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  • High Court Justice Breyer's Washington Home Burglarized

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s Washington home was burglarized less than three months after he and his wife were robbed on the Caribbean island of Nevis by a man wielding a machete.

  • Scalia Turns Advocate Against Obama as Queries Criticized

    In January, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of “high-handedness.” He was just getting warmed up.

  • Justice Breyer Robbed in Vacation Home

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed by a man wielding a machete while vacationing on the West Indies island of Nevis, said Kathy Arberg, a court spokeswoman.

  • Express Scripts, BofA, JPMorgan, UBS, Lehman in Court News

    Five states are considering whether they will sue to challenge Express Scripts Inc.’s bid for Medco Health Solutions Inc. if federal antitrust regulators approve the deal, two people familiar with the matter said.

  • Blood-Test Patents Debated at High Court as Einstein Invoked

    U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled with the reach of federal patent law, touching on both fire- building techniques and Albert Einstein’s discoveries during arguments over diagnostic medical tests.

  • Roberts to Lead Delegation of Six Supreme Court Justices at Obama Address

    The U.S. Supreme Court indicated that Chief Justice John Roberts will attend President Barack Obama ’s State of the Union address, ensuring a bipartisan delegation at an event that last year drew the justices into a political controversy.

  • TV Cameras Rejected in U.S. Supreme Court Health-Care Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court rejected media and lawmaker requests for television coverage of this month’s arguments on President Barack Obama’s health-care law, and agreed to release same-day audio recordings.

  • Anita Hill, 20 Years On, Seeks Equality: Susan Antilla

    Anita Hill sits at a tiny conference table in her office at Brandeis University, just outside Boston, as I quiz her on the obvious themes. Her testimony during hearings to confirm Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court? Admittedly a “terrible” experience, “but I want people to understand that I survived it.” Attacks on her character? A good thing for women in the workplace because now “they know what to expect” should they ever go public about harassment.

  • Scalia Courted as Unlikely Obama Ally in Top Court Health Battle

    The fate of President Barack Obama’s health-care law may hinge on the administration’s ability to enlist an unlikely ally: Justice Antonin Scalia, the pillar of the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative wing.

  • Justice Thomas Girlfriend McEwen Breaks 19-Year Silence in Washington Post

    Lillian McEwen Breaks Her 19-year Silence About Justice Clarence Thomas By Michael A. Fletcher Oct. 22 (Washington Post) -- For nearly two decades, Lillian McEwen has been silent -- a part of history, yet absent from it. When Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his explosive 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Thomas vehemently denied the allegations and his handlers cited his steady relationship with another woman in an effort to deflect Hill's allegations. Lillian McEwen was that woman. At the time, she was on good terms with Thomas. The former assistant U.S. attorney and Senate Judiciary Committee counsel had dated him for years, even attending a March 1985 White House state dinner as his guest. She had worked on the Hill and was wary of entering the political cauldron of the hearings. She was never asked to testify, as then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), who headed the committee, limited witnesses to women who had a

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