franken, Executive Branch
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Obama: No 'bomb-thrower' for court
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama will not be nominating "a bomb-thrower'' for the Supreme Court, according to the ranking Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who has spoken with the president about the decision he faces. "The...Tags: Justice System, United States, Upper House, Politics, White House
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Americans in no rush to balance the court
The Swampby Mark Silva There is but one woman on the nine-member Supreme Court, in a nation where women outnumber men at polling places, one black justice, in a nation that shed legalized racial discrimination only decades ago, and there never......Tags: Polls, Justice System, Politics, Barack Obama, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Sonia Sotomayor: Obama's court pick
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 10:50 am EDT President Barack Obama today nominated federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York for the Supreme Court, positioning the longtime federal jurist to become the first Hispanic member of the nation's highest......Tags: Upper House, Politics, White House, Princeton University, Colleges and Universities
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Sotomayor: Most favor her confirmation
The Swampby Mark Silva One week into the nation's introduction to Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a majority of Americans surveyed say they approve of her confirmation for the Supreme Court. Slightly more than half -- 54 percent -- say they would like......Tags: Berkeley (Alameda, California), Justice System, California, Harry Reid, Upper House
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Update: Chrysler-Fiat Deal Goes to Supreme Court
KickingTiresToday, Chrysler and Fiat plan to close the deal forming a new Chrysler company. However, the deal could be derailed or delayed by the Supreme Court. Sometime today, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could decide whether to hear an......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government, Justice System, Politics, Bankruptcy
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