Landmark cases involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina asked the Supreme Court to ban affirmative action, or using race in college admissions.
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Supreme Court says White House can continue to set deportation priorities
In this case, the justices said the Department of Homeland Security has the authority to focus on arresting recent border crossers and those who commit violent crimes.
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Bangor school sues state officials over tuition reimbursement program
Crosspoint Church in Bangor says lawmakers changed the Maine Human Rights Act to circumvent a U.S. Supreme Court decision and prevent religious schools from receiving public money.
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U.S. Supreme Court to resume issuing decisions in courtroom
For the past 2 years, the court has issued opinions exclusively on its website.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to step into Mar-a-Lago case
His team was asking the justices to permit a special master to review about 100 documents with classified markings.
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FBI completes interview of Mark Judge — Brett Kavanaugh’s high school friend
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has finished interviewing a friend of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was said to have attended a high school gathering in the early 1980s where a woman says she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh, the man’s lawyer said Tuesday. Mark Judge, who has denied any wrongdoing, completed his interview […]
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Mitch McConnell vows Brett Kavanaugh vote will happen this week
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., doubled down Tuesday on his vow to hold a vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh by the end of the week, accusing Democrats of throwing “mud and muck” at President Donald Trump’s pick. “One thing we know for sure: The Senate will vote […]
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Donald Trump says second Kavanaugh accuser ‘has nothing’ and she admits she was drunk
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked the second woman who has accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, dismissing her account because she was “totally inebriated and all messed up,” and accused Democrats of playing a “con game” in an attempt to derail his Supreme Court nominee. In comments to reporters following […]
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New sexual-misconduct accusation rocks Kavanaugh nomination
WASHINGTON (AP) — A second allegation of sexual misconduct has emerged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a development that has further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court, forced the White House and Senate Republicans onto the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation. The new accusation landed late Sunday […]
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California professor, writer of confidential Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault
Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. Since Wednesday, she has watched as that bare-bones version of her story became public without her […]