Supreme Court term shows shift to right
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The Supreme Court limited abortion rights, restricted school integration programs and gave freer rein to political advertising in a 2006-07 term that saw the emergence of a solid conservative majority.
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Chief Justice John Roberts went on national television this week to offer his view that the Supreme Court produces stronger decisions by being cautious rather than bold.
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Key abortion and racial cases could signal whether Justice Kennedy shifts the court to the right or maintains precedents.
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It is axiomatic of presidential politics that while many people are concerned about the future of the Supreme Court, the issue mainly influences narrow groups of voters at either end of the
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The future face of the Supreme Court, a muted issue throughout the heated presidential race, gained urgency Monday with the unexpected announcement that
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The Supreme Court yesterday substantially weakened restrictions on the kinds of television ads that corporations and unions can finance in the days before an election, providing special interest groups with the opportunity for a far more expansive role in the 2008 elections.
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In the two weeks that Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, has been treated for thyroid cancer, life at the Supreme Court has proceeded without a sense of crisis.
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not in the way that the court counted in 2000. If President Bush gets to make his first Supreme Court appointment
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The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up the constitutionality of Ten Commandments displays on government land and buildings, a surprise announcement that puts justices in the middle of a politically sensitive issue.
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The Christian Science Monitor - At the crossroads of education and civil rights, a new signpost has been planted by the US Supreme Court, leaving school districts that have been striving for integration wondering which way to proceed.
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President Bush&#39;s victory in the popular vote, coupled with big gains in the Senate, may enable the White House to take a more aggressive approach in reshaping the federal courts, including the Supreme Court.
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In a sharp change from just two months ago, Republicans are gaining a commanding position in the race for control of the US House and Senate.
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The Supreme Court begins its new term today by moving to clear up confusion over the future of federal sentencing rules that have been in place for nearly two decades.
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There is something liberating about a lifetime appointment and a certainty in the correctness of one's ideas. Justice Antonin Scalia has both.
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Democratic presidential candidates stood united Thursday night against the Supreme Court and its historic ruling rolling back a half-century of school desegregation laws. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said the conservative court "turned the clock back" on history.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Abortion regulations and race-based public school enrollment plans are among major national issues at the US Supreme Court this year in a term that offers the first real insight into the constitutional vision of the high court under Chief Justice John Roberts.
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The U.S. Supreme Court begins a new  term on Monday that will decide important cases on federal  sentencing rules, the death penalty for juveniles and the  medical use of marijuana.