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1. SCOTUS Rules Cross Can Be Displayed on Public Land

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday threw out a lower court ruling that declared that a 34-foot (10 meters) Christian cross standing on public land in Pensacola, Florida violated the U.S. Constitution's ban ...

Created on 28 June 2019

2. SCOTUS Throws Out Ruling Against Christian Bakers

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling against the owners of an Oregon bakery who refused based on their Christian beliefs to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in another ...

Created on 17 June 2019

3. SCOTUS Upholds Trump's Travel Ba

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Donald Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency, upholding his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries and rejecting the argument that ...

Created on 26 June 2018

4. Busy High Court: Justices Throw Out Abortion Ruling on Pregnant, Illegal Immigrant Minor

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that let a pregnant illegal immigrant minor held in federal immigration custody to obtain an abortion last year at age 17 over the objections ...

Created on 04 June 2018

5. Colorado Baker Scores Huge Victory for Religious Rights at U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a narrow victory to a Christian baker from Colorado who refused for religious reasons to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. The justices, in a 7-2 decision, faulted ...

Created on 04 June 2018

6. High Court Paves Way for States to Legalize Sports Betting

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for states to legalize sports betting in a defeat for the major American sports leagues, endorsing New Jersey's bid to allow such wagering and striking down ...

Created on 14 May 2018

7. Supreme Court Rejects Trump Policy, Refuses to Hear DACA Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to President Donald Trump, requiring his administration to maintain protections he has sought to end for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally ...

Created on 26 February 2018

8. SCOTUS to Hear Key Religious Rights Case Involving Missouri Church

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a closely watched dispute over supplying taxpayer money to religious entities in which a church accuses Missouri of violating its religious rights by denying ...

Created on 19 April 2017

9. Meanwhile: Obama's Supreme Court Nominee Makes Histor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Merrick Garland hit an unwanted milestone on Tuesday as the federal appeals court judge's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court reached its 125th day with no Senate action, tying ...

Created on 20 July 2016

10. Supreme Court Throws Out Corruption Charges Against Regent Grad

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out Republican former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell's corruption convictions in a ruling that could hem in federal prosecutors as they go after bribery charges ...

Created on 27 June 2016

11. SCOTUS Split 4-4 Over Obama Immigration Plan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Barack Obama a harsh defeat, splitting 4-4 over his plan to spare millions of immigrants in the country illegally from deportation and give them work ...

Created on 23 June 2016

12. Scalia's Absence on Supreme Court Already Harming Conservative

The shorthanded U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a conservative legal attack on a vital source of funds for organized labor, splitting 4-4 in a challenge that had appeared to be on the path to victory ...

Created on 29 March 2016

13. Massive Abortion Case Rests in the Hands of a Wavering Kennedy

A closely divided Supreme Court struggled with its biggest abortion case in years on Wednesday, with pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy voicing concerns about a restrictive Texas law yet stopping short of ...

Created on 03 March 2016

14. Texas Abortion Law to Be First Major Test of 8-Member Supreme Court

The Supreme Court was set to hear its first abortion rights case in nearly a decade on Wednesday as it weighs a Texas law that the state contends protects a woman's health but abortion providers assert ...

Created on 01 March 2016

15. It's Back to Work for a Short-Handed Supreme Cour

The U.S. Supreme Court resumed work on Monday for the first time since Antonin Scalia's death, with Chief Justice John Roberts paying tribute to the long-serving jurist before the remaining justices engaged ...

Created on 23 February 2016

16. Senate Judiciary Chair Won't Commit to Scalia Replacement Hearing

The Republican head of the Senate panel that weighs Supreme Court nominations said on Tuesday he will wait until President Barack Obama names his pick to fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia's ...

Created on 17 February 2016

17. Supreme Court Cites This in Abortion Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court, which is due to hear arguments in March in an important abortion case from Texas, on Tuesday rejected a bid by Arkansas to revive a state law blocked by a lower court that had banned ...

Created on 19 January 2016

18. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arguments Over Obama Administration's Deportations Hal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear President Barack Obama's bid to resurrect his plan to shield more than 4 million illegal immigrants from deportation, a unilateral executive action he took ...

Created on 19 January 2016

19. What Americans Really Think About Abortion

Americans are split over abortion restrictions like those in a Texas law challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court, reflecting deep and longstanding divisions over the contentious issue, according to a ...

Created on 18 November 2015

20. SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Could Determine Law of the Land

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Friday to hear a challenge to tough abortion restrictions in Texas raises questions about the legal fate of similar laws in more than a dozen other states.  The court's ...

Created on 16 November 2015