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With Joe Biden and Democrats facing a tough election, the US bench’s oldest liberal is at the centre of a fierce debate
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Democrats hope to fill judicial vacancies quickly as speculation swirls about US Supreme Court
Fears about the economy and racial unrest appear to be the top concern for Republicans in Wisconsin
A generation of young, conservative federal judges could block laws from a future Democratic Congress
Supreme Court justice who died last week is honoured in Washington ceremony
Alarm bells are ringing in the market for commercial mortgage-backed securities
Democratic challenger has avoided wading into bitter Washington debate after Ginsburg’s death
Conservatives see a chance to cement majority following Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death
A bespectacled angel
President says Biden would install ‘radical left’ judges following Justice Ginsburg’s death
Concern is growing that the Supreme Court will fully tumble into extreme partisanship
Democrats and second key Republican oppose Trump plan to announce nominee next week
President is expected to shift the ideological complexion of America’s top court decisively to the right
A rush to replace the late justice would damage the Supreme Court
President says he will name woman to fill vacancy on US Supreme Court
Voters face a battle over the Supreme Court at a time of pandemic, economic crisis and civil unrest
Liberal judge of ‘historic stature’ served 27 years on the country’s highest court
Second woman to serve on highest US bench was its most determined advocate for gender equality
Liberal fans of the oldest Supreme Court Justice have criticised her choice not to retire early
Liberals weigh risks of losing Roe v Wade enshrining a woman’s constitutional right to abortion
Court’s oldest judge and liberal stalwart hospitalised after fall in office
Both sides of the US political divide canonise unlikely icons
The opera-loving judge has become a cult figure imitated on ‘Saturday Night Live’
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