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  • June 2008
    • O'Connor's Imprint Fades

      O'Connor's Imprint Fades

      (Newser) - Even as Sandra Day O’Connor public profile as an advocate for Alzheimer’s disease research grows, the legal imprint of the first woman Supreme Court justice is fading, USA Today reports. Since her departure, the Roberts court has shifted course on abortion and retreated from positions supported by her swing vote on affirmative action and campaign finance. More »

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      US Supreme Court   abortion   law   John Roberts   Samuel Alito   Sandra Day O'Connor   integration   Samuel A. Alito   justices

  • May 2008
  • February 2008
  • October 2007
    • Court Blocks Another Execution

      Court Blocks Another Execution

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court tonight stayed the execution of a Mississippi murderer just before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection, a decision that will likely bring a temporary halt to such executions nationwide, the New York Times reports. The fate of this prisoner and others won't be decided until the spring, when the court reviews whether lethal injections constitute "cruel and unusual" punishment. More »

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      US Supreme Court   death penalty   lethal injection   Antonin Scalia   Samuel A. Alito   Earl Berry   Baze v. Rees

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