People wait in line in front of the United States Supreme Court in Washington on March 18, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday 5-4 that a Montana scholarship program that indirectly provided state funds to religious schools is protected by the Constitution, weighing in on a …
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Justice Department Efforts to Restart Federal Executions
Washington The Supreme Court on Monday He rejected a challenge to the Trump administration’s efforts to resume federal executions, paving the way for the Justice Department to end its effective freeze on capital punishment next month. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor said they would accept the appeal of …
Read More »Supreme Court allows CFPB to continue, says president can fire
The Supreme Court in a ruling on Monday allowed the Office of Financial Consumer Protection to continue operating, but said the director of consumer surveillance could be removed by the President of the United States “at will.” The decision, written by Supreme Court President John Roberts, coincided with the argument …
Read More »Supreme Court rejects death row appeal to stop federal executions
People wait in line to attend the opening day of the new Supreme Court mandate in Washington, October 1, 2018. Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters The Supreme Court said Monday it will not hear an appeal filed by death row inmates trying to block a lower court order allowing the …
Read More »Trump administration urges Supreme Court to repeal Affordable Care Act
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The nightly filing came on the same day the government reported that nearly half a million people who lost their health insurance in the midst of the economic shutdown obtained coverage …
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