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Trump's favorite for Supreme Court seat Amy Coney Barrett hid ties to religious group
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Amy Coney Barrett and her husband Jesse are members of People of Praise, a small group that teaches that wives have to obey their husbands in all things.

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Trump says he'll accept a 2020 decision from the Supreme Court — after getting his nominee on the bench
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President Trump will accept the results of the 2020 election, but only under select conditions.In a press conference Wednesday, Trump raised concerns from both sides of the aisle as he refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election this fall. Trump suggested, without evidence, that ballot fraud would lead […]

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Democrats must make the GOP pay for its Supreme Court seat, and McConnell can help, MSNBC's Chris Hayes says
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"The stakes are as high as possible" in President Trump's rush to install a Supreme Court justice, but "Republicans probably do have the votes to do this," Chris Hayes conceded on MSNBC Tuesday night. "There is no magic trick, right? No procedural thing you can do as Democrats to stop them. I mean, you can […]

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg to lie in state at Supreme Court and US Capitol building
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state at the Supreme Court building and at the US Capitol this week in ceremonies that follow coronavirus guidelines.

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In the battle over the US supreme court, Democrats can still have the last laugh
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If Biden wins, he could pack the courts. That would be a justified gesture of constitutional restoration, not usurpation“My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Such was the dying hope of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a wish the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, is determined to […]

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Trump says a woman is in 'first place' to get his nomination for Supreme Court
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President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that a woman is in ‘first place’ to receive his Supreme Court nomination to fill the vacancy caused by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death. 

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How Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death could effect future the make-up of the Supreme Court
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The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has left the Supreme Court at a historic moment that could see it with a conservative majority of 6 to 3 for decades to come.

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Florida Supreme Court orders governor to pick new justice
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Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis must pick a new Supreme Court justice because the judge he picked to fill a high court vacancy is constitutionally ineligible to serve, the court said in an order issued Friday. The Florida Supreme Court ordered DeSantis to appoint another judge by Monday, nullifying the appointment of Judge Renatha Francis.

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U.S. Supreme Court allows easing of Rhode Island voting restrictions
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lower-court ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic. The justices rejected an emergency request made by the Republican National Committee and the state’s Republican Party. The unsigned order left intact a decision by Rhode Island-based U.S. District Court Judge Mary […]

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Venezuela supreme court approves extradition request to Italy for ex-oil czar
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Venezuela’s supreme court said on Friday it had approved a request to Italy for the extradition of Rafael Ramirez, a once powerful oil minister and former head of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, on corruption charges. Authorities opened a probe into Ramirez over alleged graft in late 2017 and sought an Interpol red alert […]

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