Recent Updates
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Court upholds Phoenix law over same-sex wedding invitations
Supreme Court News 06/08/2018An Arizona appeals court on Thursday upheld a Phoenix anti-discrimination law that makes it illegal for businesses to refuse service to same-sex couples because of religion.The ruling comes days after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Colorado bake...
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High Court Rules in Dispute Over Immigrant Teen's Abortion
Supreme Court News 06/07/2018The Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case about a pregnant immigrant teen who obtained an abortion with the help of the ACLU, siding with the Trump administration and wiping away a lower court decision for the teen but rejecting a suggestion her lawye...
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Congressional Dems take Trump to court over foreign favors
Supreme Court News 06/06/2018Lawyers representing nearly 200 Democrats in Congress plan to argue in federal court Thursday that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by accepting foreign state favors without first seeking congressional approval.The case argues tha...
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Court: Montana minimizes impact of mining near Yellowstone
Supreme Court News 05/29/2018A gold exploration proposal near Yellowstone National Park faced a significant setback as a judge blamed Montana officials for understating the potential for mining to harm land, water and wildlife.The ruling released Friday means the Montana Departm...
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High court to hear challenge to Virginia uranium mining ban
Supreme Court News 05/19/2018The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to Virginia's decades-old ban on uranium mining.The state has had a ban on uranium mining in place since 1982, soon after the discovery of a massive uranium deposit in the state's Pittsylvania Count...
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Supreme Court limits warrantless vehicle searches near homes
Supreme Court News 05/19/2018The Supreme Court is putting limits on the ability of police to search vehicles when they do not have a search warrant.The court sided 8-1 Tuesday with a Virginia man who complained that police walked onto his driveway and pulled back a tarp covering...
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Supreme Court greenlights driver rights in rental car case
Supreme Court News 05/15/2018The Supreme Court said Monday that people who borrow rental cars from friends or family are generally entitled to the same protections against police searches as the authorized driver.The justices ruled unanimously that as a general rule someone who ...
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An Epic Supreme Court Decision on Employment
Supreme Court News 05/15/2018False dichotomy, meretricious piety, and pay-no-attention-to-that-man-behind-the-curtain misdirection are vital arrows in the quiver of any lawyer or judge, no matter of what persuasion. These tricks were on particularly egregious display in Epic Sys...
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Bitter, expensive fight for Arkansas court seat to drag on
Supreme Court News 05/13/2018A bitter and expensive fight for an Arkansas Supreme Court seat that drew more than $1 million in outside spending and a flurry of attack ads will drag on for another six months, with an incumbent justice heading into a runoff in November against an ...
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Supreme Court to hear appeal of Missouri death row inmate
Supreme Court News 04/22/2018The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review the case of a Missouri death row inmate who says his rare medical condition could cause him to choke on his own blood during an execution.The justices said they would hear the appeal of inmate Russell Bucklew...
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Facebook to stop spending against California privacy effort
Supreme Court News 04/11/2018Facebook says it will stop spending money to fight a proposed California ballot initiative aimed at giving consumers more control over their data.The measure, known as the "California Consumer Privacy Act," would require companies to disclose upon re...
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Delay in Nevada gun buyer law draws protests at court debate
Supreme Court News 02/24/2018A lawyer seeking a court order to enforce a Nevada gun buyer screening law that has not been enacted despite voter approval in November 2016 blamed the state's Republican governor and attorney general on Friday for stalling the law."For either person...