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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Disability Rights

The arguments focused on whether the activist, Deborah Laufer, has the right to sue a Maine hotel, even though she did not plan to stay...

On First Day of New Term, Justices Hear Debate Over Reducing Mass Incarceration

The justices heard arguments about how to interpret part of the law aimed at reducing prison sentences for people convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes.

Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Alabama Voting Map Dispute

For the second time in recent months, the Supreme Court ruled against Alabama lawmakers and their proposed congressional district map.

Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Pill Case

The case sets up a showdown before the court on the availability of the most common method of terminating pregnancies.

Justice Thomas Reports Private Trips With Harlan Crow

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. had asked for extensions on their annual forms that show travel, gifts and other financial information.

Supreme Court Pauses Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement Pending Review

A federal appeals court had signed off on the agreement, which would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from opioid-related lawsuits in exchange for...

Hunter Biden Judge, Defying a ‘Rubber Stamp,’ Jumps Into the Spotlight

Judge Maryellen Noreika was not an especially high-profile figure in the small legal community in the nation’s second-smallest state. That’s changed.

Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson Spar Over Affirmative Action Ruling

Even as Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared to agree over the policy’s aim, they harshly criticized each other’s conclusions on what to...

Supreme Court Upholds Native American Adoption Law

At issue in the case was whether a law aimed at keeping Native American adoptees within tribes is constitutional.

Justices Thomas and Alito Delay Release of Financial Disclosures

The justices asked for extensions to file annual forms that detail gifts, travel and real estate holdings.
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