Chuck Schumer: Trump’s Supreme Court pick must divulge thoughts on Roe v. Wade
Saying the country was burned by past nominees, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer insisted Monday that President Trump’s Supreme Court pick must detail his...
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Donald Trump to reshape Supreme Court with nomination
President Trump is set to announce his Supreme Court pick Monday, appointing a jurist who has the chance to set the highest court on a...
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Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski pressured to reject Donald Trump nominee to Supreme Court
When Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, returns to Washington this week she’ll find coat hangers — an abortion-rights symbol — that pro-choice activists sent to...
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Kethledge gets 11th hour push as potential consensus pick for Supreme Court
As Donald Trump moves to finalize his Supreme Court pick, Judge Raymond Kethledge is getting a behind-the-scenes push portraying him as the consensus choice of...
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Donald Trump focusing on three appellate judges for Supreme Court nomination
President Trump is focusing on three prospective Supreme Court nominees, sources said Thursday, with conservatives divided on the pro-life records of the candidates who have...
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Ted Cruz urges Donald Trump to nominee Mike Lee to the Supreme Court
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said President Trump should nominate Sen. Mike Lee to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the Utah Republican is “a sure...
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The Supreme Court, in Context
The Supreme Court last week handed down decisions in Trump’s Muslim ban case, in the public sector labor union case Janus v. AFSCME, and more,...
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Donald Trump interviews four Supreme Court candidates as leading contenders emerge
President Trump interviewed four candidates Monday in his search for the next Supreme Court nominee, with two federal appeals court judges emerging as leading contenders...
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Pro-Obamacare groups: Supreme Court nominee may gut 2010 law
Obamacare’s defenders are using the 2010 program to stir up opposition to President Trump next pick for the Supreme Court, saying the same kind of...
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Susan Collins resists pressure on Supreme Court nominee vote
It’s looking like a long, hot summer for Sen. Susan M. Collins, the famously moderate Maine Republican who represents the Democratic Party’s best hope for...
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Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination to pressure red-state Democrats
Red-state Democrats seeking re-election this fall were already facing the difficult task of navigating between their own virulently anti-Trump national party and the Republican-leaning voters...
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GOP senator: Supreme Court pick who would overturn Roe v. Wade ‘would not be acceptable’
Sen. Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsSunday shows preview: Supreme Court fight in the spotlight Michael Moore: I’ll surround Capitol with ‘a million other people’ to protest...
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Sunday shows preview: Supreme Court fight in the spotlight
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement this week that he would retire from the high court at the end of next month sent shockwaves through...
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Donald Trump favors youth in Supreme Court justice candidates
Youth is a factor as President Trump searches for his pivotal nominee to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the Supreme Court, a task that...
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Jeff Sessions’ Obama reversals validated by Supreme Court
It seems the Trump administration knows the law better than the Obama administration. The Justice Department under Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed positions of the...
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The Supreme Court Gets Trumpier
Everything seems to be coming up Trump on the Supreme Court lately. From wedding cakes to the Muslim Ban to unions, the Trumpier Court is...
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Rush to Judgment: Supreme Court Wraps Its Term with Kennedy’s Retirement and a Rash of Rightwing Rulings
The U.S. Supreme Court concluded its term this week not with a whimper but a rightwing bang, handing down major decisions on racial gerrymandering, abortion,...
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The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Trump hails Supreme Court ruling upholding travel ban
To view past editions of The Hill’s 12:30 Report, click here: http://bit.ly/1M1mIfw To receive The Hill’s 12:30 Report in your inbox, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/1Tt4hqN –> A midday take on...
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Mitch McConnell tweets pic of him and Neil Gorsuch after Supreme Court victory
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to take a victory lap after Tuesday’s travel ban ruling, with his campaign posting on Twitter a picture of...
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Massachusetts high court rejects millionaires tax ballot question
The state Democratic Party had already begun organizing and planning around the potential ballot question, hoping to challenge Republican Gov. Charlie Baker in November. |...
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Supreme Court declines to stop political gerrymandering
The Supreme Court declined Monday to overturn Wisconsin’s heavily gerrymandered legislative districts, saying the plaintiffs didn’t do enough to prove they had standing to bring...
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Trump administration won’t defend DACA in court, but doesn’t want immediate cutoff
The Trump administration told a federal judge late Friday that it won’t defend the legality of the Obama-era DACA amnesty — but said the court...
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Jeff Sessions ends Obama-era ‘de facto’ court amnesty for illegal immigrants
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a directive to immigration judges Thursday telling them they can no longer shunt deportation cases off onto permanent wait lists...
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Court saga over Obamacare payments reaches end
House GOP leaders declared victory Wednesday in a long-running dispute with the executive branch, noting a new settlement preserves a judge’s ruling that President Barack...
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Donald Trump’s tweets could derail efforts to end DACA, appeals court says
Federal appeals court judges signaled Tuesday that President Trump’s tweets could sink his efforts to end the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty. The panel of judges...
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1st appeals court to weigh Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration will try to convince a U.S. appeals court Tuesday that it was justified in ending an Obama-era immigration...
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Chuck Grassley to Supreme Court justices on retirement: ‘Do it yesterday’
Sen. Charles E. Grassley urged any Supreme Court justice considering retirement to make their announcement soon to allow enough time for the Senate to confirm...
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Donald Trump wins confirmation of 15 circuit court judges
President Trump has won confirmation of 15 circuit court judges, but he still has a long way to go in reshaping the courts because most...
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Teachers’ union asks court to stop Project Veritas from releasing more video
An American Federation of Teachers affiliate has moved to prevent Project Veritas from releasing more undercover video after two New Jersey union leaders were suspended...
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Republicans confirming Trump’s court nominees at record pace
Senate Republicans are poised to confirm more of President TrumpDonald John TrumpWhite House revises statement saying Iran ‘has’ secret nuclear weapons program DOJ files charges...
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Donald Trump’s tweets front and center as Supreme Court hears travel ban
The Supreme Court gave President Trump’s travel limits a far more favorable hearing Wednesday than it has received in most lower courts, with conservative-leaning justices...
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Supreme Court ruling on travel ban case to affect Donald Trump’s agenda
What the Supreme Court does with President Trump’s travel ban case, which reaches the justices this week, is likely to determine whether courts across the...
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Kris Kobach found in contempt of court in voting case
A federal judge ruled Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court Wednesday, saying he misled election officials and voters despite the court’s...
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Court documents show Robert Mueller interested in Paul Manafort’s actions during campaign
Newly filed court documents show that special counsel Robert Mueller is seeking information about possible criminal activity by Paul Manafort while he was chairman of...
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Indian court grants bail to Bollywood star Salman Khan
NEW DELHI – A court has granted bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who spent the past two days in prison after he was convicted...
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Romanian ‘dead man’ to go court again to prove he’s alive
BUCHAREST, Romania – A Romanian man who failed to convince a court that he was alive after he was officially registered as deceased by his...
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ECB seeks EU court ruling on Latvian central bank governor
BERLIN – The European Central Bank has asked the EU’s top court to decide whether Latvian authorities breached the law by preventing the head of...
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Brazil’s top court rules against da Silva on prison
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s top court voted narrowly in the early hours Thursday to turn down an attempt by former President Luiz Inacio da...
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Arab League chief wants int’l court to probe Gaza killings
LISBON, Portugal – The head of the Arab League says his organization wants the International Criminal Court in The Hague to investigate the deaths last...
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Scott Walker: Wisconsin Supreme Court election shows risk of ‘blue wave’ in November
Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday that the results in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election shows a “blue wave” is coming. “Tonight’s results show we are...
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Prison for Lula? Brazil’s top court decides fate of ex-prez
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s top court could rule as soon as Wednesday whether former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva can stay out of...
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Cosby back in court for jury selection
Comedian Bill Cosby arrived for the second day of jury selection on Tuesday in his sexual assault retrial. Cosby, 80, is charged with drugging and...
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South Korean court to allow live broadcast of Park verdict
SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean court says it’ll allow a live broadcast of the verdict Friday at the trial of disgraced ex-President Park...
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Doctor slams Nauru’s rejection of Australian court appeals
CANBERRA, Australia – A British doctor who was once based in Nauru said Tuesday that the tiny Pacific nation had proved itself unfit to house...
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Mom deployed Taser on son to wake him up for church, court docs say
Sharron Dobbins, 40, was arrested Sunday for allegedly using a Taser on her 17-year-old son to wake him up for Easter church services. (Maricopa County...
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The Latest: Immigrant students rally at Arizona high court
PHOENIX – The Latest on arguments before Arizona Supreme Court in immigrant tuition case (all times local): 9:30 a.m. Several dozen immigrant college students who...
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Appeals court strips angler of $2.8M fishing contest prize
With rod and reel, anglers aim for the big one. But this is a story of a big one that got away. (stefanamer) It’s the...
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Drugs will expire before court ruling on Nevada execution
LAS VEGAS – Nevada officials say some drugs obtained for a planned lethal injection will expire before the state Supreme Court decides whether they can...
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Senegal court sentences Dakar mayor to 5 years in prison
DAKAR, Senegal – A court in Senegal has sentenced Dakar’s mayor, a popular opposition figure, to five years in prison for forgery, criminal conspiracy, embezzlement...
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Appeals court upholds new trial for subject of ‘Serial’
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A Maryland appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling granting a new trial to a man whose conviction in the murder of...