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Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts

A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation’s appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings.

Justice Ginsburg visits mark Arab Spring uprisings

The Supreme Court’s midwinter break is often used by justices to fly off to sunny vacation spots or European capitals where they address an audience or two on someone else’s tab. But this year, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on a different sort of visit to two North African countries where popular uprisings helped topple longtime leaders.

US Supreme Court blocks Calif. slaughterhouse law

The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a California law that would require euthanizing downed livestock at federally inspected slaughterhouses to keep the meat out of the nation’s food system.

Court says sex offenders can challenge arrest

The Supreme Court says rules requiring sex offenders to update their registration when crossing state lines don’t automatically apply to those who committed their crimes before the law was passed.

Court won’t hear arguments demanding Kagan recusal

The Supreme Court won’t hear arguments from a conservative watchdog group that wants Justice Elena Kagan disqualified from deciding the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s national health care overhaul.


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