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Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he is not looking for a U.S. Supreme Court nominee whose approach to the law has changed over time.
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Read More »Sotomayor calls job on high court blessing and curse
Serving on the U.S. Supreme Court has been both a blessing and a curse and reaching decisions is harder than she ever expected, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday during a visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Read More »High court nominee praises lawyers for helping the poor
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland praised lawyers for their work with low-income Washingtonians on Thursday in his first public remarks since his nomination last month.
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Read More »Johnson defends decision to block Obama court nominee
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is defending his decision to block President Barack Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, saying doing so protects Second Amendment gun rights.
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Read More »Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland to US Supreme Court
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will reveal his Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and his pick is expected to come from a small circle of federal appeals court judges.
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