Washington Post – Politics:
The Supreme Court returns to an issue that has divided it before: the use of mifepristone and when to defer to the FDA’s authority.
Author: Robert Barnes
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Supreme Court refuses to reinstate West Virginia’s transgender athlete ban
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The 2021 law is being challenged by 12-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, who wants to remain on her middle school girl’s track team.
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His obsessive online posts terrorized her. But were they illegal threats?
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The Supreme Court hears a key free-speech case this month involving singer Coles Whalen, whose stalker was sent to prison.
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Supreme Court hears free-speech challenge to portion of immigration law
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A lower court said the law barring anyone from encouraging undocumented residents to stay was overly broad and could keep families, charities from helping.
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In case involving whiskey and a dog toy, Supreme Court misses the joke
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The company that recast Jack Daniel’s famous square bottle as a rubbery chew toy said the item is satirical and should be protected expression.
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Supreme Court asked to allow West Virginia’s transgender athlete ban
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The case involves a 12-year-old transgender girl who is taking puberty blockers and wants to stay on the girls’ track and cross-country teams at her middle school.
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Supreme Court asks for more briefs on important election-law case
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Request for additional information comes after North Carolina Supreme Court, newly controlled by Republicans, decides to rehear challenge of congressional map.
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On student loan forgiveness, conservative justices skeptical of Biden plan
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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona found authority to forgive student loan debt under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003.
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Supreme Court takes up challenge that threatens consumer watchdog agency
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The Biden administration asked the justices to examine a lower court ruling that declared the funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be unlawful.