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The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term next week; on Thursday, it added 11 cases to its docket.

Supreme Court Adds More Cases To 2017-2018 Term, Including Union Dispute

Sep 28, 2017
The Supreme Court added 11 cases to its term that begins next week, agreeing to hear a pivotal case on unions that represent government employees.
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The Supreme Court had been planning to hear lawsuits over President Trump's travel ban next month.

Supreme Court Removes Travel Ban Cases From Its Calendar After Trump's New Revision

Sep 25, 2017
Parties in the two cases — Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project and Trump v. Hawaii — have until next Thursday, Oct. 5, to file new briefs over whether parts of the cases are now moot.
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The Trump administration is expected to outline how it will implement its modified travel ban on people from six majority-Muslim nations.

Trump Travel Ban Could Be Implemented Thursday

Jun 28, 2017

The administration is expected to outline how the limited travel ban will work, following the Supreme Court's lifting of stays blocking the executive order.

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Maria Guadalupe Guereca, 60, visits the grave of her son Sergio Hernandez Guereca at the Jardines del Recuerdo cemetery in Juarez, Mexico, earlier this year. Her son was shot by a U.S. agent across the border in 2010.

Supreme Court Sends Cross-Border Shooting Case Back To Lower Court

Jun 26, 2017
Can the family of a slain Mexican teenager sue the federal agent who shot him from across the U.S.-Mexico border? The case tests a long-held doctrine called a Bivens action.
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The Slants' frontman, Simon Tam, filed the original lawsuit after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office kept the band from registering its name. <em></em>

The Slants Win Supreme Court Battle Over Band's Name In Trademark Dispute

Jun 19, 2017
The case could have broad impact on how the First Amendment is applied in other trademark cases.
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People walk in front of a Wells Fargo branch on Sept. 9, 2016 in Miami, Fla. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the city of Miami can sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America under the Fair Housing Act for damages caused by allegedly predatory and d

Cities Can Sue Big Banks Over Effects Of Discriminatory Practices, Supreme Court Says

May 01, 2017
The city of Miami can sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America for damages caused by allegedly discriminatory and predatory lending practices, the Supreme Court says.
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Law
James Edmund McWilliams Jr. was sentenced to death in 1986 for the rape and murder of a convenience store clerk during a robbery.

Justices Split Over Defendants' Right To Mental Health Expert Witnesses

Apr 24, 2017
Justice Anthony Kennedy appears likely to cast the deciding vote in a Supreme Court case involving a death row inmate's right to help from a mental health expert who is independent of the prosecution.
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James Edmund McWilliams Jr. was sentenced to death in 1986 for the rape and murder of a convenience store clerk during a robbery.

Supreme Court To Decide If Prosecution, Defense Can Share Experts in Capital Case

Apr 24, 2017
The Supreme Court will decide if an Alabama inmate should have his sentence revisited because his attorney didn't get help from an independent mental health expert when he was sentenced to death.
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David Cortman of the Alliance Defending Freedom speaks after representing Trinity Lutheran Church before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Concerned Women for America hosted a rally in support of the Missouri church on the court steps.

In Church-State Playground Brawl, Justices Lean Toward The Church

Apr 19, 2017
At Wednesday's oral arguments, a clear majority of justices seemed troubled by a Missouri policy that bars state money from going to religious schools for playground improvements.
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Children play on a swing set at the Trinity Lutheran Child Learning Center playground in Columbia, Mo.

Playground Case Could Breach Barrier Between Tax Coffers, Religious Schools

Apr 19, 2017
The Supreme Court hears arguments today on whether Missouri should provide a grant to a church preschool, or if that violates the state's constitution. The state's new governor has abandoned the rule.
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The Senate confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court on Friday.

Senate Confirms Gorsuch To Supreme Court

Apr 07, 2017
Senate Republicans unleashed the "nuclear option" on Thursday, essentially ensuring Gorsuch's confirmation to the Supreme Court on Friday. He is expected to tow a conservative line.
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President Trump attends a meeting on health care at the White House last week. The bill is facing opposition from all sides. Without its passage, everything else on Trump's agenda could be slowed.

Trump Faces Critical Phase, As He Tries To Make His Rhetoric Reality

Mar 20, 2017
The GOP deadline to pass health care is the first week of April. If it doesn't happen, everything else gets pushed back. Trump's agenda faces two big tests this week, from the Supreme Court to Russia.
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Politics
Judge Neil Gorsuch, pictured with Sen. Lindsey Graham, has met with 72 senators ahead of his confirmation hearings.

Senate Democrats Lighting The Grill For Gorsuch's Confirmation Hearings

Mar 19, 2017
At previous hearings, critics have focused on big social issues like affirmative action or abortion. This time, critics' strategy is to portray Gorsuch siding with corporations over regular folks.
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Judge Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearings on his nomination to the Supreme Court begin on Monday.

Judge Gorsuch's Writings Signal He Would Be A Conservative On Social Issues

Mar 16, 2017
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch ruled on the Hobby Lobby case before it reached the high court. His concurrence argued religious freedom could extend even further than the Supreme Court ruled.
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The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that when there is clear evidence of racial bias during jury deliberations, they can be unsealed by a court to investigate whether the defendant's rights were violated.

Supreme Court Allows Prying Into Jury Deliberations If Racism Is Perceived

Mar 06, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-3 decision that trial courts may look into jury deliberations if there is clear evidence of racial bias. Deliberations are normally off-limits after a verdict.
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Lester "J.R." Packingham speaks Monday on the front steps of the Supreme Court. He was convicted of statutory rape in 2002, and arrested years later under a law barring sex offenders from social media platforms.

Can Sex Offenders Be Barred From Social Media? Justices Lean Toward No

Feb 27, 2017
The court heard two cases today: One on whether the government can deport a resident for a statutory rape conviction, and another on whether a state can criminalize social media use for sex offenders.
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North Carolina Law Makes Facebook A Felony For Former Sex Offenders

Feb 26, 2017
North Carolina has a law banning sex offenders from social media. The state says sex offenders use sites to find future child victims. The court will decide if this is constitutional.
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Politics
Attorney Bob Hilliard — representing the family of Mexican teenager Sergio Adrian Hernandez, who was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent — speaks in front of the Supreme Court after presenting his argument on Tuesday.

Conservative Justices Skeptical Of Extending Constitution Beyond U.S. Border

Feb 21, 2017
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a "very sympathetic case" involving the shooting of an unarmed Mexican teen on the border. The justices will decide if the boy's family may sue the border agent.
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Relatives of Sergio Hernández sit in Ciudad Juarez at the U.S.-Mexico border, on the second anniversary of his killing in 2012.

Supreme Court To Decide If Mexican Nationals May Sue For Border Shooting

Feb 21, 2017
A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed an unarmed Mexican national from across the border, and the agent was not disciplined. The boy's family says a suit is their only possibility for justice.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch (right) arrives with former Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., for a meeting with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Wednesday.

Gorsuch Calls Trump Tweets About Judges 'Demoralizing' And 'Disheartening'

Feb 08, 2017
Remarks by Neil Gorsuch, the president's nominee to the Supreme Court, about Trump's put-downs of judges were quoted by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who met with Gorsuch about the nomination.
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch, center, arrives with former New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Capitol Hill last week for a meeting with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. There are different kinds of conservative judges, from the pragmatist to the origi

Judge Gorsuch's Originalism Contrasts With Mentor's Pragmatism

Feb 06, 2017
Neil Gorsuch is a self-proclaimed "originalist." It is a philosophy very different from that of his mentor, Justice Byron White.
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Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, faces members of the media while meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in his Senate office.

Trump's Supreme Court Pick Is A Disciple Of Scalia's 'Originalist' Crusade

Feb 02, 2017
Judge Neil Gorsuch was friends with the late justice and subscribed to the judicial philosophy of "originalism" he popularized. So what is it exactly? The doctrine has plenty of critics.
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Adam Scott of Australia plays during the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at the Trump National Doral Blue Monster course in 2016.

Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Could Hear Case Affecting Trump Golf Courses

Jan 29, 2017
When President Trump nominates a new Supreme Court justice, he will be choosing someone who may rule on a case affecting golf course profits. The case helps illustrate Trump's conflicts of interest.
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The Two-Way
An undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Ronald Bert Smith Jr..

Alabama Inmate Coughed, Heaved For About 13 Minutes During Execution

Dec 09, 2016
Ronald Bert Smith Jr. died by lethal injection late Thursday night, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stay his execution. A judge sentenced Smith to die for murdering a man in 1994.
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Law
In this June 20, 2016, file photo, runners leave the Supreme Court in Washington with papers announcing court decisions. The Supreme Court begins its new term Wednesday as it ended the last one--down one justice and ideologically deadlocked on a range of

Supreme Court To Hear Death Penalty Case Based On Racially Tainted Testimony

Oct 05, 2016
Duane Buck was given the death penalty after an expert witness testified that he was more likely to be dangerous in the future because he was black. The Supreme Court hears his case Wednesday.
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