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Trump celebrates at White House as Supreme Court nominee confirmed

Trump celebrates at White House as Supreme Court nominee confirmed

LAWRENCE HURLEY and JEFF MASON PRESIDENT Donald Trump revelled in one of his signature achievements at a White House ceremony to celebrate U.S. Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, eight days before the election. The made-for-TV prime-time event on the White House lawn mirrored one a month ago, when Barrett's nomination was announced, which preceded a coronavirus outbreak among top Republicans including Trump himself. It came little more than an hour after the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Barrett to the lifetime appointment on a 52-48 vote, with Democrats unified in opposition. Her confirmation as successor to…
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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett would have final say on recusal calls

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett would have final say on recusal calls

LAWRENCE HURLEY  DEMOCRATS are urging U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from any election-related cases because of President Donald Trump's comments that he expects the justices to potentially decide the outcome, but there is no way to force her to do so. Although U.S. law requires justices to step aside when there is a conflict of interest or genuine question of bias, it leaves the individual justice to decide whether such a conflict exists. Aside from direct financial and personal conflicts, they rarely do so. Trump on Saturday nominated Barrett to the vacancy created by the…
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Three Africans among the seven female judges fighting for equality around the world in the footsteps of Justice Ginsburg

Three Africans among the seven female judges fighting for equality around the world in the footsteps of Justice Ginsburg

ANASTASIA MOLONEY, KIM HARRISBERG, ROLI SRIVASTAVA, NITA BHALLA AND RINA CHANDRAN THE late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a champion of women's rights and prevailed over systemic sexism in the legal ranks to become one of America's best-known jurists. Ginsburg cast key votes in landmark rulings securing gender equality, expanding gay rights and safeguarding abortion rights. Across the world, other women trailblazers from Ethiopia and India to Kenya and Colombia have achieved similar victories in their home countries, pioneering changes in laws and setting legal precedent from the highest court benches. LEONA THERON, SOUTH AFRICA Theron is…
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Chief Justice Roberts memorializes Ginsburg at U.S. Supreme Court

Chief Justice Roberts memorializes Ginsburg at U.S. Supreme Court

LAWRENCE HURLEY and ANDREW CHUNG THE United States has begun three days of tributes to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as pallbearers carried her flag-draped coffin into the white marble court building and mourners lined up to pay their respects. Wearing dark suits and black face masks due to the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of the liberal icon's former clerks stood at attention as the coffin was carried up the court's broad steps. "Her voice in court and in our conference room was soft. But when she spoke, people listened," Chief Justice John Roberts said in a private ceremony inside…
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How RBG’s death could shift the Supreme Court – and American life – rightward

How RBG’s death could shift the Supreme Court – and American life – rightward

LAWRENCE HURLEY  THE death of liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has huge implications for the future of law and life in the United States, giving Republican President Donald Trump the chance to cement a 6-3 conservative majority on the court. Here are several ways in which a rightward tilt would be felt if Trump gets to pick Ginsburg's successor: ABORTION AND OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES Ever since the Supreme Court legalized abortion in its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, conservative activists have sought to overturn the decision and always fallen just short. If Trump replaces Ginsburg with a…
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Trump will nominate a woman next week to succeed Ginsburg on Supreme Court

Trump will nominate a woman next week to succeed Ginsburg on Supreme Court

ANDREA SHALAL and LAWRENCE HURLEY President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will nominate a woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, a move that would tip the court further to the right following the death of liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg. "I will be putting forth a nominee next week. It will be a woman," Trump said at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. "I think it should be a woman because I actually like women much more than men." As Trump spoke, supporters chanted: "Fill that seat." He praised Ginsburg as a "legal giant ... Her landmark…
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With candles, flowers and signs, mourners honour the legendary RBG  on U.S. Supreme Court steps

With candles, flowers and signs, mourners honour the legendary RBG on U.S. Supreme Court steps

ANDY SULLIVAN  ON a cool night in a heated political year in Washington, several hundred people clutching candles, flowers and signs quietly gathered on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to mark the death of liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A little before midnight, a woman sang the mourners' Kaddish, a traditional Jewish prayer for the dead, on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the Jewish New Year. "It just feels so nice to be out here with other people who feel the same way," said Dominik Radawski, 46, standing on the steps that are…
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