Summary Box: Supreme Court Returns to Work
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BIG ISSUE: The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether the system for sentencing federal defendants should be thrown out because it lets judges, rather than juries, decide factors that add years to prison time.
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The winner of the presidential election could reshape the Supreme Court and could have a long-lasting impact on important issues such as abortion, gay marriages and church-state separation.
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The Supreme Court meets Wednesday morning to issue opinions in cases that were argued in the fall and to hear oral argument in an important case involving patents.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The US Supreme Court is a more conservative place under Chief Justice John Roberts and associate Justice Samuel Alito.
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The Supreme Court returned for another term Monday and wasted no time getting down to business, appearing poised to alter the system used for sentencing 64,000 federal criminal defendants a year.
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist, whose ability to finish the Supreme Court's annual term has been in doubt since he revealed in October that he has thyroid cancer, has returned to the court building to work several times since the week of Dec. 20, the court announced Wednesday.
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The Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday faced with urgent business and looming uncertainty. The justices&#39; most pressing task is to resolve the fate of the federal
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US SUPREME COURT: While the chief justice continues to work from home, his absence could have serious ramifications if there are any post-election disputes.
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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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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is back at work part time at the Supreme Court, but there is no word that he is ready to return to the bench.
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Among the new cases the Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider:
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A new Supreme Court term opens Monday with eyes on its leader, the junior justice, the oldest and the man in the middle as abortion, race and other familiar issues resurface.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has cut back on his workload while receiving treatment for thyroid cancer, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said Monday.
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The Supreme Court said Monday it would meet again Thursday to hand down some of the 11 decisions remaining for this term. The court has one more session scheduled for next Monday.
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The Supreme Court is meeting to issue decisions and hear arguments in a case involving allegations of retaliation against a worker who complained of racial discrimination.
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The Supreme Court is about to plunge into an agenda laden with issues affecting the business sector. Tobacco companies, the biotech industry and operators of coal-fired power plants have a stake in cases the court will hear in the next month.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited workers' ability to sue employers for pay discrimination that results from decisions made years earlier.