- The Supreme Court of the United States ended its term this month with a striking, almost dramatic finish.
Supreme Court首字母大写。在英国最高法院的官网中，The Supreme Court首字母均大写。在美国最高法院官网中，the Supreme Court中the首字母小写。
- It also ruled on tensions between gay rights and opponents of same-sex marriage.
- the second-oldest person on the high court .
- In the U.S., the president nominates someone to fill an open seat on the nine-member court.
oppennent : one that takes an opposite position (as in a debate, contest, or conflict)
same-sex ：连字符是讲两个或两个以上的单词连接起来，构成新的形容词性合成词。
- Some court watchers call him the “swing voter“ because they have a hard time predicting how he will vote in cases.
swing : to cause to move vigorously through a wide arc or circle
- affect Supreme Court decisions far into the future
- Then a Senate committee holds hearings on the nomination. If committee members vote to approve the nominee, the nomination goes to the full Senate.
hearing : opportunity to be heard, to present one’s side of a case, or to be generally known or appreciated .
- And a larger, 7-2 majority ruled in the case of a Christian baker in Colorado.
- Kennedy added that state officials had not treated the baker’s religious objections respectfully.
- Supreme Court justices aim to be independent interpreters of the Constitution and not politicians.
- Trump himself took the unusual step of publicly releasing a list of Supreme Court candidates, most of whom were traditional jurists that many Republicans believed would uphold conservative values.”
Trump任命最高法院法官的演讲：
- I am a man of my word.
- bipartisan support
- unanimously
- was born and raised in…
- is/are beyond dispute
- need badly
- get hold of
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