The fight for women’s reproductive rights could be a big vote-winner for Kamala Harris.
Recent Supreme Court decisions have made it so that bribing a politician must be cartoonishly blatant to qualify as corruption.
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Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court has made it much harder for federal prosecutors to go after corrupt state and local officials.
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and his Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson and Vice President Kamala Harris just before the investiture ceremony for Jackson on September 30, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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A scholar of the Supreme Court and its relationship to the people of the United States says that President Joe Biden’s proposed term limits for justices can restore the court’s eroded legitimacy.
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Even Louis XIV of France, the epitome of absolute monarchy, did not stand above the law. Kings have always been defined and constrained by legal precedent.
Images from prominent events of 2024 in the US.
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You think 2024 has been packed with a ceaseless and exhausting stream of consequential events? So did Americans in 1940, 1968 and 1973.
Taiwan Scott, who sued South Carolina over a new congressional map he said curbed Black voting power, speaking outside the Supreme Court in 2023.
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In two recent rulings, the conservative justices handed state lawmakers new power to redraw congressional maps to their liking – including in ways that end up diluting the Black vote.
The Supreme Court’s decision on the power of federal agencies versus courts will have various ripple effects on abortion policy in the country.
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The Supreme Court’s recent ruling means that judges will have more power than scientific experts in determining whether people should be able to get an emergency abortion, for example.
By injecting hidden risk into the financial statements of the listed companies monitored by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Supreme Court may have set the stage for the next recession.
Changes are coming to the SEC.
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The 6-3 Supreme Court ruling could create new risks for unwary investors – and a new reason for them to invest in index funds.
Instruction about the Bible can be legal – the question is how it’s done, and what the intent is.
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State superintendent Ryan Walters has mandated that public school teachers incorporate the Bible into classroom lessons.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts (L) chats with Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor (R) in the House of Representatives ahead of US president Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address.
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Florida and Texas sought to prevent social media companies from deciding which posts can be promoted, demoted or blocked. The Supreme Court said the tech companies can moderate as they please.
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Jan. 6, 2021, before the Capitol insurrection.
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The dissenting judges argued that the Supreme Court’s decision will dramatically expand the president’s powers while in office.
Two fishing companies challenged regulations that required Atlantic herring fishers to pay some costs for observers on their boats.
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A widely anticipated Supreme Court ruling will sharply limit federal agencies’ power to interpret the laws that they execute and decide how best to carry them out.
People on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C., protest the Supreme Court overturning the federal right to an abortion.
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