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Supreme Court Allows Lawsuit Challenging Texas Abortion Law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday left in place a ban on most abortions in Texas but allowed a legal challenge to proceed, with the fate of the Republican-backed measure that allows private citizens to enforce it still hanging in the balance. → Read More
Texas Abortion Law Threatens Unintended Consequences For The Right
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As abortion providers backed by President Joe Biden's administration prepare for Monday's U.S. Supreme Court arguments in their challenge to a near-total ban on the procedure in Texas, they have found an unlikely ally: a right-leaning gun rights group. → Read More
Senate Democrats Amass Support For Gorsuch Filibuster
Unpersuaded of this nominee's mainstream credibility and aiming to punish Republican obstruction, most Democrats agree on a Gorsuch filibuster. → Read More
Senate Democrats Amass Support For Gorsuch Filibuster
Unpersuaded of this nominee's mainstream credibility and aiming to punish Republican obstruction, most Democrats agree on a Gorsuch filibuster. → Read More
Supreme Court To Set Guidelines For Trump Treatment Of Non-Citizens
The three cases are separate from litigation over the legality of Trump's travel ban, which could also ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. → Read More
Democrats Question Independence Of Trump Supreme Court Nominee
Democrats worry that Gorsuch could act as a rubber stamp for Trump's policies on a nine-seat Supreme Court poised to revert to a conservative majority. → Read More
Trump Faces Uphill Battle To Overcome Court's Hold On Travel Ban
Appeals courts are generally leery of upending the status quo, which in this case - for now - is the suspension of the ban. → Read More
Trump Selects Neil Gorsuch, Extreme Conservative, For Supreme Court
As the new appointee, Gorsuch would expand the court's conservative wing, made up of John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. → Read More
Trump Treating Supreme Court Pick Like An Episode Of 'The Apprentice'
Adding an element of drama to what is normally a sober event, CNN said both Gorsuch and Hardiman had been brought to Washington ahead of the announcement. → Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Texas Appeal Over Voter ID Law
The justices let stand a July 2016 decision by a lower court that found that the Texas statute ran afoul of a federal law that bars racial discrimination in elections. → Read More
Court Hearing Appeal On 9/11 Detentions Lawsuit
The court agreed to hear an appeal by former senior officials - including John Ashcroft and Robert Mueller - seeking to block a lawsuit filed by immigrants. → Read More
RBG Hopes 'Cooler Heads' Prevail On SCOTUS Vacancy
With four liberals and four conservatives now on the bench, an appointment by a Democrat could end decades of conservative domination on the court. → Read More
Democrats Launch New Push For Obama U.S. Supreme Court Nominee
"Republicans have deadlocked our entire system of justice because of the Republican Senate's dysfunction," Reid said. → Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Reinstate North Carolina Voting Limits
The court, divided in part 4-4, rejected a request made by Republican Governor Pat McCrory after an appeals court ruling last month. → Read More