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WASHINGTON – Both Republicans and Democrats support a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to send back to appeals courts cases challenging Obamacare mandates that require coverage of contraception based on religious grounds, asking the panels to try to find compromise solutions to the disputes. At the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court came together Monday on the unlikely issue of guns, ordering Massachusetts' top court to look again at the state's ban on stun guns. The justices, with no apparent dissent, issued an unsigned opinion in favor of Jaime Caetano, who was convicted of
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DALLAS (AP) — Antonin Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to the justice's sudden death, according to a letter from the Supreme Court's doctor. Presidio County District Attorney Rod Ponton cited the letter Tuesday when he told The
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BOSTON – The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has conjured a flurry of media speculation regarding the political future of former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, who currently works at a Boston-based private equity firm. Patrick, a Democrat and friend of President Barack Obama, hasn't sent
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved. The surprising move is a blow to the administration and a victory for the coalition of 27 mostly Republican-led states and
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Few Americans may realize that the fight to protect unborn children began long before Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. While the contemporary pro-life movement is often characterized as driven by the religiously devout and political conservatives, the origins and development of the
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WASHINGTON – She has yet to deliver her coveted endorsement, but Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's floor speech Thursday made it clear which Democratic presidential contender best aligns with her progressive views – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Warren railed against the "handful of billionaires" who try to shape America&
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WASHINGTON – On Friday, hundreds of thousands of activists plan to converge on the Washington Monument for a noontime rally and then march to Capitol Hill at the other end of the National Mall, where they will gather at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to commemorate the 43rd
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