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The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that lets the state take away spousal benefits under employee insurance plans.

The Supreme Court has ruled on LGBT rights eight times.

The Supreme Court will tackle President Donald Trump's travel ban, gay civil rights and partisan gerrymandering.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a self-described "flaming feminist litigator," is ready to leave it all on the bench in the upcoming Supreme Court term.

Muslim-American leaders and allies urged the Supreme Court to rule against Trump's executive orders in the fall.

Justice Anthony Kennedy did not issue a news release Monday about retiring, indicating he'll remain the swing vote on the bench.

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Playing politics with the Supreme Court is ultimately damaging for everyone.

On Wednesday, Trump celebrated the swearing in of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Access to abortion will be increasingly restricted through aggressive regulation.

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The court let stand lower court rulings that blocked restrictions on doctors who perform abortions in Mississippi and Wisconsin a day after the court struck down a similar measure in Texas.

In a strongly worded opinion, the Court wrote that the 2013 law imposed an "undue burden" on women seeking to exercise their constitutional right to an abortion.

Conservative officials from 11 states sued the federal government on Wednesday to overturn a directive that transgender students be allowed to use the bathroom matching their gender identity.

The vote could have shifted influence in state legislative races away from urban areas that tend to be racially diverse.

A 4-4 split looms over a legal challenge launched by Christian groups.

Utah's Orrin Hatch and Arizona's Jeff Flake are members of the Judiciary Committee that would hold any confirmation hearings.

Stiff-arming Garland is yet another in the long series of actions that unleashed the Trump-ism that Republicans so fear.

"I've selected a nominee who is widely recognized not only as one of America's sharpest legal minds but as someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, evenhandedness and excellence," Obama said.

The Court's first major abortion case in nearly a decade challenges a Texas law imposing strict regulations on clinics and doctors.

Clinton would come under enormous political pressure to re-nominate Obama's nominee if the Republicans hold no hearings.

The Supreme Court is meant to adhere to the letter of the law, not to draw on life experiences.

The court's only black justice grilled a government attorney over cases involving the Second Amendment and domestic violence.

The Supreme Court was asked to decide: Does a disabled golfer using a golf cart enjoy an unfair advantage?

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From Citizens United to redistricting and voter fraud, the Supreme Court could radically alter how we vote.

"The Constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now," the president said on Tuesday.

The most likely choice or the most ideologically pure? Obama will face a tough fight either way.

If Republicans refuse to act on a well-qualified nominee, Senate Democrats will refuse to move any other item of business.

The Constitution allows the president to fill a vacancy on the Court temporarily, bypassing the Senate.