Stephen Breyer
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US supreme court strikes down Louisiana abortion restriction
- US
- June 29, 2020, 16:06
The US supreme court has struck down a court ruling in Louisiana which would have limited the number of abortion providers in the state to a single cl(...)

US Supreme Court allows Trump to use Pentagon funds for border wall
- US
- July 27, 2019, 07:30
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to use billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall (...)

US court clears way for Trump’s restrictions on transgender troops
- US
- January 22, 2019, 15:31
The US supreme court on Tuesday let president Donald Trump enforce his policy barring certain transgender people from joining or staying in the milita(...)

US supreme court justice Ginsburg fractures three ribs in fall
- US
- November 8, 2018, 16:43
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a prominent liberal who, at 85, is the oldest US supreme court justice, was hospitalised on Thursday after falling in her office (...)

Trump apologises to Kavanaugh for ‘terrible pain and suffering’
- US
- October 9, 2018
US president Donald Trump doubled down on his defence of Brett Kavanaugh as he apologised to the supreme court justice on behalf of the nation “for th(...)

If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed another battle will be over
- Opinion
- October 6, 2018
Judges, unlike politicians, don’t owe their positions to popular endorsement. Still, like politicians, they tend to reflect how their societies think.(...)

Trump is reshaping US courts from the bottom up
- US
- July 1, 2018, 17:01
Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the supreme court has given US president Donald Trump an opportunity to shift America’s highest court to the right. (...)

Trump welcomes US supreme court travel ban decision
- US
- June 26, 2018, 15:37
President Donald Trump hailed a decision by the US supreme court on Tuesday to uphold his controversial travel ban, claiming a “vindication” of his im(...)

Experience of Mitchell scholars ‘continues long after leaving Ireland’
- Education
- February 19, 2018, 06:00
The US-Ireland Alliance was set up by former political aide Trina Vargo in 1998 amid concerns about the relationship between the countries, with the M(...)

Neil Gorsuch sworn in as US supreme court justice
- US
- April 10, 2017, 17:57
Neil Gorsuch, picked by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Republican-led Senate, was sworn in as a US supreme court justice at the White Hou(...)