At first,most of the nine Supreme Court judges had planned to give a decision without answering this question.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

She became the first Hispanic justice on the United States Supreme Court in two thousand nine.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

There would be no Protestant justices for the first time in the Supreme Court's history.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

The Supreme Court has heard many cases that test the meaning of the First Amendment.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

She would be the first Hispanic and third woman ever to serve on the court.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

The International Criminal Court has yet to complete its first case involving any crime.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

If confirmed, she would be the first Hispanic on the nation's highest court.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

He appeared in federal court in Detroit for the first time Friday.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

Mister Marshall was the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court.

VOA: special.2010.08.20

They were there to examine the court's progress for the first time.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Dieng says it is the first time that such a court decision has been put into action.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

The first single(,"The Coast." ) from Court Yard Hounds' debut album was inspired by a popular vacation spot, the Gulf Coast in South Texas.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

She is the first Hispanic justice on the nine-member court and is the second woman on the current court, joining Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

He is the first African leader to be tried at a U.N.-backed court.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

The Supreme Court traditionally opens its annual term on the first Monday in October and usually renders its final decisions of the term by the following July.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Sotomayor's first term on the high court promises to be busy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Born to Puerto Rican parents, who moved to New York during World War II, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court and the third woman.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

And the high court is going to look at it and it is very strange in that for the first time in Iranian judiciary that they are having the high court session just (a) few weeks after the sentence was issued.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

But in a press appearance here, she said the resolution of the standoff - with the reinstatement of the country's deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry - was a resolution by the Pakistanis themselves and a hopeful first step toward broader dialogue.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"We honor the women who traveled those lonely roads to be the first ones in those court rooms, to be the first ones in those board rooms, to be the first ones on those playing fields, and to be the first ones on those battlefields.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08