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Barack Obama, already the first president to appoint two female justices, may have a chance to name a third during his second term in office and deepen his imprint on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The heirs of Superman creators Jerome Siegel and Joseph Shuster took their 15-year-old fight with Time Warner Inc.’s DC Comics unit to reclaim the rights to the comic book hero before a federal appeals court.
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Alfalfa genetically modified to withstand Monsanto Co.’s herbicide should be taken off the market because regulators didn’t properly consider how it affects endangered plants and animals, environmental groups told a federal appeals court.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office should get as much as $279 million to help the agency deal with a backlog of patent applications, President Barack Obama said in a request for supplemental funding from Congress.
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Nevin Shapiro, chief executive officer of Capitol Investments USA Inc., defrauded investors of at least $80 million to fund his lavish lifestyle after raising $880 million in a Ponzi scheme, U.S. prosecutors charged.
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President Barack Obama selected Elena Kagan , his top U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and the former dean of Harvard Law School, to fill a vacancy on the high court and for the first time give it three female members.
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Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm said the Obama administration is “very wise” to consider people with expertise outside the “judicial monastery” for the next Supreme Court opening.
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President Barack Obama said he will announce a nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens by next month and that he’ll seek a candidate who values individual rights and privacy when ruling on cases.
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President Barack Obama selected Elena Kagan , his top U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and the former dean of Harvard Law School, to fill a vacancy on the high court, a person familiar with the decision said.
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Same-sex weddings in California can begin on Aug. 18, a federal judge ruled, saying he saw no reason to delay for more than a few days enforcement of his earlier decision allowing gay marriage.
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