Recent Updates
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Justice Gorsuch confirms conservatives' hopes, liberals' fears
U.S. Supreme Court News 04/18/2018Neil Gorsuch became the Supreme Court’s newest member a year ago this Tuesday. President Donald Trump’s pick for the high court, its 113th justice, has now heard more than 60 cases on issues including gerrymandering, fees paid to unions a...
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Democrats Claim Victory In Wisconsin's Supreme Court Race
U.S. Supreme Court News 04/15/2018In Wisconsin Tuesday, Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet won a seat on the state Supreme Court, riding a wave of Democratic enthusiasm to victory in this (officially) nonpartisan election.The race drew national attention, mostly from big-name Demo...
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Liberal Dallet easily takes Wisconsin Supreme Court race
U.S. Supreme Court News 04/04/2018Rebecca Dallet, a liberal Milwaukee judge, easily defeated conservative Michael Screnock on Tuesday in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court, fueling optimism among Democrats for more victories in the fall midterms.The win in the first statewide gener...
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Arkansas wants court to dissolve stay for death row prisoner
U.S. Supreme Court News 03/22/2018Lawyers for the state of Arkansas argued Friday that the state prison director has long had the power to determine a death row inmate's sanity and that now isn't the time to change the way it moves the prisoners closer to their executions.The argumen...
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Supreme Court sides with Chicago museum in terror case
U.S. Supreme Court News 02/25/2018The Supreme Court is preventing survivors of a 1997 terrorist attack from seizing Persian artifacts at a Chicago museum to help pay a $71.5 million default judgment against Iran.The court ruled 8-0 Wednesday against U.S. victims of a Jerusalem suicid...
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Supreme Court: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection Is Narrow
U.S. Supreme Court News 02/25/2018The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that whistleblower protections passed by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis only apply to people who report problems to the government, not more broadly.The justices said that a part of the Dodd-Frank Act that ...
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Afghans submitted 1.17 million war crimes claims to court
U.S. Supreme Court News 02/14/2018Since the International Criminal Court began collecting material three months ago for a possible war crimes case involving Afghanistan, it has gotten a staggering 1.17 million statements from Afghans who say they were victims.The statements include a...
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Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
U.S. Supreme Court News 02/08/2018The U.S. Supreme Court told North Carolina officials late Tuesday they must use some but not all of the state's legislative districts that other federal judges redrew for this year's elections.The justices partially granted the request of Republican ...