Associated Press
Mark Sherman is the Supreme Court correspondent for the Associated Press.
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Mark Sherman
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FROM Mark Sherman
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SCOTUS takes up the separation of Church and State The US Supreme Court delayed arguments in a case involving the separation of Church and State until its ninth member was finally sworn in. Court watchers thought there might be a four-to-four division but, today, with Neil Gorsuch on the bench, it didn't look that way. Mark Sherman, who covers the court for the Associated Press , has more on today's arguments.
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