Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to develop and destroy them
The Supreme Court is curtailing the federal governmentโs power to protect some wetlands.
Supreme Court sharply limits federal government's ability to police pollution into certain wetlands
The Supreme Court has sharply limited the federal governmentโs authority to police water pollution into certain wetlands.
Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice
The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a new justice on the bench, the public back in the courtroom and a spirited debate in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights.
Renowned author Joan Didion honored by hundreds at memorial
Joan Didion, a master of rhythm and of the meaning of the unsaid, was remembered Wednesday as an inspiring and fearless writer and valued, exacting and sometimes eccentric friend.
30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices' to-do list
Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public have long been prizes of the conservative legal movement that the Supreme Court seems poised to award within the next month.
Cheers for Jackson as Biden declares โmoment of real changeโ
Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.
Correction: Supreme Court-Wetlands story
In a story published January 24, 2022, about the Supreme Court deciding to take up an important Clean Water Act case, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Providers urge Supreme Court to reject 15-week abortion ban
Abortion providers are urging the Supreme Court to reject Mississippiโs 15-week prohibition on most abortions, saying a decision to uphold it would โinvite states to ban abortion entirely.โ.
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Justices defer Harvard case on race in college admissions
With abortion and guns already on the agenda, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a third blockbuster issue: whether to ban consideration of race in college admissions.
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Breyer mum as some liberals urge him to quit Supreme Court
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON โ Forgive progressives who aren't looking forward to the sequel of their personal โNightmare on First Street," a Supreme Court succession story. Other liberal voices have said Breyer should retire when the court finishes its work for the term, usually by early summer. Among the names being circulated are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs. Breyer's departure wouldn't do anything to change the conservatives' 6-3 edge on the Supreme Court.
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Second high court hearing for Florida-Georgia water war
The Supreme Court tried Monday to inject some mystery into its second consideration of a long-running dispute between Georgia and Florida over water that flows from the Atlanta suburbs to the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)WASHINGTON โ The Supreme Court tried Monday to inject some mystery into its second consideration of a long-running dispute between Georgia and Florida over water that flows from the Atlanta suburbs to the Gulf of Mexico. Florida's lawsuit against Georgia was filed directly in the Supreme Court, which is mainly an appellate court but hears disputes between states. The court appointed a special master to evaluate the case, and he initially recommended that Georgia should prevail. The court appointed a new special master, who also recommended the court side with Georgia.
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Trump's impact on courts likely to last long beyond his term
President Donald Trumps deep imprint on the federal courts is a rare point of agreement about the president across the political spectrum. The three Supreme Court picks could still be on the court at the 21st centuryโs midpoint, 30 years from now. In Trumpโs first two years, they pushed through 30 appellate court judges and 53 district court nominees. โYou know, when I got in, we had over 100 federal judges that werenโt appointed," he said. That nominee was Stephen Breyer, now a Supreme Court justice.
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Supreme Court to hear case about juvenile life sentences
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen at sundown on the eve of Election Day, in Washington. The Supreme Court is to hear arguments in a case that could put the brakes on what has been a gradual move toward more leniency for children who are convicted of murder. And in 2010 the court eliminated life-without-parole sentences for juveniles, except in cases where a juvenile has killed someone. No longer on the court are Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy, who were key to the 2012 decision limiting the use of life sentences. The Supreme Court last year heard arguments in a different case about juvenile life sentences.
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Trump caps judiciary remake with choice of Barrett for court
Judge Amy Coney Barrett applauds as President Donald Trump announces Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington. Trump hailed Barrett as โa woman of remarkable intellect and character,โ saying he had studied her record closely before making the pick. Trump, meanwhile, is hoping the nomination will galvanize his supporters as he looks to fend off Democrat Joe Biden. โWe donโt have to do it before, but I think this will be done before the election," Trump told reporters Saturday. โI think this will end up in the Supreme Court,โ Trump said Wednesday of the election.
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How it happened: From law professor to high court in 4 years
Within weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. First among them was the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Scalia, but they also dug deeper. Months later, in the fall of 2017, Trump set about updating his list of potential nominees to the Supreme Court. Trump and McGahn set about elevating Barrett's profile for the next opening on the high court โ- with Trump telling some aides he was โsavingโ her for Ginsburg's seat. โI am truly humbled by the prospect of serving on the Supreme Court,โ she said.
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Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court nominee, is Scalia's heir
Judge Amy Coney Barrett listens as President Donald Trump announces Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)CHICAGO โ Although Amy Coney Barrett is the presidentโs choice to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she is more aptly described as heir to another departed Supreme Court justice: conservative hero Antonin Scalia. President Donald Trump nominated the 48-year-old federal court appellate judge from South Bend, Indiana, at a Rose Garden press conference Saturday. Barrett has been a federal judge since 2017, when Trump nominated her to the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Barrett twice joined dissenting opinions asking for abortion-related decisions to be thrown out and reheard by the full court.
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Biden's push for unity faces test with Supreme Court fight
That central thesis of the Democratic presidential nominee's campaign is being severely tested by the battle over the future of the Supreme Court. Now some want Biden to add the warning that a Democratic majority and President Biden would expand the Supreme Court at their first opportunity. He was Senate Judiciary Chairman in 1987 when Democrats jettisoned a controversial Supreme Court nominee from President Ronald Reagan. Now, even as Senate Republicans seemed poised to fast-track a court confirmation, Congress remains unable to agree on another economic stabilization bill amid the COVID-19 pandemic. โIโm going to be Americaโs president,โ Biden insisted, โnot a Democratic president.โ
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The Latest: Biden says Dems should "make the case" on court
The sun rises behind the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, before a private ceremony and public viewing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON โ The Latest on the Supreme Court and the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsbur g (all times local):11:30 a.m.Joe Biden won't say if he is vetting a list of potential Supreme Court picks. Hundreds of mourners gathered in silence outside the Supreme Court as her casket arrived. The White House says President Donald Trump will pay his respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday at the Supreme Court. The casket of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has arrived at the Supreme Court for the start of two days of public viewing.
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Not so hush-hush search: Trump airs thinking on court seat
WASHINGTON โ Barack Obama spent hours reading legal briefs as he mulled candidates for the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump has a style all his own for selecting a nominee for the high court. He's flying by the seat of his pants with his frequent public deliberations on replacing Ginsburg, a process thatโs moving at warp speed. Trump is holding little back, readily airing his thinking on the state of the deliberations. He settled on someone he knew well: Harriet Miers, a Texan who worked for Bush when he was governor and then as White House counsel.
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'I loved her to pieces,' retired Justice Souter says of RBG
And, the passing of my dear colleague, Ruth, is profoundly difficult and so very sad,โ he wrote. Justice Ginsburg will go down as a leading figure in the history of the Court. We will miss Ruth and our hearts go out to her family. Justice Ginsburg paved the way for women to become lawyers and judges.โ___Retired Justice David SouterSouter wrote that โRuth Ginsburg was one of the members of the Court who achieved greatness before she became a great justice. I loved her to pieces.โ___Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy:โThe members of the Court always will cherish all that Justice Ginsburg meant to us as a distinguished jurist and an inspiring, wonderful person,โ he wrote.
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McConnell's legacy: Wielding majority power to reshape court
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., takes the elevator as he leaves a Senate Republican policy meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON โ Itโs legacy time for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. For better or worse, this will be how McConnellโs tenure as a Senate leader will be measured. Absent a robust legislative agenda aligned with Trump, McConnell set out on the Senateโs other main role โ confirmations. Along with the two Supreme Court justices, he has installed more than 200 federal appellate and trial court judges in the Trump era.
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Is 8 enough? Court vacancy could roil possible election case
Any time the justices divide 4-4 in a case, the lower court ruling remains in place. If say, the court were to split that way in a case involving the election, the tie would ratify whatever the lower court decided. In 2016, โthe court actually did a pretty good job when the court had eight justices for a while. Any case that divides the court 4-4 after arguments could be held and set for a new round of arguments when the court is back at full strength. The Supreme Court has managed at less than its full nine-member strength at three points in the past 50 years, in 1970, 1987-88 and 2016.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
FILE - In this July 31, 2014, file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in her chambers in at the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)WASHINGTON โ Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering womenโs rights champion who became the courtโs second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. โRuth Bader Ginsburg does not need a seat on the Supreme Court to earn her place in the American history books,โ Clinton said at the time of her appointment. Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer tweeted: โThe American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.
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Kenosha shooting strains tie between Black residents, police
Like other places in America, Kenosha's Black residents saw inequality in the way police treated them. But there had been nothing like the shooting that left Blake, who is Black, paralyzed. An officer shot Blake in the back Sunday as the 29-year-old leaned into his SUV, three of his children seated inside. Ray Roberts, a data scientist who has lived in the city about a decade, said he and other Black residents face very different rules when dealing with police than white residents do. The police here are terrible and they treat Black people awful, said Jacob Conway, a 22-year-old white Kenosha resident who said he has joined protests every night since the shooting.
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Ginsburg waited 4 months to say her cancer had returned
Ginsburg is perhaps the most forthcoming member of the Supreme Court when it comes to telling the public about her many health issues. But she waited more than four months to reveal that her cancer had returned and that she was undergoing chemotherapy. But she waited more than four months to reveal that her cancer had returned and that she was undergoing chemotherapy. The lesions are the fifth time Ginsburg has dealt with cancer since 1999, when she first underwent surgery for colorectal cancer. Like other Americans, Supreme Court justices live and work with a range of ailments.
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Trump looks for political edge in latest high court rulings
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump won the White House on the promise of bringing a conservative shift to the Supreme Court. But this year and last, even with two justices Trump hand-picked, the court has shown it is no rubber stamp for him or his administrations policies. Thats drawn the presidents ire and teed up a renewed battle over the court as Trump seeks political advantage ahead of Novembers election. Supreme Court judges, he said at a July 2016 rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Biden months ago made something of a promise related to the Supreme Court, saying hed be honored to appoint the first African American woman to the court.
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Roberts a pivotal vote in the Supreme Court's big opinions
Four years ago the court's four liberal members and Justice Kennedy struck down a Texas law nearly identical to Louisiana's. Roberts wrote the court's opinion, joined by the four liberal justices. Six of the justices Roberts, the court's four liberals and Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch ruled against the Trump administration and in favor of the LGBT plaintiffs in the cases. But, on the same day, he served the Trump administration a defeat, writing an opinion that kept a citizenship question off the 2020 census. If those cases divide the court, Roberts' vote will again be key.
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Roberts a pivotal vote in the Supreme Court's big opinions
Four years ago the court's four liberal members and Justice Kennedy struck down a Texas law nearly identical to Louisiana's. Roberts wrote the court's opinion, joined by the four liberal justices. Six of the justices Roberts, the court's four liberals and Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch ruled against the Trump administration and in favor of the LGBT plaintiffs in the cases. But, on the same day, he served the Trump administration a defeat, writing an opinion that kept a citizenship question off the 2020 census. If those cases divide the court, Roberts' vote will again be key.
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SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Election-year retirement unlikely
In this March 26, 2009 file photo, Connecticut state Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer, center, questions attorneys at the Connecticut Supreme Court in Hartford, Conn. Palmer, who authored the landmark Connecticut Supreme Court rulings that legalized same-sex marriage and abolished the state's death penalty, is stepping down after 27 years on the high court. (AP Photo/Bob Child, Pool)WASHINGTON The last time a Supreme Court justice announced his retirement in a presidential election year, most of the current justices were too young to vote. The nomination to replace Chief Justice Earl Warren failed in that turbulent year, and no justice has retired in an election year since. Charles Cooper, who argued the S&Ls' case at the Supreme Court, recalled that a resolution was urgently needed because scores of copy-cat cases had been clogging" court dockets for years. When Burger was chief justice, from 1969 to 1986, the court routinely kept working into July, even past Independence Day.
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Senate confirms McConnell ally to top federal appeals court
(Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)WASHINGTON A divided Senate has approved the nomination of a 38-year-old judge and ally of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to serve on a top federal appeals court, despite Democrats objections that hes inexperienced and biased against the Obama-era health care law. Walker, a protege of both McConnell and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, will join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in September. In the middle of a national public health crisis, the Republican Senate majority is poised to confirm a judge who opposes our countrys health care law.'' Walker, who was confirmed as a federal judge last fall, declined a request by Senate Democrats to recuse himself on matters related to the health care law if confirmed to the appeals court. McConnell, a longtime family friend who employed Walker as an intern in his Senate office, said that in his short time as a federal judge, Walker has shown his intelligence and legal acumen.
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Simple math suggests complex back story at Supreme Court
Each of the nine Supreme Court justices usually writes at least one opinion for each month the court hears arguments. He wrote opinions in both cases that attracted a majority of the court. Majority opinions often have fairly lengthy recitations of the facts of the case. Gorsuch's opinion basically devoted one paragraph each to the three fired employees whose cases the court decided Monday. Though he started out on the other side, Kennedy wound up writing or co-writing the majority opinion in both cases.
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Justices rule LGBT people protected from job discrimination
Even as understood today, the concept of discrimination because of sex is different from discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity.'" But Monday's decision is not likely to be the court's last word on a host of issues revolving around LGBT rights, Gorsuch noted. The cases were the courts first on LGBT rights since Justice Anthony Kennedys retirement and replacement by Kavanaugh. During the Obama years, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had changed its longstanding interpretation of civil rights law to include discrimination against LGBT people. In recent years, some lower courts have held that discrimination against LGBT people is a subset of sex discrimination, and thus prohibited by the federal law.
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Senate panel advances McConnell ally for DC appeals court
The court is widely considered the second-most powerful in the nation and frequently serves as a launching pad for a seat on the Supreme Court. 2 Senate Democrat, called Walker's nomination a travesty and an affront to other, more qualified conservative judges. Democrats also complained that the committee was advancing Walkers nomination during the coronavirus crisis and nationwide upheaval over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Walker clerked for Kavanaugh when he was on the D.C. appeals court. The group changed its rating just before the May 6 hearing, calling Walker "Well Qualified to serve on the appeals court.