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Elena Kagan hearings primer
The SwampThe confirmation hearings for Supreme Court justice nominee Elena Kagan are now under way, following the opening statement of Judiciary Committee chair Pat Leahy. We'll be feeding live updates on the hearings as they carry on, beginning with opening...Tags: Elena Kagan, Local Government, Politics
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Supreme Court: Corporate limits lifted
The Swampby David G. Savage at 10:55 am, updated again at 4:15 pm The Supreme Court today overturned a century-old restriction on corporations using their money to sway federal elections and ruled that companies have a free-speech right to spend as......Tags: Barack Obama, Companies and Corporations, Theodore Roosevelt, Antonin Scalia, Judges
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President Byrd?
Opinion L.A.In assembling their 60-vote super-majority needed to proceed with healthcare reform, Democrats in the Senate had to secure the presence (such as it was) of Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.V.), who was wheeled into the chamber to cast his vote. Byrd is 92. “... -
Obama's next Supreme Court nominee
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 2 pm EDT The White House is "focusing'' on three potential nominees to succeed the long-serving Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who is close to a decision about retirement, Bloomberg News reports, citing......Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Colleges and Universities, Sonia Sotomayor, Bill Clinton, Bloomberg L.P.
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Justice John Paul Stevens has strong Chicago ties
Chicago Breaking NewsIn the 1940s, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge asked the professors at Northwestern University Law School if they had a student who might be a good candidate to work for him as a clerk. In fact, they had two, but they couldn't decide who... -
Justice Stevens retiring
The Swamp(updated again at 3 pm EDT) by James Oliphant and Christi Parsons Justice John Paul Stevens, a Republican-appointed justice who emerged as a leader of the Supreme Court's liberal wing over his 34-year tenure, announced his retirement today. Stevens sent.....Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Heads of State, Trials, Labor Legislation, Dick Durbin
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John Paul Stevens, a Cautious Jurist, Named to Supreme Court
The Daily MirrorDec. 19, 1975: President Gerald Ford chats with Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger, center, after John Paul Stevens, right, was sworn in as the court’s newest member. Dec. 20, 1975: The Times’ Linda Mathews covers Senate confirmation hearings on... -
Supreme Court colleagues reveal how John Paul Stevens' resignation changes their secretive lives
Top of the TicketRevealing video from C-SPAN again provides insights on how our system of government works from the inside.... -
Hillary Clinton: Court rumor of the day
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 4:15 pm EDT The talk today is of a new Supreme Court opening. Nothing like a few loose words in Washington to stir the talk. "I even heard the name, Hillary Clinton today,'' Sen.......Tags: Democratic Party, White House, NBC (tv network), Patrick Leahy, Hillary Clinton
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Newt Gingrich's strategy for another Republican Revolution; 2+2=4 -- full video
Top of the TicketFormer GOP Speaker details plans to defeat Obama -- and a 2012 presidential candidacy?... -
Obama's Supreme Court selection starts
The Swampby Michael Muskal President Obama will meet with senators from both parties on April 21 to discuss the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court, the White House announced today. Scheduled to appear are Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada,......Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Jeff Sessions, Judges
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Baptist Group Praises Retiring Justice Stevens
The Religion WorldWASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will lose a friend of church-state separation when Associate Justice John Paul Stevens leaves the bench at the end of this term, according to the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. But, the Baptist...
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