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Sonia Sotomayor told students life as a Supreme Court Justice is not all glamorous.

Sotomayor tells Yale students at graduation: “Sometimes it gets boring”

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the author of a unanimous decision delivered at the Supreme Court on Monday, but Sotomayor was hundreds of miles … Read More

Sonia Sotomayor has a successful memoir in, "Beloved World." (Getty Images)

Justice Sotomayor: Just call me “Sonia from the Bronx”

By Verene Dobnik, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just "Sonia from the Bronx." And on Sunday, the first Hispanic … Read More

Members of the Supreme Court applaud as U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to deliver his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Should laws become colorblind? Supreme Court weighs in

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind? Addressing two pivotal legal issues, one on … Read More

In this Thursday, May 10, 2012 file photo, United States Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, left, who heads up the civil rights division at the Department of Justice, is joined by Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Roy Austin, as Perez announces a federal civil lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio during a news conference in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Justice official to be nominated for top labor spot

By Sam Hananel and Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seeking to fill yet another second-term Cabinet vacancy, President Barack Obama is set to nominate Thomas Perez, an assistant attorney … Read More

Puerto Rican officials are considering new cost-saving measures to save its public pension system.

Puerto Rico’s party to hold pro-statehood march

By Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's pro-statehood party is organizing marches to demand that the U.S. government honor the results of a referendum … Read More

People wait in line to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Scholars ask Supreme Court to preserve Voting Rights Act

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With the Supreme Court hearing on the voting rights case out of Shelby County, Alabama less than a month away, the debate  on the controversial Voting Rights … Read More

A student displays a placard reads "A Have a Dream" during a ceremony organized by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the 82nd birthday anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2011.

7 Ways to teach your kids the meaning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By Monica Olivera

On Monday, the country will be celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  A civil rights leader who led peaceful protests to fight for equality, he may be best … Read More

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Opinion: Why my son will not be wearing a hoodie

By Stephen A. Nuňo -- (Photo Courtesy David Shankbone)

I am suspicious.  I know that.  When police cars make U-turns as they pass me I know they are following my vehicle long enough to run my license plates. It … Read More