All posts tagged "Antonin Scalia"

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  Conservative Gorsuch Emulates Scalia Minus the Rough Edges

  He would be the first justice to serve alongside a colleague for whom he worked

  • Posted February 1, 2017
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  Scalia’s Death, Senate Inaction Leave Supreme Court in Bind

  Court had two tie votes and a 4-3 decision in favor of affirmative action in which he almost certainly would have sided with dissenters

  • Posted June 24, 2016
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  Dow Chemical Settles Case Citing Supreme Court Uncertainty

  MIDLAND, Mich. – Dow Chemical said Friday it will pay $835 million to settle a long-standing class action lawsuit, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia decreased its chances of prevailing at the Supreme Court. The announcement...

  • Posted February 26, 2016
• Scalia Remembered as Man of Faith, Family and the Law

  WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was remembered Saturday as a man of faith, family and the law in a funeral marked by church ritual and pageantry for the conservative jurist whose larger-than-life personality dominated the...

  • Posted February 20, 2016
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• All Eyes On Iowa’s Grassley For Supreme Court Nominee’s Fate

  WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley – farmer, onetime sheet metal shearer, six-term senator and Judiciary Committee chairman – has a major say in whether President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee even gets a hearing. So far, the...

  • Posted February 20, 2016
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• Thousands Pay Respects to Late Justice Scalia

  WASHINGTON – Bidding farewell to their longtime colleague, the eight remaining Supreme Court justices joined family members, former law clerks and members of the public Friday in paying their respects to Antonin Scalia in a tradition-laden, solemn...

  • Posted February 19, 2016
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• Supreme Court May Face Extended Period with 8 Justices

  WASHINGTON – Is eight enough? The Supreme Court has managed to function effectively at less than its full nine-member strength for two extended periods in the past 50 years. The question now is whether the death of...

  • Posted February 17, 2016
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• Obama Chides Senators to ‘Do Their Job,’ Vote on Court Pick

  WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is challenging Republicans to live up to their avowed adherence for the Constitution and agree to vote on his nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. A key Republican...

  • Posted February 17, 2016
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• Flags in Puerto Rico Fly at Half Mast in Honor of Justice Scalia

  SAN JUAN – Interim Chief Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court Hon. Anabelle Rodríguez has ordered all Puerto Rico and the U.S. flags at judicial branch buildings and dependencies to fly at half mast in memory...

  • Posted February 16, 2016
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• Justice Scalia’s Passing to Affect Supreme Court Decisions on Puerto Rico

  SAN JUAN – The passing of Justice Antonin Scalia affects the cases now before the Court, including two very important cases involving Puerto Rico. Votes that Scalia cast in cases that have not been publicly decided are...

  • Posted February 15, 2016
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