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After Stevens, Who Will Lead Court Liberals?

WASHINGTON (April 5) -- Who will be the next liberal leader of the U.S. Supreme Court? As Justice John Paul Stevens strongly hinted in interviews this week that he would step down soon after more than 34 years on the high court, the question is more than merely rhetorical. Stevens turns 90 on April 20. While he could go...

Court Fight Looms With Talk of Stevens' Departure

(March 17) -- President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts have been sniping at each other like in-laws with an ax to grind. And now they're potentially on the verge of a major family occasion fraught with tension. Justice John Paul Stevens turns 90 next month and is expected to announce soon whether he will...

Speculation Begins to Build About an Obama Court

(Feb. 5) – With so much else going on, there's been little time during the first year of the Obama administration to ask a perennial question of presidential politics: What's likely to happen to the Supreme Court? ABC News weighed in Thursday with speculation that two liberal Supreme Court justices – John...

Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Has Made Her Mark on NFL, MLB

When the news hit this morning that President Barack Obama was about to nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, sports fans around the country probably thought, "Why do I know that name?"The answer is because Sotomayor has gained a little bit of fame over the past decade and a half for her involvement in...

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05/30/12 Latino Celebrity Marketing: Does Digital Make a... Source: Hispanic Trending A recent blog post in Forbes might help marketers grasp one of the most enduring principles of digital and technology: while some things never change, what changes around the edges is what's most interesting.
05/28/12 Editorial: A Failure of Vigilance Source: International Herald Tribune Justice Sonia Sotomayor properly noted in dissent, "the threat to individual freedom from reprosecutions that favor states and unfairly rescue them from weak cases has not waned with time. Only this court's vigilance has."
05/24/12 Supreme Court Allows Arkansas Second Shot At Murder... Source: The Huffington Post Arkansas is not barred by the Constitution's double jeopardy clause from retrying a man for murder even though the first jury had announced it was unanimously against the charge, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday morning.
05/21/12 Sonia Sotomayor Tells NYU Grads About Growing Up In... Source: The Business Insider Justice Sonia Sotomayor never aspired to have a seat in the nation's highest court because she had no idea what the Supreme Court was growing up.
05/20/12 ANC takes painting battle to high court Source: Namibia News Senate confirms Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court by a 68 31 vote WASHINGTON The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.