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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Trump’s Steel Tariffs…

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The U.S. Supreme Court refused to question President Donald Trump’s imposition of more than $4 billion in steel tariffs, turning away an appeal that challenged his use of national security as the legal justification for his trade agenda. The appeal by a steel industry trade group and two of its members contended that the provision […]

ANALYSIS: Justices Reverse Death Sentence for Mississippi Inmate…

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In 2010, Curtis Flowers stood trial for the 1996 murders of four people in a Mississippi furniture store. The local district attorney, Doug Evans, who is white, struck five of the six potential black jurors in the jury pool, resulting in a jury with just one black member. Flowers was convicted and sentenced to death. […]

Treasury Department Misses Congressional Deadline for Trump’s Tax Returns, Cites ‘Constitutional Concerns’…

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The Treasury Department responded to a “final” April 23 congressional deadline set by a top House Democrat to turn over President Donald Trump’s tax returns with a letter detailing constitutional concerns, setting the stage for a possible court battle between Congress and the administration. The decision, which was widely expected, could potentially prompt House Ways […]

Former Hillary Clinton Aide Behind Lobbying Efforts to Get University to Fire Kavanaugh…

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Hillary Clinton’s former campaign spokesperson is leading a campaign to get Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh fired from a summer teaching job at George Mason University, according to a report. Demand Justice, a liberal advocacy group run by Clinton’s 2016 campaign press secretary Brian Fallon, is running a Facebook ad campaign targeting students at George […]

Argument Preview: Justices to Tackle Partisan Gerrymandering…Again by Amy Howe…

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Every 10 years, the federal government conducts a census. The states then use the data from the census to draw new maps for their state legislatures and federal congressional districts. The maps often take politics into account – for example, to protect incumbents. But next Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument on whether […]

Supreme Court Rules for Trump on Another Immigration Issue…

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The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump another win on an immigration issue on Tuesday. The Court ruled 5-4 that the Ninth Circuit was wrong in limiting Trump’s mandatory detention policy for immigrants with criminal records. Splitting along with ideological fault line, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the other four conservative justices to reverse the […]

The Supreme Court Resuscitates the Eighth Amendment…

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Tyson Timbs’s story starts, as so many stories do today, with opioids. Following a workplace injury in Ohio, Timbs developed a painkiller addiction, which led him to heroin. When his aunt in Indiana needed help due to illness, Timbs moved in with her and sought to use the transition as an opportunity to get clean. […]

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