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Jan 13

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Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday for Washington, D.C.'s non-binding Democratic presidential primary despite a lack of support from the national party and five of the top candidates.

The current U.S. Supreme Court is increasingly being called the "O'Connor Court" because of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's tie-breaking swing votes. Legal experts discuss the first woman justice's pivotal role on the nation's top court.

The current U.S. Supreme Court is increasingly being called the "O'Connor Court" for the pivotal fifth vote Justice Sandra Day O'Connor often casts. Kwame Holman looks at the unique power of the court's first woman justice.