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Updated at 9:55 a.m.: Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court cleared a key procedural hurdle after the Senate voted to limit debate on…
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her in high school, Christine Blasey Ford, are…
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A federal judge recently blocked a Texas law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal tissue resulting from an abortion or miscarriage.Jonathan Saenz,…
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About a dozen people with the San Antonio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations gathered on the steps of City Hall today to speak out…
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As a Latina who grew up in a housing project in New York City, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has seen a lot of firsts. She was the first in her…
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Kevin Ziober says he was illegally fired because he served in Afghanistan. His employer is forcing him to take his complaint to binding arbitration,...
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How do U.S. courts determine whether a law is biased? Law professor and author William Araiza puts forth this scenario: "If a town council denies a zoning…
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From Texas Standard: There aren’t many restraints on the life-tenured Supreme Court justices, but they are bound by traditions, one of which is to wrap...
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Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set a new precedent in the Senate to advance Supreme Court nominations with a simple majority. The GOP change ended a Democratic filibuster of Neil Gorsuch.
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The high court will be even more polarized as future nominees become more ideologically extreme. The Senate will also be changed, as will faith in U.S. democratic institutions in general.