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Court weighs challenge to Colorado discrimination law
Latest News 11/17/2020A Colorado web designer should not have to create wedding websites for same-sex couples under the state's anti-discrimination law because it would amount to forced speech that violates her religious beliefs, a lawyer told an appeals court Monday.Kris...
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Trump, GOP drop Nevada court appeal of ballot count case
Legal Analysis 11/12/2020A state court legal fight to stop the counting of mail ballots in the Las Vegas area has ended after the Nevada Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the Donald Trump campaign and the state Republican party, at their request. The dismissal leaves two ...
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Without Ginsburg, high court support for health law in doubt
U.S. Court News 11/08/2020Until six weeks ago, defenders of the Affordable Care Act could take comfort in some simple math. Five Supreme Court justices who had twice preserved the Obama-era health care law remained on the bench and seemed unlikely votes to dismantle it.But Ju...
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High court could halt move toward leniency for kids who kill
U.S. Court News 11/04/2020The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested it could halt what has been a gradual move toward more leniency for children who are convicted of murder. In cases over more than a decade, the court has concluded that children should be treated differently fro...
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Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders
Latest News 10/31/2020North Carolina, yes. Pennsylvania, yes. Wisconsin, no. That’s how the Supreme Court has answered questions in recent days about an extended timeline for receiving and counting ballots in those states. In each case, Democrats backed the extensio...
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Despite rhetoric, GOP has supported packing state courts
Law Journals 10/21/2020Republican claims that Democrats would expand the U.S. Supreme Court to undercut the conservative majority if they win the presidency and control of Congress has a familiar ring. It's a tactic the GOP already has employed in recent years with state s...
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Pennsylvania high court to settle voter signatures fight
U.S. Court News 10/17/2020Pennsylvania’s highest court granted a request Wednesday to wade into a fight over whether counties should count mail-in ballots when a voter’s signature doesn’t necessarily match the one on their registration. In its brief order, t...
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High Court Won't Take up Ex-Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis' Case
U.S. Court News 10/05/2020The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Kentucky clerk who was jailed in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.The high court said Monday it would not take the cas...
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Trump taps ‘eminently qualified’ Barrett for Supreme Court
U.S. Court News 09/29/2020President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effor...
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Ginsburg makes history at Capitol amid replacement turmoil
Latest News 09/26/2020Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state Friday at the U.S. Capitol as the first woman ever so honored, making history again as she had throughout her extraordinary life while an intensifying election-year battle swirled over her ...
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Biden to focus on health care in Supreme Court debate
U.S. Court News 09/21/2020Joe Biden on Sunday used the sudden Supreme Court vacancy to reinforce his argument that the upcoming election should be a referendum on President Donald Trump's handling of health care and the coronavirus.The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg jol...
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Supreme Court to stick with arguments via telephone, for now
U.S. Court News 09/17/2020The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will start its new term next month the way it ended the last one, with arguments by telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic and live audio available to the public.With 87-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ...