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WASHINGTON (AP) — In the clearest sign yet of the impact of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, U.S. labor unions scored a major victory Tuesday with a tie vote in a high-profile Supreme Court case they had once seemed all but certain to lose. The 4-4 split, in a
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the Supreme Court, has died, leaving the high court without its conservative majority and setting up an ideological confrontation over his successor in the maelstrom of a presidential election year. Scalia was 79. The U.S. Marshals Service
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BOSTON – A third Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice on Wednesday announced plans to retire before the next full session of the state's high court begins, prompting Gov. Charlie Baker to name a 12-member panel to help him pick replacements. Justice Fernande Duffly, who was appointed to the high
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BOSTON – With Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justices Robert Cordy and Francis Spina stepping down this summer, Gov. Charlie Baker has gained the chance to make his first nominations to the state's high court. Baker also will be in position to appoint a majority of the court before the
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