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Trump case assigned to judge who faced criticism over her ruling in his favor in Mar-a-Lago search

The historic federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump has been assigned to a judge he appointed who faced blistering criticism over her earlier pro-Trump handling of a search warrant in his case.

Judge weighs Missouri GOP dispute over estimated cost of allowing abortions

Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure

Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago, prompting wave of new voting rules

Abortion providers sue Kansas over longstanding waiting period, new medication rule

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LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack, Human Rights Campaign declares in state of emergency warning

Sounding the alarm about the current political climate, the Human Rights Campaign has declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S.

A man wants to trademark ‘Trump too small’ for T-shirts. Now the Supreme Court will hear the case.

Man convicted for 4th time of sending threats to officials, journalists

Garrett Santillo, 43, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to a single count of mailing threatening communications to a United States judge.

Supreme Court rules against union in labor dispute involving truck drivers and wet concrete

The Supreme Court has ruled against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete. The decision in a case from Washington state united liberal and conservative justices in labor’s latest loss at the high court.

Supreme Court revives claims that SuperValu, Safeway overcharged governments for generic drugs

The Supreme Court has unanimously revived whistleblower lawsuits claiming that supermarket and pharmacy chains SuperValu and Safeway overcharged government health-care programs for prescription drugs by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Oklahoma high court strikes down 2 abortion bans; procedure remains illegal in most cases

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in most cases.

Supreme Court sharply limits federal government’s ability to police pollution into certain wetlands

The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to police water pollution. The decision from the court on Thursday strips protections from wetlands that are isolated from larger bodies of water.

Supreme Court rules in favor of 94-year-old woman who got nothing when county took her condo

A unanimous Supreme Court has given a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman a new chance to recoup some money after the county kept the entire $40,000 when it sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill.

Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics

Chief Justice John Roberts says there is more the Supreme Court can do to “adhere to the highest standards” of ethical conduct.

COVID emergency orders are among `greatest intrusions on civil liberties,’ Justice Gorsuch says

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says emergency measures taken during the COVID-19 crisis that killed more than 1 million Americans were perhaps “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country.”

Supreme Court avoids ruling on law shielding internet companies from being sued for what users post

The Supreme Court has sidestepped a case against Google that might have allowed more lawsuits against social media companies.

Trust in Supreme Court fell to lowest point in 50 years after abortion decision, poll shows

Confidence in the Supreme Court sank to its lowest point in at least 50 years in 2022, after the Dobbs decision that overturned the right to abortion and which led to state bans and other abortion restrictions.

Supreme Court backs California law for more space for pigs. Producers predict pricier pork, bacon

The Supreme Court has backed a California animal cruelty law that requires more space for breeding pigs. The pork industry says that’ll mean higher costs nationwide for pork chops and bacon.

Unanimous Supreme Court gives transgender woman from Guatemala new chance to fight deportation

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a transgender Guatemalan woman who is fighting deportation on the grounds that she would face persecution if returned to her native country.

Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma

Overhaul of Supreme Court ethics runs into GOP opposition

Senate Democrats are promising to pursue stronger ethics rules for the Supreme Court in the wake of reports that Justice Clarence Thomas participated in luxury vacations and a real estate deal with a top GOP donor. Sen.

Supreme Court to decide important case on government power

The Supreme Court says it will decide whether or not to overrule a decades-old decision that has been a frequent target of conservatives and, if overruled, could make it harder to sustain governmental regulations.

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender gap persists at arguments

The Supreme Court wrapped up its arguments Wednesday with a case in which two of the three lawyers who took part are women. But that split was not at all reflective of the court’s term, in which women presented less than a quarter of the arguments.

Supreme Court on ethics issues: Not broken, no fix needed

The Supreme Court is speaking with one voice in response to recent criticism of the justices’ ethical practices: No need to fix what isn’t broken.

Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify at Senate’s Supreme Court ethics hearing

Chief Justice John Roberts has declined a request from the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify at a hearing next week on ethical standards at the court, instead providing the panel with a statement of ethics reaffirmed by the court’s justices.

Supreme Court takes social media cases with echoes of Trump

The Supreme Court will decide whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts. It’s an issue that previously came up in a case involving former President Donald Trump.

Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now

High court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill

The Supreme Court is temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge.

Justice Thomas says he didn’t have to disclose luxury trips

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he wasn’t required to disclose the many trips he and his wife took that were paid for by a Republican megadonor.

High court: Trans girl can run girls track in West Virginia

The Supreme Court is allowing a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues.

NC governor signs executive order protecting abortion access

Cooper joined a growing number of Democratic governors seeking to offer sanctuary in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning abortion protections.

Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future

Abortion rights supporters are demonstrating at hundreds of marches and rallies where they’re expressing their outrage that the Supreme Court appears prepared to scrap the constitutional right to abortion that has endured for nearly a half-century.

Colorado moves to protect abortions in state law

DENVER (AP) — Colorado is among several states attempting to secure the right to abortion as the future of Roe v. Wade hangs in the air after the U.S.

New urgency to fix New York’s COVID-19 rent relief program

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday she was in talks to call a special session of the state legislature after the U.S.

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