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Sen. Barry Goldwaterm, R-Ariz., and Supreme Court nominee Judge Sandra Day O'Connor chat prior to the start of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sept. 9, 1981 on Capitol Hill in Washington.(AP Photo)

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First woman on high court, O'Connor faced little opposition
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press
Fri,03/18/22-11:12PM , 373 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ninety-nine to zero. That was the tally, unimaginable in today's hyperpolarized environment, by which the Senate in 1981 made Sandra Day O'Connor the first woman on the Supreme Court.
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This Nov. 6, 2020, photo shows a general view of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center, home to the Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg, Pa. The Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans more favorable to Democrats. In separate orders late March 7, 2022, the justices are allowing maps selected by each state's Supreme Court to be in effect for the 2022 elections. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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Court rejects GOP redistricting plans in NC, Pennsylvania
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press
Mon,03/07/22-4:21PM , 247 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans.
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This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The justices, by a 6-3 vote Friday, agreed with the Biden administration’s arguments that a federal appeals court was wrong to throw out the sentence of death a jury imposed on Tsarnaev for his role in the bombing. (FBI via AP, File)

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High court reimposes Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press
Fri,03/04/22-9:19AM , 205 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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The Supreme Court is seen at dusk in Washington on Oct. 22, 2021. The Supreme Court is hearing a case its conservative majority could use to hobble Biden administration efforts to combat climate change. In arguments Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, justices are taking up an appeal from 19 mostly Republican-led states and coal companies over the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Justices wrestle with EPA power to curb carbon emissions
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press
Sun,02/27/22-11:11PM , 177 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's power plants, a case that could hamstring the Biden administration's plans to combat climate change.
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