The agency’s regulation would overrule state plans for ozone-producing gases crossing state lines. At the end of the current term, the Supreme Court temporarily paused the Environmental Protection…
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Supreme Court Upholds City Laws Prohibiting Encampments
The majority state that ordinances barring homeless encampments do not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.“ The Supreme Court has ruled that city ordinances barring camping on public property…
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Supreme Court Upholds Freedom of Speech
Justices ruled in favor of a Colorado web designer who challenged the state’s anti-discrimination law. The Supreme Court cited First Amendment protections of free speech in the decision…
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Elderly Homeowner
Justices ruled in the case of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Geraldine Tyler, who had a condo she…
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Supreme Court Agrees Deaf Student Can Seek Damages
Justices decide that IDEA Act does not preclude a lawsuit. The Supreme Court ruled this week that a deaf student could sue his school district for damages for…
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Supreme Court Justices Question Anti-Terrorism Act Case
Family of terrorist attack victim claims Twitter owes them damages. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh, a case similar to another filing…
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Supreme Court Rules Certain Gun Crimes Not “Crimes of Violence”
Opens the doors for defendants to challenge convictions and sentences. Among the decisions released Tuesday by the Supreme Court is one in favor of a Virginia man who…
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Transcript Revision Issued for Justice Gorsuch
Supreme Court record corrected from “hundreds of thousands” to “hundreds, thousands.” On Monday, after going over transcripts of the oral arguments for the National Federation of Independent Business…
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Supreme Court Rules on Transgender and Gay Employment Rights
Majority said that the Civil Rights Act protects people from employment discrimination. In a vote on Monday, in a consolidation of several cases involving gay and transgender people,…
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Supreme Court Issues Opinion on Unanimous Jury Requirements
Serious offenses will require full consensus from jury members. On Monday the Supreme Court issued their opinion in the case of Ramos v. Louisiana. Although the Court is…
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