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On eve of court ruling, Americans oppose contraceptive ban: Reuters/Ipsos poll

June 17, 2018 at 1:16 p.m.

A majority of Americans oppose letting employers, based on their religious views, exclude certain contraceptives from workers' insurance coverage, says a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court...

When religion meets politics, U.S. justices sharpen their pencils

August 24, 2021 at 11:37 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Christian prayers at local government meetings on Monday, the justices wrote in exalted terms about balancing legislative prayer and religious neutrality....

Strange benchfellows, Ginsburg and Scalia star in U.S. courtroom drama

August 24, 2021 at 11:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For more than 30 years, liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg and conservative Antonin Scalia have been the odd couple of top U.S. courts, the closest of personal friends...

Strange benchfellows, Ginsburg and Scalia star in U.S. courtroom drama

May 23, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For more than 30 years, liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg and conservative Antonin Scalia have been the odd couple of top U.S. courts, the closest of personal friends...

Voice of first U.S. Hispanic justice heard in major race case

August 24, 2021 at 11:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first Hispanic Supreme Court justice has been on the bench for nearly five years but had never written an opinion addressing race in America until today....

Appeals court hears case testing gay-marriage rights

August 24, 2021 at 10:49 p.m.

DENVER (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court signaled on Thursday it may strike down a Utah ban on same-sex marriages in the highest-level case to date to test whether gay...

Gay marriage first in Tenn.: Woman listed as father on birth certificate

August 24, 2021 at 10:51 p.m.

Last month a baby in Tennessee made history: Emilia Maria Jesty was the first child born in the state to have a woman listed on the birth certificate as her...

Abortion fight haunts U.S. top court hearing on healthcare law

August 24, 2021 at 10:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court arguments over federal healthcare policy were nearly finished on Tuesday when Justice Anthony Kennedy challenged Obama administration lawyer Donald Verrilli on abortion rights. "Under...

Unauthorized video of Supreme Court protest posted online

August 24, 2021 at 9:11 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, video footage of U.S. Supreme Court proceedings has been recorded and posted online. The Supreme Court has always barred any type of cameras,...

Anlaysis: In Texas courtroom, a battle resumes over race

August 24, 2021 at 5:19 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Last June the U.S. Supreme Court faced a question it has wrestled with repeatedly for more than a generation: When may universities consider a student's race...

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