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A history of Supreme Court leaks

Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop: the inside story of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiative intended to address climate change, on its interim docket. In the story, Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak sugges...

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What happened A history of Supreme Court leaks.
The headline split One side frames it as "The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’". The other frames it as "Top Dem Whose District Is Going Away Rips Supreme Court".
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Left / center-leftThe Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

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CenterA history of Supreme Court leaks

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Right / center-rightRep. Jordan to Newsmax: Keep Supreme Court at 9 Justices

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SCOTUSblogNews report · May 22, 1:30 PM

A history of Supreme Court leaks

Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop: the inside story of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiati...

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NewsmaxNews report · May 23, 12:42 AM

Rep. Jordan to Newsmax: Keep Supreme Court at 9 Justices

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Newsmax on Friday that Democrats' proposals to add four seats to the Supreme Court are a raw bid for ideological control of the b...

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100 Percent Fed UpNews report · May 22, 10:52 PM

House Democrat Introduces Articles Of Impeachment Against Supreme Court Justice

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) has introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, alleging “high crimes and […]

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Times of IndiaNews report · May 22, 9:56 PM

Will not invalid just for omission of legal heirs: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled that a will cannot be invalidated solely because legal heirs were excluded from a property. The exclusion of natural heirs, by itself, is not a suspicious circumstan...

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Inside Climate NewsNews report · May 22, 9:54 PM

The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

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A nearly 600-mile railway that would cut through the heart of the Amazon rainforest got one step closer to reality Thursday when the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that a national park could...

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Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · May 22, 9:08 PM

Mahmoud Khalil to appeal US deportation case to Supreme Court

Pro-Palestine advocate takes claim that Trump administration targeted him for protected free speech to top US court.

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Washington Times PoliticsNews report · May 22, 6:56 PM

Palestinian who led protests at Columbia University will ask Supreme Court to halt deportation

Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian student who led anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, vowed to take his battle against deportation to the Supreme Court after losing yet anoth...

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Volokh ConspiracyNews report · May 22, 11:00 AM

[Josh Blackman] Today in Supreme Court History: May 22, 1807

5/22/1807: Aaron Burr is indicted on charges of treason. Chief Justice John Marshall would preside over Burr's trial. Aaron Burr

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May 22, 11:00 AM: Volokh Conspiracy joined the source map.

May 22, 1:30 PM: SCOTUSblog joined the source map.

May 22, 4:07 PM: Conservative Brief joined the source map.

May 22, 6:56 PM: Washington Times Politics joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 81/99 and story health is stable · 9 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.