In a rare interview in her chambers, the 80-year-old justice reflected on a term in which she helped shape narrow victories for gay marriage while underscoring her status as the leader of the court’s liberal wing.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the U.S. Supreme Court’s second-oldest justice, was hospitalized overnight for the second time in three weeks after suffering a reaction to a sleeping aid combined with a cold medication. Ginsburg, released from the hospital Thursday, had boarded ...

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President Barack Obama’s first U.S. Supreme Court appointment probably will be drawn from a group of women who have achieved prominence in the law or politics, ensuring more diversity and possibly more real-world experience for the high court. The replacement ...

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had surgery last month for pancreatic cancer, said she will undergo a “precautionary” course of chemotherapy. The 76-year-old Ginsburg, who hasn’t missed any of the court’s public sessions, said she doesn’t expect ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court buttressed a federal ban on gun possession by people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, saying the law applies to a West Virginia man convicted of beating his wife under a general state battery law. The justices, ...

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Ginsburg returns after cancer surgery U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her first public appearance since her Feb. 5 cancer surgery, returning to her role as one of the court’s most active questioners during a pair of hourlong ...

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In Arizona v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether police officers who perform a lawful traffic stop have the authority to frisk the vehicle’s passengers. The facts in Johnson are not complicated: The defendant was the ...

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who survived colon cancer in 1999, had surgery Thursday for "apparently early stage" pancreatic cancer, the court said. Ginsburg, 75, was operated on at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. She will probably stay in the hospital seven to 10 days, the court said, citing the attending surgeon, Murray Brennan. Ginsburg was appointed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, becoming the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

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