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John Baggaley/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared to agree on the need to clarify a long-standing rule for when U.S. employers must accommodate the religious practices of employees but stopped short of suggesting a former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier deserves his job back. The case, which could have an impact on […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa.) — Rain or shine. Sleet or snow. Just not on the Sabbath. Former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Gerald Groff spent every day for seven years delivering the mail in a rural corner of southeast Pennsylvania — except for Sundays when he would attend worship services and rest. But […]
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay of an appeals court ruling that would sharply restrict access to the widely-used abortion medication mifepristone. The restrictions were set to take effect early Saturday morning. On behalf of the Food and Drug Administration, the DOJ has […]
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied West Virginia’s request to immediately reinstate a law that would ban transgender student-athletes from participating in sports teams consistent with their gender identity. The decision is a win for a 12-year-old transgender girl and her parents who are challenging the law in a […]
U.S. Supreme Court (WASHINGTON) — A Supreme Court debate Wednesday over parody and popular commercial brands was dominated by talk of whiskey bottles, dog toys, pornography and poop. For nearly two hours, in an argument punctuated by laughter, the justices wrestled with the intersection of freedom of speech and protection for trademarks in a case pitting […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s a brand battle in the Supreme Court this week as whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. takes on a dog toy manufacturer in a case over free speech and federal trademark law. The case, first filed by Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., against VIP Products LLC in Arizona several years […]
xRyan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared narrowly divided over whether to allow the Navajo Nation to sue the federal government for help expanding their reservation’s access to water at a time when the precious resource has been in tight supply across the drying American West. After oral arguments that […]
Al Drago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Tuesday appeared deeply skeptical of the legality of a White House plan to forgive $400 billion in federal student loans during the pandemic, even as the Biden administration vigorously defended its power and attacked the ability of six states to block it. Oral arguments […]
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, left, told ABC’s Devin Dwyer, right, she believes her state does not have legal standing to challenge the Biden administration’s student debt forgiveness plan in federal court because it is not directly harmed. — ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Critics of the Biden administration’s plan to cancel federal student loan debt for […]
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it has been unable to determine who leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case last May. After a probe that involved interviews with more than 100 employees, investigators are “unable to identify a person responsible by a […]
