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May 28, 2019 - 7:38 am

Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Law that requires Abortion Providers to Dispose Aborted Fetuses in Same Way as Human Remains

The Supreme Court is upholding an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains. But the justices are staying out of the debate over a broader, blocked provision that would prevent a woman in Indiana from having an abortion based on...
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AP
May 20, 2019 - 10:37 am

Supreme Court Declines to get Involved in Dispute over Pasadena Museum Ownership of 2 Paintings Looted by Nazis

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a ruling for a California museum in a dispute over ownership of two German Renaissance masterpieces seized by the Nazis in World War II. The high court on Monday declined to get involved in the case, leaving in place lower court rulings. A federal appeals court...
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AP
May 13, 2019 - 12:37 pm

Supreme Court Rules Consumers can Pursue Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple

A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that consumers can pursue an antitrust lawsuit that claims Apple has unfairly monopolized the market for the sale of iPhone apps. New Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the court's four liberals in rejecting a plea from Cupertino, California-based Apple to end the...
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AP
April 23, 2019 - 11:45 am

Supreme Court's Conservative Majority Seem Ready to Uphold Trump Admin's Plan to Ask Citizenship Question on 2020 Census

The Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to uphold the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census , despite evidence that millions of Hispanics and immigrants could go uncounted. There appeared to be a clear divide between the court's liberal and...
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AP
March 19, 2019 - 9:23 am

Supreme Court Rules Against Immigrants in a Detention Case

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a group of immigrants in a case about the government's power to detain them after they've committed crimes but finished their sentences. The issue in the case before the justices had to do with the detention of noncitizens who have committed a broad range of...
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AP
March 18, 2019 - 8:13 am

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Deadly DC Sniper Shootings Case

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider Virginia's plea to reinstate the life-without-parole sentence of a man who as a teenager participated in sniper shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., region in 2002. The justices said they will take up the state's appeal in the case of Lee...
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March 04, 2019 - 12:07 pm

CA Supreme Court Rules on Pension Padding Perk for State Workers

The state Supreme Court has just upheld a rule that took away a pension perk for state workers. The Justices decided then Gov. Jerry Brown was within his rights to get rid of the perk that allowed employees to pad their pensions by buying five extra years of service. But the ruling did not settle...
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AP
January 22, 2019 - 7:52 am

Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to Restrict Military Service by Transgender People

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue. The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the court's five conservatives...
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AP
January 22, 2019 - 7:44 am

Supreme Court to Take Up 1st Gun Rights Case in 9 Years

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up its first gun rights case in nine years, a challenge to New York City's prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun outside the city limits. The court's decision to hear the appeal filed by three New York residents...
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AP
January 14, 2019 - 7:21 am

Supreme Court Refuses to be Drawn into Dispute over Matthew Whitaker's Appointment as Acting US AG

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is refusing to be drawn into a dispute over the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as the acting U.S. attorney general. The justices on Monday rejected an appeal in a case dealing with gun rights that also included a challenge to President Donald Trump's appointment...
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