U.S. Supreme Court justices, led by swing vote Anthony Kennedy, signaled they may be poised to strike down a central provision in the Voting Rights Act, potentially ordering the biggest change in election law in decades. Hearing arguments Wednesday in ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court questioned a decision by New Haven, Conn., to cancel planned promotions of city firefighters after no blacks scored well enough on a pair of tests to qualify. New Haven says it was seeking to avert a ...

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U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they may use a case involving Massey Energy Co. Chairman Donald Blankenship to require that judges disqualify themselves from cases involving major campaign supporters. Hearing arguments Tuesday in Washington, the high court considered whether West ...

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