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Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Alabama’s congressional maps violate the Voting Rights Act, the landmark law designed to protect against racial discrimination in voting. In a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the liberal justices, the court upheld a lower court […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A fresh batch of financial records for justices of the U.S. Supreme Court was published by the federal judiciary on Wednesday, which shed some light on their income and affiliations outside the court did not include key details that critics said will contribute to an elevated atmosphere of mistrust. These […]
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — “The taxpayer must render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, but no more.” With those words, Chief Justice John Roberts and a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a 94-year-old Minnesota woman who got no compensation when the government seized her home over a small unpaid tax bill and […]
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday significantly rolled back federal safeguards for wetlands under the Clean Water Act, siding with Idaho property owners in a decision that curbs Environmental Protection Agency power. The case, Sackett v. EPA, pitted Michael and Chantell Sackett against EPA regulators over a bid […]
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with social media giants in a case brought by families of victims in a terrorist attack in Turkey. The court unanimously ruled that Twitter and other platforms won’t have to face accusations they aided and abetted the Islamic State by failing to remove or […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday has declined to block Illinois’ assault weapons ban from being enforced as a legal challenge continues, handing a win to gun safety advocates at a time when the nation is grappling with a surge of mass shootings and gun violence. The single page order […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to California’s Proposition 12, a statewide ban on the sale of pork from pigs housed in cages or crowded group pens that prevent them from turning around freely. The ruling, which animal welfare advocates hailed as a “watershed moment,” could have a […]
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — There’s no conservative-liberal divide on the U.S. Supreme Court when it comes to calls for a new, enforceable ethics code. All nine justices, in a rare step, on Tuesday released a joint statement reaffirming their voluntary adherence to a general code of conduct but rebutting proposals for independent oversight, mandatory […]
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After saving up for three years during which they sometimes worked 80 hours a week, Tawanda Hall and her husband purchased their dream home in the suburbs of Detroit in 2010. The five-bedroom house was supposed to be their “forever home” — it had enough room for their family, and […]
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two Senate lawmakers have unveiled bipartisan legislation to require the Supreme Court create a code of conduct amid recent controversies surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas. The high court is the only branch of government that operates without a code of conduct. Senators Angus King, I-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Wednesday […]
