Author: Julian Mark

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Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, a liberal and a conservative, are set to testify before a House subcommittee next Tuesday.

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The ruling is the latest blow to the LGBTQ+ community, which has faced repeated losses at the Supreme Court in recent years.

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The 6-3 decision clears the way for the Trump administration to resume allowing federal agents at the border to turn back asylum seekers before they enter.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday found that a Texas man could not be prosecuted under a federal law that prohibits regular users of controlled substances, such as marijuana, from possessing firearms.

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For two decades, Terry Pitchford has agued his conviction was not valid, pointing to what he says were racially biased selections of the jurors who heard the case.

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The justices’ action follows last week’s opinion weakening a central element of the Voting Rights Act.

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The court is considering President Donald Trump’s effort to end temporary protected status for Haitians. Justice Amy Coney Barrett has two adopted children from Haiti.

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The justices are considering whether police can use “geofence” warrants, which cover everyone who was in a certain place at a certain time.

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The Colorado schools say they’re being excluded from funding because of their denial of enrollment to children of LGBTQ parents, which the state deems discriminatory.