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Trump: I'm 'Honored' Justice Kennedy Is Stepping Down

President says decision deliberately made in his term so he can pick successor

(Newser) - President Trump praised Anthony Kennedy during a rally in North Dakota Wednesday evening and said he is "honored" the Supreme Court justice made his bombshell retirement decision when he did. "I'm very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office, because he felt...

With Kennedy Gone, Many Predict Roe v. Wade Is Doomed

President Trump says the process of replacing Supreme Court justice 'will begin immediately'

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, and President Trump wasted no time: The process to replace Kennedy on the high court will "begin immediately," the POTUS told reporters, according to USA Today . Trump said he will review an existing list of candidates that was developed...

Anthony Kennedy Retiring From Supreme Court

President Trump will get a second SCOTUS pick

(Newser) - As has long been rumored, Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the Supreme Court on July 31. The 81-year-old holds what USA Today calls the most important seat on the high court, having been its swing vote on many issues for more than a decade. A Reagan-appointed conservative-leaning or moderate...

Trump Tweets as SCOTUS Deals Big Blow to Labor Unions

Government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them

(Newser) - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor. The justices are scrapping a 41-year-old decision that had allowed states to require that public employees pay some fees...

Sotomayor Calls Out Trump's 'Unrelenting Attack' on Muslims

Travel ban dissent is scathing, but president hails vindication against 'hysterical' critics

(Newser) - The travel ban stands . So ruled the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a ruling that President Trump was quick to celebrate, reports NBC News . In a statement, he said the decision reaffirms his authority to act in the name of national security, adding that it "is also a moment...

Supreme Court Delivers Big Win to Trump

Justices uphold his travel ban

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has just delivered a major victory to President Trump by upholding his travel ban, reports Politico . The justices split 5-4 along the usual lines, with the conservative majority winning the day. The court actually upheld the president's third version of his ban, this one issued last...

In Blow to Democrats, Court Allows Texas Voting Maps

Supreme Court overrules lower court

(Newser) - A divided Supreme Court kept Texas' voting maps largely intact Monday, dealing an election-year blow to Democrats by reversing earlier findings that intentional racial discrimination continues to stain several statehouse and congressional districts. The 5-4 decision comes nine months after Democrats had celebrated lower court rulings that invalidated parts of...

Supreme Court Rejects Making a Murderer Case
Supreme Court Rejects
Making a Murderer Case
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Jun 25, 2018 11:20 AM CDT

Supreme Court Rejects Making a Murderer Case

Justices decide not to hear appeal by Brendan Dassey, convicted of murder with his uncle

(Newser) - The Supreme Court is steering clear of a high-profile murder: The justices said Monday they would not hear an appeal of one of two men convicted in a case featured in the Netflix series Making a Murderer , reports ABC7 Chicago . Attorneys for Wisconsin's Brendan Dassey, who was 16 when...

American With a Cellphone? This Ruling Affects You

Supreme Court says warrants generally needed to track location data

(Newser) - It's being described as a landmark decision in favor of privacy: The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government in most cases needs a warrant to track a person's location by grabbing data from cellphone towers. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the four liberal-leaning justices and wrote...

Supreme Court Says States Can Collect Online Sales Tax
Supreme Court Ruling May
Make Online Buys Pricier
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Jun 21, 2018 2:11 PM CDT

Supreme Court Ruling May Make Online Buys Pricier

Justices allow states to collect sales tax

(Newser) - The Supreme Court delivered a huge decision Thursday about online shopping, ruling that states can collect sales taxes on internet purchases. The 5-4 decision in Wayfair vs. South Dakota overturns a 1992 ruling—written in the age of mail-order catalogs—essentially declaring that states could only collect taxes on businesses...

Supreme Court Just Punted on a Major Voting Issue

Justices sidestep big-picture ruling about gerrymandering

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has ruled on two gerrymandering cases from Wisconsin and Maryland—but without deciding on the broader issue of whether electoral maps can give an unfair advantage to a political party, the AP reports. The justices unanimously ruled against Wisconsin Democrats who challenged legislative districts that gave Republicans...

Supreme Court Backs Ohio's Right to Purge Voting Rolls

Those who skip a few elections are in danger of being un-registered

(Newser) - Ohio takes a relatively aggressive approach to purging its rolls of voters, and the Supreme Court on Monday declared it's perfectly legal to do so. Under Ohio law, people who skip voting in two consecutive elections and then ignore various mailings from the state are removed from registration rolls,...

Supreme Court Backs Baker Who Refused Gay Couple
Gay Cake Case:
How a 7-2
Decision
Is 'Narrow'
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Jun 4, 2018 12:55 PM CDT

Gay Cake Case: How a 7-2 Decision Is 'Narrow'

Supreme Court sides with baker, but didn't settle big question of gay rights vs. religious liberty

(Newser) - In one of the most closely watched cases of its current term, the Supreme Court sided with a baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple. But even though the decision was 7-2 in favor of Colorado baker Jack Phillips, the ruling is seen as a narrow...

High Court Sides With Trump Administration in Abortion Case

Justices toss lower-court decision that could have helped immigrant minors get abortions

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday sided with the Trump administration in a case involving an immigrant teen's abortion. In one sense, the case is moot because the teen in question already had an abortion. But the justices tossed a lower-court ruling that allowed the abortion to take place, thus...

Supreme Court Sides With Employers in Big Labor Case

Says companies can restrict workers' ability to band together in complaints

(Newser) - The Supreme Court says employers can prohibit their workers from banding together to complain about pay and conditions in the workplace. The justices ruled 5-4 Monday, with the court's conservative members in the majority, that businesses can force employees to individually use arbitration to resolve disputes, per the AP...

No More Ban, but Sports Bettors May Have to Wait to Wager

The Supreme Court has struck down a sports gambling ban, so what's next?

(Newser) - The highest court in the land has struck down a law that banned sports betting in all states except Nevada, but some eager gamblers in New Jersey, the origin of the court battle, may still have to wait to wager. Per the New York Times , that's because even the...

Supreme Court Says All States Can Now Allow Sports Betting

A 1992 law had banned states from allowing it

(Newser) - Sports betting—legally—is about to get a lot easier after a Supreme Court decision Monday. Since 1992, a federal law has required states other than Nevada to ban gambling on sports; Nevada was grandfathered in at the time and has since had a monopoly on legal sports betting. But...

On Day 1 of Travel Ban Case at SCOTUS, Things Look Good for Trump

Roberts, Kennedy signal support for the policy

(Newser) - President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court, the AP reports. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy both signaled support for the travel policy in arguments Wednesday at the high court. The ban's challengers almost certainly need one of those...

One of Most Unpopular SCOTUS Rulings Now a Movie

Susette Kelo's story turned into a movie starring Catherine Keener

(Newser) - Susette Kelo's Supreme Court case now has a Hollywood ending, just not the one she hoped for. Kelo wasn't looking for a fight when she bought her house overlooking the Thames River in New London, Connecticut, in 1997 and had it painted Odessa Rose pink. Shortly after she...

Gorsuch Sides With Liberal Judges in Immigration Case

Trump appointee agrees law is too vague to justify deportation of immigrant

(Newser) - The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced. The court's 5-4 decision—an unusual alignment in which new Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the four liberal justices—concerns...

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