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Washington (AFP) - Retired US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the nation's highest court and a noted pragmatist in an age of deep division, died Friday. She was 93. O'Connor died at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the court announced. "Sandra Day O'Connor blazed an historic trail as our nation's first female justice," Chief Justice John Roberts said. "She met that challenge with undaunted determination, indisputable ability and engaging candor," Roberts said. "We celebrate her endurin...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court unveiled an ethics code on Monday following a series of scandals over lavish gifts and luxury vacations received by some of its justices. The nine members of the nation's highest court are the only federal judges not explicitly subject to ethical oversight, and pressure has been mounting from Democrats in the Senate for them to adopt a code of conduct. In a statement, the Supreme Court said the absence of a formal code had led to a "misunderstanding that the Justices of this Court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestrict...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court unveiled an ethics code on Monday following a series of scandals over lavish gifts and luxury vacations received by some of its justices. The nine members of the nation's highest court are the only federal judges not explicitly subject to ethical oversight, and pressure has been mounting from Democrats in the Senate for them to adopt a code of conduct. In a statement, the Supreme Court said the absence of a formal code had led to a "misunderstanding that the Justices of this Court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestrict...
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Washington (AFP) - The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday with voting, gun and free speech rights on the docket and other hot-button cases waiting in the wings. The nation's highest court also returns from recess to mounting calls that it adopt an ethics code after reports over the summer of justices receiving luxury travel and gifts. The court, headed by Chief Justice John Roberts, has handed down a series of controversial rulings, overturning abortion rights, allowing some business owners to refuse to serve gay couples on religious grounds and rejecting the u...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court is used to doing the grilling but it will be the high court itself in the hot seat on Tuesday as a Senate panel conducts an extraordinary examination of the ethics of the justices. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing comes with a record 58 percent of Americans disapproving of the job being done by the court, composed of six conservative and three liberal justices. The Democratic-controlled Senate committee has called the hearing following recent revelations about business dealings by two conservative justices and lavish gifts received by one of them. ...
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Washington (AFP) - The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court, after delivering landmark rulings on abortion, guns and the environment, began a new term on Monday packed with more controversial cases. First up on the docket for the nation's highest court was a dispute involving the authority of the federal government to regulate wetlands under the 1972 Clean Water Act. Among those asking questions during oral arguments was Ketanji Brown Jackson, 52, who was named to the bench by Democratic President Joe Biden and is the first African-American woman to sit on the court. The justices are seated...
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Washington (AFP) - The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court, after quashing abortion access, begins a new term Monday which could bring setbacks to the rights of African Americans and gay couples. Anti-discrimination laws, voting rights and immigration are among the hot topics on the docket for the nation's highest court. For the first time, the more than 230-year-old court will feature an African American woman -- Ketanji Brown Jackson, named to the bench by Democratic President Joe Biden. The liberal Jackson's arrival will not modify the balance of power on the nine-member court, however....
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Washington (AFP) - Ketanji Brown Jackson does not have the background typical of US Supreme Court judges, and not just because she will be first Black woman ever to serve at the pinnacle of the legal profession. While many judges have made their mark as prosecutors, Jackson -- who was sworn in on Thursday -- spent two years as a federal public defender representing clients who could not afford their own lawyer. The 51-year-old -- who replaces retiring fellow Democratic appointee Stephen Breyer -- has served on the US Sentencing Commission, an independent agency addressing disparities in jail t...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Senate takes up the historic nomination on Monday of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. The Senate Judiciary Committee is to hold four days of confirmation hearings beginning on Monday for President Joe Biden's choice for the highest US court. Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominees have become an acrimonious partisan battleground over the past few years between Republicans and Democrats. "Every court appointment is significant because so many vital matters are decided there," said Larry Sabato, director of the ...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden has made a final decision on who he will pick to be his first Supreme Court nominee, US media reported Thursday night. The president promised during his 2020 campaign to elevate the first Black woman to America's highest bench, which he reiterated after Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, announced his retirement in late January. CNN first reported that Biden had made his decision, which was later confirmed by CBS News, both citing sources familiar with the process. The cable network added that the decision could come as soon as Friday but no later than Monda...
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