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If you thought the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court was contentious, fasten your seat belts: Senate Republicans have sent a signal that the Sotomayor confirmation was just a warm up, and the real battles are yet to come over President Barack Obama's appointments to the federal courts.

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Puerto Rican leaders have made lots of news this year - " from Sonia Sotomayor's rise to the Supreme Court, to the so-called - three amigos' who took power in the New York legislature.

It all started in 1997 when a little-known company wanted to patent a method for letting customers of utility companies pay a fixed, predictable sum each month.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, center, a New York Yankees fan from the Bronx,A shakes hands with Yankees' catcher Jose Molina, left,A andA Jorge Posada, right,A after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Yankees played the Boston Red Sox on Sept.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to block the execution of a Maryland man who was convicted of gunning down a northern Virginia couple to win the love of a former stripper.

White New Haven firefighters are seeking promotions after winning their discrimination lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges' conferences and lawyers' meetings.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 9:00 am US/Central 1 of 1 Chief White House Counsel Greg Craig greets guests before President Barack Obama announces federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor is his choice to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court at the White House on May 26, 2009.

The more people know about the U.S. Supreme Court, the less they like it, correspondents who cover the judicial body explained to a packed Robertson Hall on Wednesday.

The Bilski case - which could affect business method patents - is often conflated with the idea of software patents, leading to the conclusion that a loss for inventor Bilski is identical to a loss for all software companies.

Sonia Sotomayor heeded White House advice to paint her fingernails a neutral shade during her Supreme Court confirmation process _ up to a point.

On May 26, 2009, the Associated Press reported a landmark ruling in the United States Supreme Court.

Bush's former solicitor general tries to roll back prosecutorial abuse. Radley Balko November 9, 2009 In 2006, Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett Grayson lined up more than 30 jailhouse informants to testify that they had sold drugs to Church Point, Louisiana homemaker Ann Colomb and her three sons.

Should techniques for training horses be eligible for a patent? What about a system for choosing a jury or fail-proof method for speed dating? Supreme Court justices raised the questions Monday as they struggled to decide what types of inventions should qualify for patent protection.

Reporting from Washington - The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the execution of Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad.

A Washington Times editorial has again used select comments and decisions made by one of President Obama's judicial nominees to smear him as a "radical's radical." In addition to invoking judicial nominee Judge David Hamilton's views on "empathy" -- a favorite conservative attack -- the editorial, which is being highlighted by the Fox Nation, ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham warned that conservative activists will bring destruction to the Republican Party if they drive out moderate candidates across the country.

More than 10 months into President Obama's term in office, he and the Democratic-controlled Senate have been notably slow to confirm judges to the nation's courts, particularly when compared with recent administrations.

Adults have a legal duty to exercise reasonable care when they agree to supervise someone else's child, a divided Virginia Supreme Court said Thursday.