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Two leading senators on the Judiciary Committee, which will consider President Obama's upcoming Supreme Court nominee, signaled a bruising fight ahead.

Republicans are promising a "whale of a fight" during the congressional election campaign if President Barack Obama picks too liberal a nominee to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens....

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he will retire from his job this summer after 35 years on the bench.

John Paul Stevens, 89, isn't ready to say when he'll retire, but when it comes, his exit will mark a significant shift for the divided Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized overnight after experiencing extreme drowsiness but was later released from hospital, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Chief Justice Roberts administers the oath on a quiet morning so she can begin work 'without delay,' he says.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor won U.S. Senate approval on Thursday to become the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court.

A seventh Republican broke ranks on Wednesday and backed Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who appeared virtually certain of winning Senate approval as the first Hispanic on the highest U.S. court.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, all but ensuring she will become the court's first Hispanic justice.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday slowed down the anticipated confirmation of U.S. President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor.