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Live, but not livestreamed, opinion announcements return
A View from the Courtroom is an occasional series offering an inside look at oral arguments and opinion announcements unfolding in real time. The Supreme Court on Monday issued its first opinion...
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Dear Stephen Breyer
The courtroom is full Thursday morning as everyone seems to have gotten used to the switch from Monday opinion days. The bar section is filled with quite a few lawyers who will be sworn in to the...
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A courtroom prop, a song, and another surprise
Several police officers outside the Supreme Court building have donned masks as haze from Canadian wildfires has become more noticeable in Washington this morning. Inside, the courtroom is full, with...
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Last day of the term
As the court issued its last decisions of the term in recent days, I was reminded of something I read in the court’s employee newsletter back in late winter. It was a story about new health and...
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A Scalia argument, then a yacht excursion
It’s the second week of the new term, with two otherwise garden-variety cases set for argument on Tuesday, but with each having some noteworthy highlights. Meanwhile, this is the third week of the new...
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The chief justice’s courtroom tribute to O’Connor
Chief Justice John Roberts opened Monday’s argument session with a heartfelt tribute to the late retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died Friday at age 93. “I note that memorial drapery has been...
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, lauded as “a human being, extraordinary,” lies...
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor returned to Washington to lie in repose in the Great Hall of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Monday, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor lauded O’Connor as “her life role model”...
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A Washington send-off for Sandra Day O’Connor
The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was celebrated at a memorial service Tuesday as an American pioneer whose mantra when facing legal decisions and life challenges was “get it done.” “Sandra Day...
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A packed courtroom for the Trump ballot case
We have known since last week (thanks to reporting by Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer in The New York Times) that the big Republican elephant will not be in the room today when the U.S. Supreme Court...
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A fast-moving argument over medication abortion
It’s a crisp morning here as Washington’s famous cherry blossoms are holding on to their leaves and color a good eight days after they reached an unexpectedly early peak bloom. The court has some of...
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