Courts & Law
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US Supreme Court denies Virginia Democrats' redistricting appeal
Virginia Democrats filed an emergency appeal Monday after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down the state's redistricting referendum last week, ruling that the legislative process in which the referendum was created was unconstitutional.
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Texas Supreme Court declines to boot House Dems who fled state during redistricting
Last year, several Democrats left the state in a bid to deny lawmakers a quorum for redistricting, though many returned, and the state ultimately passed a new slate of congressional maps.
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Federal government sues Chick-fil-A franchisee, alleging religious discrimination
Chick-fil-A closes on Sundays, a policy going back 80 years, but the employee is a member of a Christian denomination that observes the sabbath on Saturday.
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Cotton says Senate to move ‘without delay' on Ginsburg replacement, Coons seeks delay
"So if they were going to set a new precedent that in an election year there shouldn't be a hearing, meetings, votes, they should live by it," Sen. Coons said.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump restrictions on Chinese app WeChat
Judge grants temporary injunction hours before executive action was to take effect.
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Trump says Supreme Court pick will 'most likely' be a woman
President says GOP has "obligation" to nominate new justice.
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Clinton says Dems must use 'every single possible maneuver' to block Trump's SCOTUS nominee
Says she doesn't want to see Ginsburg's legacy 'ripped up' by McConnell.
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Some of Trump’s potential candidates to replace Ginsburg on Supreme Court
From former law clerks to ethnic minorities who crashed glass ceilings, Trump has many choices.
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Ginsburg death opens complex partisan chessboard affected by timeline, COVID-19, election
"You had to know 2020 was going to end with an election that could be decided by a Supreme Court capable of a split 4-4 decision," tweeted Catholic University professor C.C. Pecknold.
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McConnell says Trump's nominee to replace Ginsburg will get a Senate vote
Ginsburg died Friday evening from complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at age 87, opening Supreme Court seat weeks before election
Ginsberg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the high court said.
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Trump son Eric agrees to testify in N.Y. probe of family business, but only after Nov. 3
Trump's lawyers argued client's "extreme travel schedule."
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Barr tells prosecutors they could file sedition charges against violent protesters: report
Violence could grow worse during lead-up to November elections, Barr reportedly said.