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Supreme Court Will Quickly Decide Census Question

Justices will decide by June whether citizenship query can be included

(Newser) - "Is this person a citizen of the United States?" The Supreme Court said Friday it would decide whether that politically volatile question can be added to the 2020 census, reports NPR . The court scheduled arguments for April in order to have a decision before census forms get printed in...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Returns to Work



RBG Returns
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Feb 15, 2019 10:32 AM CST

RBG Returns to Supreme Court

Ginsburg is back for the first time since her cancer surgery in December

(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back at work. The 85-year-old Supreme Court justice met with other justices Friday at the court to consider requests to review cases, reports the Hill . Ginsburg missed two weeks of oral arguments last month as she recovered from a December surgery to remove cancerous growths from...

Kavanaugh Dissents as Supreme Court Blocks Abortion Law

Temporary stay granted in Louisiana case

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has blocked a restrictive abortion law in Louisiana—but only temporarily. Chief Justice John Roberts, who voted to uphold an almost identical law in Texas in 2016, joined the court's four liberal justices in voting to block the law, which would require abortion providers to have...

Alabama Refuses to Allow Imam in Execution Room

5-4 Supreme Court decision allowed execution

(Newser) - A Muslim inmate who filed a legal challenge because Alabama wouldn't let his Islamic spiritual adviser be present in the execution chamber was put to death Thursday after the nation's highest court cleared the way. Dominique Ray, 42, was pronounced dead at 10:12pm of a lethal injection...

Ginsburg Emerges Amid Concerns About Health

She attends a concert, her first public appearance since surgery

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making her first public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery in December. The 85-year-old Ginsburg attended a concert Monday at a museum a few blocks from the White House that was given by her daughter-in-law and other musicians. Patrice Michaels, a soprano and...

Supreme Court Gives Trump Victory on Transgender Ban

Military ban will go into effect while court battles continue

(Newser) - The Supreme Court delivered a victory to President Trump on Monday, ruling that his ban on transgender military troops can go into effect while the issue is argued in lower courts. The court's five conservative justices—John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh—voted to...

Justice Ginsburg 'On Track' to Get Back on the Bench

She has no more signs of cancer, will be working from home for another week just to rest

(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been home for more than two weeks recuperating from surgery that removed two cancerous growths on her lung. This has sparked a swirl of speculation about the 85-year-old Supreme Court justice's health, especially after she missed oral arguments Monday, the first time in her 25-year...

Supreme Court Won't Take Kennedy Clan Murder Case

It leaves in place decision that vacated Michael Skakel's murder conviction

(Newser) - The Supreme Court announced Monday that it's leaving in place a decision that vacated a murder conviction against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel. Skakel was convicted in 2002 of the 1975 bludgeoning death of Martha Moxley, who lived across the street from the Skakel family in Greenwich, Conn., and whose...

At Supreme Court Today, a Notable First

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, recuperating, misses oral arguments for first time in 25-year tenure

(Newser) - The big headline out of the Supreme Court on Monday has nothing to do the legalities of the two cases being argued. Instead, it's that Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss oral arguments for the first time in her 25-year tenure, reports the AP . The 85-year-old is at home recuperating...

Gerrymandering Back on Supreme Court's Agenda

The court says it will hear arguments in March

(Newser) - The Supreme Court is plunging back into the issue of whether electoral districts can be too partisan. Disputes have arisen in cases involving North Carolina's heavily Republican congressional map and a Democratic congressional district in Maryland, and the justices said Friday they will hear arguments in March, the AP...

Ginsburg Home From Hospital After Cancer Surgery

Supreme Court justice is recuperating after cancerous lung growths were removed

(Newser) - It's been a year of medical emergencies for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but the Supreme Court justice is now back home and recovering after her most recent health issue. Per CNN , a court spokeswoman revealed Wednesday that Ginsburg was discharged from NYC's Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital on Tuesday, four...

Supreme Court Deals Blow to Trump on Asylum-Seekers

Won't allow White House to begin enforcing controversial new restrictions

(Newser) - The Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Friday regarding a controversial new plan to put restrictions on asylum-seekers. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four more liberal justices in blocking the White House from immediately enforcing the plan, reports the New York Times . (This is the same...

Ginsburg's Recent Fall May Have Had Silver Lining

Tests uncovered malignant growths, which have now been removed

(Newser) - Some scary news for fans of RBG: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Friday to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the Supreme Court said. It is the 85-year-old Ginsburg's third bout with cancer since joining the court in 1993, per the AP . The good news for...

Kavanaugh Joins More Liberal Judges in High-Profile Decision

Supreme Court opts not to hear case involving Planned Parenthood

(Newser) - Planned Parenthood got some good news from the Supreme Court on Monday, as new Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the court's more liberal judges—as did Chief Justice John Roberts—in deciding not to hear a case involving the group. The upshot is that state court rulings will remain in...

Man's Quest to Get Land Rover Back Reaches Supreme Court

The case involves the Bill of Rights

(Newser) - The Supreme Court left little doubt Wednesday that it would rule that the Constitution's ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help an Indiana man recover the $40,000 Land Rover police seized when they arrested him for selling about $400 worth of heroin....

Murder Case Before Supreme Court Could Have Vast Implications

High court is debating Native American control of land in Oklahoma

(Newser) - The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether an Indian tribe retains control over a vast swath of eastern Oklahoma in a case involving a Native American who was sentenced to death for murder. Some justices said they fear a ruling for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation could have big consequences for...

Trump Fires Back at Chief Justice Roberts

President calls federal appeals court rulings so biased they're 'shocking'

(Newser) - It didn't take long for President Trump to respond to a rare rebuke from the chief justice of the Supreme Court. After John Roberts criticized the president for belittling a federal judge who ruled against the White House, Trump took to Twitter to make his case. "Sorry Chief...

In a First, John Roberts Takes Shot at Trump

'We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges,' says the chief justice

(Newser) - When the AP asked John Roberts for a comment about President Trump's criticism of a federal judge, the chief justice delivered in a headline-making way. “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” said Roberts in a statement released Wednesday. “...

3 Broken Ribs for Ruth Bader Ginsburg After Fall at Work

Supreme Court justice took a tumble Wednesday night

(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg is "notorious" for, among other things, her killer workouts , which is maybe why the fit 85-year-old justice brushed off a tumble she took Wednesday evening at her office. However, the Supreme Court issued a statement Thursday noting that after she went home, Ginsburg had "discomfort...

Before They Served on Supreme Court Together, She Rejected His Hand

Author uncovers William Rehnquist's marriage proposal to Sandra Day O'Connor

(Newser) - Before she was the first woman on the Supreme Court, she turned down a marriage proposal from a future chief justice. As Sandra Day O'Connor withdraws from public life amid early dementia , NPR plucks from her past the untold story of a near engagement to William Rehnquist. The pair...

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