Trump enjoys ‘suspense’ ahead of Supreme Court announcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is going down to the wire as he makes his choice on a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, but he says with his final four options “you can’t go wrong.” Trump spoke to reporters Sunday afternoon before returning to Washington from a weekend at his private... Read More

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July 6, 2018

Trump says he’s narrowed Supreme Court nominees to 2 or 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — The list of contenders to fill a Supreme Court vacancy by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy is narrowing, with President Donald Trump telling reporters that he’s focused on two or three people ahead of his Monday announcement. “I think I have it down to four people. And I think of the four people... Read More

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Supreme Court

May 25, 2018

Michigan Supreme Court justice: Judges must cool rhetoric

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan Supreme Court justice has a message for judges who seem to seek vengeance: cool it, folks. Justice Bridget McCormack said judges should drop rhetoric that “would validly call into question judicial impartiality.” She said it’s important these days, especially “when our norms of public discourse appear under stress.” McCormack was... Read More

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May 22, 2018

Divided Supreme Court sides with businesses over workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that businesses can prohibit their workers from banding together in disputes over pay and conditions in the workplace, a decision that affects an estimated 25 million non-unionized employees. With the court’s five conservative members in the majority, the justices held that individual employees can be forced... Read More

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April 18, 2018

Supreme Court strikes down as vague part of immigration law

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced. The court’s 5-4 decision — in an unusual alignment in which new Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the four liberal justices — concerns... Read More

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Immigration, Supreme Court

April 18, 2018

High court worries about abandoning online sales tax rule

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounded concerned Tuesday about doing away with a rule that has meant shoppers don’t always get charged sales tax when they hit “checkout” online. The justices were hearing arguments in a case that deals with how businesses collect sales tax on online purchases at sites from Amazon.com to Zappos.... Read More

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Sales Tax, Supreme Court

April 17, 2018

Supreme Court hearing case about online sales tax collection

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet. The case on Tuesday focuses on businesses’ collection of sales tax on online purchases. Right now, under the decades-old Supreme Court rule,... Read More

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March 26, 2018

Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, several other cases alleging unconstitutional gerrymandering in various states also are still working their way through the court system.... Read More

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Supreme Court

March 23, 2018

Sotomayor rapped for surfing the web

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor was only following the lead of her chief during Tuesday’s arguments over crisis pregnancy centers when she said she visited the website of one of the centers involved in the Supreme Court case. When Chief Justice John Roberts did something similar seven years ago, no one uttered a peep.... Read More

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Abortion, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court

February 27, 2018

Gorsuch silent as divided Supreme Court spars over unions

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the justice holding the decisive vote silent, a divided Supreme Court sparred Monday over a case that could undermine the financial footing of labor unions that represent government workers. The justices heard arguments in a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers... Read More

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Supreme Court

January 28, 2018

Justice Ginsburg signals her intent to work for years more

WASHINGTON (AP) — In different circumstances, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg might be on a valedictory tour in her final months on the Supreme Court. But in the era of Donald Trump, the 84-year-old Ginsburg is packing her schedule and sending signals she intends to keep her seat on the bench for years. The eldest Supreme... Read More

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court

January 9, 2018

Supreme Court hearing 2 vehicle search cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Terrence Byrd was driving his fiancee’s rental car on a Pennsylvania highway when a state trooper pulled him over for an alleged minor traffic violation. He acted nervously during the stop, at one point telling troopers he had a marijuana cigarette in the car, and officers eventually asked to search the vehicle.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Supreme Court

Trump enjoys ‘suspense’ ahead of Supreme Court announcement

Trump says he’s narrowed Supreme Court nominees to 2 or 3

Michigan Supreme Court justice: Judges must cool rhetoric

Divided Supreme Court sides with businesses over workers

Supreme Court strikes down as vague part of immigration law

High court worries about abandoning online sales tax rule

Supreme Court hearing case about online sales tax collection

Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts

Sotomayor rapped for surfing the web

Gorsuch silent as divided Supreme Court spars over unions

Justice Ginsburg signals her intent to work for years more

Supreme Court hearing 2 vehicle search cases

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