First in-person court since the start of the pandemic. On Monday, the justices of the Supreme Court returned to the courtroom to begin their new term. It has…
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Supreme Court Includes Campaign Finance Case
Consideration of cases for fall docket continues. A case from Senator Ted Cruz that challenges a federal campaign finance rule is among the five cases added to the…
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Justice Breyer Warns Against Remaking Supreme Court
He has previously cautioned about court-packing. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently cautioned against remaking the nation’s highest court. He stated, ”what goes around comes around,” if one…
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DOJ Challenges Texas Abortion Law
Says it is unconstitutional under Supreme Court precedent. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Thursday against the State of Texas over…
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Speaker Pelosi Intends to Codify Roe v. Wade
The measure could face an uphill battle. After the Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision Wednesday rejecting a challenge to a Texas law that prohibits the abortion of…
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Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Ban
Abortions No Longer Available After 6 Weeks in Texas On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declined to act on an emergency petition from Texas abortion clinics, thereby allowing Texas’…
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Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium
Reinforces judgment rendered in June. On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a ruling blocking the moratorium on evictions the president’s administration had attempted to extend as concerns over…
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Supreme Court Says to Reinstate Remain-in-Mexico
President had canceled the policy during his first days in office. The Supreme Court reinstated a policy put in place during the previous administration that requires asylum applicants…
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D.C. Court of Appeals Upholds Eviction Ban
Landlords hope to move the case to Supreme Court. A three-judge panel of the District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously rejected another motion to halt the…
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Federal Judge Leaves CDC Eviction Ban Intact
Ruled in keeping with the D.C. Circuit Court’s previous decision. The CDC’s eviction moratorium and the legal confusion it has caused in the courts caused another group of…
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