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Venezuela rejects UN court order to halt election in territory under dispute with Guyana
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Friday rejected a ruling from the United Nations’ top court ordering the South…
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The Supreme Court Is Declaring War on Secularism
Alito’s implication was that if the other side could set up charter schools, why couldn’t his side do it? He even offered a rambling,…
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A UN top court orders Venezuela to halt election plans in a resource-rich area in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The United Nations’ top court ordered Venezuela on Thursday to refrain from holding elections for officials who…
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Trump appeals to Supreme Court to shut down deportation amnesty for Venezuelan immigrants
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to step in and allow Homeland Security to shut down a Biden-era deportation…
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Supreme Court Seems Open to a Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court appeared open on Wednesday to allowing Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter…
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Maine lawmaker appeals to Supreme Court over censure by state House for transgender athlete post
A Republican state lawmaker from Maine appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday after she was censured by the state House for a…
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Supreme Court may allow church-run, publicly funded charter schools across the nation
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised Wednesday to rule that church-run schools have a right to operate…
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Judge accused of helping man evade ICE suspended by Wisconsin Supreme Court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily relieved Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan of her duties after she was arrested for…
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Religious Charter Schools Should Pass the Supreme Court Test
A case from Oklahoma will determine whether American education becomes more or less centralized, homogeneous, and anticompetitive. Source…
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California has sued Trump 15 times in his first 100 days. Where do those cases stand?
At a hearing in Boston in March, U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun asked attorneys for a coalition of states what they stood to lose if he…
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Maine Representative Laurel Libby Seeks Emergency Relief from the Supreme Court
Earlier today, the law firm of Consovoy McCarthy filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court on behalf of Maine Representative…
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UN is threatened by Israel’s decision to cut ties with relief agency, world court told
The very nature of the UN is threatened by Israel’s refusal to accept the rights of its agencies to operate freely in the occupied…
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An Irish hotelier, Qatari royals and a federal lawsuit involving a Beverly Hills hotel
As Irish hotelier Patrick McKillen tells it, he met the former emir of Qatar on a yacht in Doha to discuss a business opportunity in…
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DOJ asks court to allow El Salvador deportations despite Boasberg's ruling
Administration lawyers asked a federal appeals court to end a lower court's contempt proceedings against the government, saying District…
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What happens if Trump doesn't obey court orders? New spotlight on U.S. marshals
WASHINGTON — As a couple of key court cases against President Trump’s executive actions intensify, questions of how and whether the White…
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Trump’s Attempt to Hijack Elections Dealt Massive Blow in Court
A federal judge ruled Thursday to block parts of Donald Trump’s executive order last month attempting to overhaul elections and voting…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now
The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people in the military, while…
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International students stripped of legal status in the U.S. are piling up wins in court
Anjan Roy was studying with friends at Missouri State University when he got an email that turned his world upside down. His legal status…
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Ghana's president suspends the chief justice of the country's top court in a surprise move
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The president of Ghana has suspended the chief justice of the country's Supreme Court, the government said, days after…
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Supreme Court appears to favor parents' right to opt out of LGBTQ+ stories for their children
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded ready on Tuesday to give parents a constitutional right to opt out of public school…
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Brazil Supreme Court reviews charges against key Bolsonaro allies in coup proceedings
SAO PAULO (AP) — A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices started proceedings on Tuesday morning to determine whether federal officers,…
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Indian court issues notice to Zomato and CCI in antitrust probe
The Delhi High Court has issued notices to food delivery giant Zomato and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) amid an ongoing…
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The Supreme Court Could Take Another Shot at Voting Rights
After Reconstruction ended in the late 1870s, however, Redeemer governments in Virginia sought to roll back the state’s expansive…
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Supreme Court makes 'unprecedented' intervention to block Trump's gang deportations
The Supreme Court waded even more deeply into President Trump's immigration powers this weekend by ordering an emergency halt of…