Justice
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US
Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets Landmark Reduced Sentencing Law
The justices sided with the government in a case focused on who is eligible for shorter prison sentences under the…
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US
Justice Amy Coney Barrett Stakes Out Distinctive Stance in Trump Case
The justice distanced herself from the majority, saying it had gone too far, and from the three liberals, saying their…
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World
‘A Lifelong Nightmare’: Seeking Justice in India’s Overwhelmed Courts
With 50 million criminal and civil cases pending, it would take 300 years to clear the country’s judicial backlog.
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World
What Israel’s Supreme Court Justices Wrote in Their Landmark Ruling
The eight Israeli justices who struck down a key part of the judicial overhaul on Monday argued that they had…
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US
Justices in Wisconsin Order New Legislative Maps
The ruling, coming just months after liberals gained a 4-to-3 majority on the State Supreme Court, could undo gerrymanders that…
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US
New Trump Cases Shadowed by Rocky Relationship With Supreme Court
Though he appointed three justices, his administration had the worst track record before the justices since at least the 1930s.
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US
Clarence Thomas Threatened to Resign Over Salary Concerns in 2000
The justice set off a scramble by a lawmaker to find a way to raise his pay.
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US
Justice O’Connor to Be Memorialized in National Cathedral Service
President Biden and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. are scheduled to be among those speaking at the funeral for…
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US
Justice O’Connor, the First Woman on the Supreme Court, Lies in Repose
The justices, former law clerks and the public gathered to remember Sandra Day O’Connor, who was the most powerful woman…
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News
What Sandra Day O’Connor Got Wrong
A few years before she left the Supreme Court in 2006, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor explained the relationship between courts…