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Supreme Court makes it easier to sue employers over forced transfers
The justices unanimously revived a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by a St. Louis police sergeant after she was forcibly transferred, but retained her rank and pay.
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Supreme Court gives some military veterans more generous educational benefits
The Supreme Court has sided with a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in a protracted fight with the government over 12 months of G.I. Bill educational benefits.
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Supreme Court questions obstruction charges brought against Jan. 6 rioters and Trump
The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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Supreme Court seems skeptical of efforts to restrict access to abortion pill mifepristone
The Supreme Court seems concerned about whether abortion opponents have the right to sue over a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year
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Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone. That’s one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation.
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From IVF to birth control, Supreme Court abortion pill case could spark challenges to other drugs
The pharmaceutical industry warns that if courts can second-guess FDA approval of drugs, cases could arise on other contentious issues including vaccines, birth control and hormone therapy.
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Supreme Court seems favorable to Biden administration over efforts to combat social media posts
The Supreme Court seems likely to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security.
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In shadow of Trump tweets, Supreme Court outlines when officials can be sued for social media use
Former President Donald Trump’s frequent use of Twitter lurked in the background as the justices weighed whether an official’s online activities can constitute government action.
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The Supreme Court appears torn about a Trump-era ban on a gun accessory known as bump stocks
The Supreme Court appeared divided on whether to strike down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory used in a Las Vegas massacre that was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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Supreme Court casts doubt on GOP-led states' efforts to regulate social media platforms
The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with state laws that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users.
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Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children' under state law
The decision, issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic, brought a rush of warnings from advocates who said it would have sweeping implications for fertility treatments.
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Supreme Court stays out of racial preferences fight over Virginia high school's admissions
The decision comes just months after the conservative court ended the consideration of race in college admissions.
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Supreme Court appears skeptical of efforts to kick Trump off ballot over insurrection
Both conservative and liberal justices raised questions of whether Trump can be disqualified from being president again because of his efforts to undo his loss in the 2020 election, end with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol
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Can Trump be on the ballot? What the 14th Amendment says ahead of Colorado's Supreme Court case
The Supreme Court on Thursday will be taking its first look at the insurrection clause in a case in which the stakes couldn’t be higher.
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Supreme Court declines to immediately block West Point from considering race in admissions process
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed West Point to continue to consider race in its admissions process for now, rebuffing a request made by a conservative group.
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Top Maine election official appeals ruling that delayed Trump ballot status decision
Maine’s secretary of state is appealing a judge’s ruling that put on hold her decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a similar case in Colorado.
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The Supreme Court takes up major challenges to the power of federal regulators
The Supreme Court is taking up challenges by commercial fishermen to a fee requirement that could achieve a long-sought goal of business and conservative interests, limiting a wide range of government regulations.
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The Supreme Court will decide whether local anti-homeless laws are ‘cruel and unusual'
The Supreme Court has agreed to review lower-court rulings that make it harder for cities in the western United States to prevent people from sleeping on the streets when there aren’t enough beds in homeless shelters.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear case over limits to commonly used abortion pill mifepristone
It’s the court’s first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
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This Supreme Court case could upend the US tax code and cost the government billions in revenue
The Supreme Court is taking up a case over a Washington couple’s $15,000 tax bill that is widely seen as a test of a never-enacted tax on wealth.