WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term began Monday with no cross words between the justices, although a steady stream of divisive social issues awaits them in the coming months. In their first public meeting since a number of ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with a high-stakes dispute between businesses and human rights groups over accountability for foreign atrocities. The justices appeared ready to impose new limits on lawsuits brought in U.S. ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term Monday by weighing who gets to object when a state makes Medicaid cuts — and soon is likely to plunge into a far bigger health dispute. That’s the challenge to President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court is starting its new term with a new justice, Elena Kagan, and bad news for hundreds of parties trying to get their cases heard at the nation's highest court.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The long-running legal fight over whether former Playmate Anna Nicole Smith should have gotten part of the fortune left behind by her elderly Texas billionaire husband landed at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices ...

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