Supreme Court

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Ayana Byrd  Jun 5, 2018 5:25PM EDT

SCOTUS Dismisses Lower Court Decision That Allowed Immigrant Teen to Obtain Abortion

A broader challenge to the administration’s health care policy for detained, pregnant teens of undocumented status is still winding its way through the courts.
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Sameer Rao  May 23, 2018 4:39PM EDT

Indigenous Tribes Fight for Share of Sports Betting Profits

Tribes that run casinos stand to benefit from a Supreme Court ruling that lets states set their own commercial sports betting policies.
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Kenrya Rankin  Apr 25, 2018 5:43PM EDT

LISTEN: Trump Administration Makes Case to SCOTUS in Defense of 'Muslim Ban'

The Supreme Court heard arguments in the executive orders that sought to block people from several majority Muslim countries from entering the United States.
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Alfonso Serrano  Apr 18, 2018 11:58AM EDT

Supreme Court Restricts Deportation of Immigrants

Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch sides with liberal justices as SCOTUS strikes down federal provision that facilitated deportation of convicted immigrants.
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Kenrya Rankin  Apr 3, 2018 12:57PM EDT

Supreme Court Says Officer Was Justified in Excessive Force Case

Justice Sotomayor, in her dissenting opinion: “It tells officers that they can shoot first and think later, and it tells the public that palpably unreason­ able conduct will go unpunished.”
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Ayana Byrd  Mar 19, 2018 11:32AM EDT

What The Latest Reproductive Rights Case Before the Supreme Court Means For Women

NIFLA v. Becarra has the potential to radically alter what anti-abortion medical centers can tell women.
Kenrya Rankin  Mar 15, 2018 5:47PM EDT

75 Prosecutors, Judges and Law Enforcement Officers Petition Supreme Court to Dismiss 241-Year Sentence for Teenage Boy

Judge Evelyn Baker, who sentenced Black teenager Bobby Bostic back in 1997: “I deeply regret what I did.”
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Alfonso Serrano  Feb 26, 2018 10:38AM EST

Supreme Court Rejects Trump Plea, Allows DACA to Continue

The refusal to review a federal judge’s order leaves protections in place for young immigrants.
Protesters hold banner that reads, "Take on hate. It's still happening. It's still wrong."
Kenrya Rankin  Dec 5, 2017 2:28PM EST

SCOTUS Lets Trump's 'Muslim Ban' Go Into Effect

“This is how hate gets normalized.”
Latina woman speaks at a rally in front of the Supreme Court with a sign that says "Open to All"
Miriam Zoila Pérez  Dec 5, 2017 9:45AM EST

What You Need to Know About the LGBTQ Discrimination Case Currently Before the Supreme Court

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission addresses the question of whether a creative business can refuse to serve LGBTQ customers on religious grounds.
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Kenrya Rankin  Jul 19, 2017 2:45PM EDT

SCOTUS Expands Definition of 'Bona Fide' Family Relationships Under Travel Ban

The court just ruled that the federal government must extend travel privileges to a larger set of foreign nationals.
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Kenrya Rankin  Jun 26, 2017 12:25PM EDT

SCOTUS Approves Trump's 'Muslim Ban'

The highest court in the land makes an exception for people with “a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.”
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Kenrya Rankin  Jun 19, 2017 5:00PM EDT

SCOTUS Rules That Government Can't Censor Offensive Trademarks

Even if they disparage an ethnicity or race.
Kenrya Rankin  May 22, 2017 3:00PM EDT

Clarence Thomas Joins SCOTUS Libs, Strikes Down Racist Gerrymandering

The court affirmed a lower court’s ruling that North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
Deepa Iyer  Apr 7, 2017 2:00PM EDT

After Changing the Rules of Engagement, Senate Republicans Vote Neil Gorsuch Onto the U.S. Supreme Court

Racial justice, women’s rights and LGBTQ organizations react to the confirmation of the 113th justice with alarm.
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Kenrya Rankin  Apr 6, 2017 9:55AM EDT

READ: Kamala Harris on Why She Opposes Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court Nomination

The California senator says: “He has repeatedly failed to show that he fully understands those important words—‘Equal Justice Under Law.’ For the highest court in the land, we should find someone who does.”
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Kenrya Rankin  Mar 22, 2017 11:43AM EDT

SCOTUS Hears Case on the Use of Force in Law Enforcement

County of Los Angeles v. Mendez asks: Should officers be held liable when they cause a situation that leads to the use of force?
Man sits at table behind placard that reads "Hon. Neil Gorsuch."
Kenrya Rankin  Mar 20, 2017 11:24AM EDT

WATCH: Day One of Senate Confirmation Hearing for SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch

Gorsuch is President Trump’s nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
White building with columns, pointed roof and steps and "EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW" engraved at top
Kenrya Rankin  Feb 22, 2017 2:52PM EST

SCOTUS Says Racially Biased Testimony Sentenced Black Man to Death

The Supreme Court just ruled that Duane Buck should have another chance to argue for his life.
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Colorlines Staff  Feb 1, 2017 1:31AM EST

SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch: Where He Stands on Civil Rights, Reproductive Justice, the Environment and More

Human Rights Campaign: “We cannot afford a justice who will roll back our rights, or who will be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump’s unconstitutional actions.”