Courts & Law
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to give green light for White House ballroom construction
In his filing on Friday, Solicitor General D. John Sauer said the injunction, if allowed to go into effect, "would wrongfully install a single district judge as sole arbiter of what further construction is ‘strictly necessary’ to protect the safety of the President" and others.
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'Education is speech': New lawsuit says Nebraska funds only the government's viewpoint
If NCLA's theory survives, a fight over school funding could obligate every state with compulsory attendance and public-school-only funding to provide more financial choices to families who reject the government's curriculum.
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Vance refers sex-change providers to DOJ for alleged fraud
Vance appeared in an X video announcing the move, along with Kennedy and Assistant HHS Secretary Brian Christine.
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Justice Department tags NYC, Portland, Seattle as cities permitting violence and destruction
Cities being put on the DOJ list could see their flow of federal funds jeopardized
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Protesters descend on Lindsey Graham's home after demonstrating outside of McConnell's
The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman has changed his views about election-year appointments to the high court but says that was prompted by Democrats' actions.
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Trump says he'll likely name Supreme Court nominee Friday, Saturday to replace Justice Ginsburg
Justice Ginsburg died Friday. She was 87.
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Win by Democrat Mark Kelly in Arizona Senate race could complicate Trump's Supreme Court nomination
The GOP can have only four Senate Republicans vote against a Trump Supreme Court nomination to defeat the process.
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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.