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USA: PAULA JONES TO PURSUE HARASSMENT CASE AGAINST CLINTON UPDATE 2
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The U-S Supreme Court's ruling allowing former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones to pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton has been welcomed by her lawyers.
The White House tried to stop the...
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On Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit from women who say they were systematically discriminated against by retail giant Wal-Mart. If the court allows the case to go forward as a class action, it could involve up to 1.6 million women.
HEADLINE: Supreme Court to hear massive Wal-Mart discrimination case
CAPTION: On Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit from women who say they were systematically discriminated against by retail giant Wal-Mart. If the court...
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Legal expert: US Supreme Court left in calcified state
Justice Anthony Kennedy's successor will have a chance over a likely decades-long career to tackle a host of big issues in the law and have a role in shaping the answers to them.
Constitutional Law Professor Jonathan...
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Democrats outside Supreme Court: Trump is not the king
All sides are mobilizing in response to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, promising a momentous confirmation battle for President Donald Trump's next nominee to the high court.
Senator Elizabeth Warren...
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Trump Travel Ban Back In Federal Court
Three federal appeals court judges on Monday challenged the Trump administration's limited view of who is allowed into the country under the travel ban, with one questioning from "what universe" the government got the idea that the...
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Justices seem ready to OK asking citizenship on census
The Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to uphold the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, despite evidence that millions of Hispanics and immigrants could go uncounted.
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The Supreme Court has signaled it may let businesses and unions spend freely to help their favored candidates in elections. If so, it could roll back decades of trying to restrain the power of corporate treasuries in American politics
HEADLINE: Court skeptical of limits on businesses, unions
CAPTION: The Supreme Court has signaled it may let businesses and unions spend freely to help their favored candidates in elections. If so, it could roll back decades of trying...
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Supreme Court orders federal gov't to take a fresh look on CO2
Washington, DC - April 2, 2007
1. Wide shot of US Supreme Court
2. Close-up of Supreme Court building
3. Set-up shot of David Bookbinder from Sierra Club environmental group
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Bookbinder, Sierra Club...
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Supreme Court hears Guantanamo detainees' appeal
1. Supreme Court, people lining up outside
2. People protesting, holding signs in front of court
3. Pan of people waiting
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4. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Gibbons, Attorney: (AUDIO OVER VIDEO)
"So, it is so totally artificial to say...
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DV SCOTUS Strip Search (SOT)
HEADLINE First Person: SCOTUS says security beats privacy
CAPTION: Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses, an ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday, the conservative majority...
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USA: JANE ROE ANTI-ABORTION CASE
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The woman America once knew as Jane Roe, in the U-S Supreme Court case legalizing abortion, is now backing an effort to overturn the landmark decision.
Mary McCorvey and another woman linked to Supreme Court cases on...
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia discussed homosexual rights and abortion during a debate with the president of the American Civil Liberties Union.
HEADLINE: Scalia Defends Positions in TV Debate
CAPTION: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia discussed homosexual rights and abortion during a one-hour televised debate with the president of the American Civil Liberties Union. (Oct....
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: UNDERWAY (2)
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House prosecutors are telling senators they should vote to remove U-S President Bill Clinton from office because he violated his oath to tell the truth.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist gaveled the historic session under...
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Lawyers representing major U.S. broadcasters and Internet TV company Aereo were optimistic about their oral arguments in a case that could have broad effects on the future of broadcast television. (April 22)
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Supreme Court justices debated Tuesday whether they can side with broadcasters in a copyright challenge to an Internet startup company without threatening the burgeoning world of cloud...
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President takes oath of office for second term
1. US President Barack Obama, followed by First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha, entering Blue Room for swearing-in ceremony
2. Obama stands before US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
3. Obama puts hand on...
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Bush picks conservative judge to fill crucial vacancy
1. US President George W. Bush and Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito
2. Wide of Bush and Alito
3. Close up of Alito
4. Mid of Bush and Alito
5. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"Judge Alito is one of the most...
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Elena Kagan has been sworn in as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court.
HEADLINE: Kagan sworn in as justice of the Supreme Court
CAPTION: Elena Kagan has been sworn in as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. She'll be formally installed at the start of the court's new term...
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The judge's ruling on California's gay marriage ban was harsh yet carefully worded. One some say would be tough to overturn as the landmark legal debate goes to the appeals court and possibly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
HEADLINE: First person: The future of Proposition 8
CAPTION: The judge's ruling on California's gay marriage ban was harsh yet carefully worded. One some say would be tough to overturn as the landmark legal debate goes to the appeals...
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Further reax as Obama health bill clears major hurdle in Supreme Court
In a momentous ruling affecting virtually every American, the United States Supreme Court narrowly upheld President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul on Thursday with the unlikely help of conservative Chief Justice John...
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US justices rule for baker in same-sex wedding case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn't make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. But the court is not deciding the big issue in the case, whether a business can invoke religious objections to...
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Federal court narrows scope of Trump travel ban
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's limited view of who is allowed into the United States under the president's travel ban, saying grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the...
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Kavanaugh sworn in as justice in WH ceremony
Retired Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy administered the ceremonial oath to newly confirmed Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Kavanaugh sworn in as justice in White House ceremony
US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in -again, for the cameras, this time - Monday night at a White House ceremony.
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Kavanaugh calls Roe ruling 'important precedent'
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says a 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion is an "important precedent" that has "been reaffirmed many times."