Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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October 2008
- Profanity, Tobacco Cases Top Court's New Term
  
  NPR | 12 hours, 46 minutes ago
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court and its Bush-era conservative additions launch a second term today, set to consider "pre-emption" cases that determine whether federal regulation makes drug and tobacco companies immune from state-level lawsuits. Other cases will determine penalties against profanity on radio or TV, a major sexual harassment question, and whether religious groups can erect public monuments, reports NPR. More »
June 2008
- Court Readies Term's Testiest Decisions
  
  USA Today | Jun 9, 08 8:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court is poised to begin unveiling decisions today in some of the year's most heated cases, reports USA Today . As the term winds down, the 26 final opinions will be released on select days in June, and include clashes over Guantanamo detainees, DC's handgun ban, and the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. More »
April 2008
- Scalia On Bush v. Gore: 'Get Over It'
  
  CBS | Apr 24, 08 6:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - "Get over it," Justice Antonin Scalia tells critics who accuse the Supreme Court of letting political motivations affect its 2000 decision in Bush v. Gore. Plus, Al Gore was responsible for pushing the Florida recount through the courts, Scalia points out in an upcoming 60 Minutes interview. And while he's a self-confessed social conservative, "it does not affect my views on cases," he says. More »
February 2008
- Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Medical Tech
  
  New York Times | Feb 20, 08 6:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Supreme Court ruling today makes it nearly impossible for patients and their families to sue makers of federally approved medical devices under state law. The court ruled 8-1 in favor of cardiovascular device company Medtronic, dismissing a suit brought by a patient injured after one of the company's balloon catheters burst during an angioplasty, the New York Times reports. More »
May 2007
- Ginsburg Speaks Up
  
  New York Times | May 31, 07 9:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has delivered two withering oral dissents in the past six weeks, a radical departure from her previous conciliatory role. Linda Greenhouse speculates in today's Times that the unprecedented behavior may signal a new outspokenness for the Supreme Court's only female justice. "After 15 years on the court, she's finally voicing some complaints," says a former Ginsburg clerk. More »
- High Court Curbs Pay Bias Suits
  
  Washington Post | May 30, 07 4:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court severely limited the right of women to sue employers over pay discrimination in a stormy 5-4 decision yesterday. A lone woman employee at a tire factory sued because she was paid less than male coworkers over her long career; the court held that such charges must be filed within the 180-day window proscribed by the Civil Rights Act. More »
April 2007
- Alito Swings Court Against Late Abortion
  
  New York Times | Apr 19, 07 6:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban partial-birth abortions is a gauntlet thrown down by the Roberts court, reports Linda Greenhouse in the Times . Samuel Alito, the newest justice, was the deciding factor in the 5-4 turnaround. While it will affect a small subset of abortion procedures, the focus on "ethical and moral concerns" signals a major shift. More »
- Supreme Court Supports Late-Term Abortion Ban
  
  Washington Post | Apr 18, 07 11:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court voted today to uphold a ban on partial birth abortions, handing a significant victory to President Bush, whose appointees to the high court voted with the 5-4 majority. The 2003 law, which bars a controversial late-term procedure, is the first federal restriction on abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. More »

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Supreme Court of the United States US court of final appeal, the highest in the nation. Its duty is to decide and interpret the constitutionality of state and federal legislation and of executive acts. Once the Supreme Court arrives at a ...

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Ruth (Joan) Bader Ginsburg 1933-, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1993-), b. Brooklyn, N.Y. A graduate (1954) of Cornell Univ., she attended Harvard Law School, then transferred to Columbia Law School, graduating in 1959. She clerked in the U.S. District Court for the Southern ...

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Profanity, Tobacco Cases Top Court's New Term

Court Readies Term's Testiest Decisions

Scalia On Bush v. Gore: 'Get Over It'

Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Medical Tech

Ginsburg Speaks Up

High Court Curbs Pay Bias Suits

Alito Swings Court Against Late Abortion

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