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Nation Jan 07
Told their treehouse must go, owners appeal to Supreme CourtLocal authorities are fighting a Florida couple who constructed a treehouse on their property overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. But unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the treehouse must be torn down.
Politics Jan 01
Judiciary will review sexual misconduct policies“Events in recent months have illuminated the depth of the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace, and events in the past few weeks have made clear that the judicial branch is not immune,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in…
Nation Dec 16
Lawsuit says two immigrant teens in U.S. custody can’t get abortionsPresident Donald Trump's administration is blocking two pregnant teens in the country illegally and being held in federal custody from obtaining abortions, the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday.
Politics Dec 05
ACLU disputes suggestion of wrongdoing in abortion caseThe American Civil Liberties Union is pushing back against a claim by the Trump administration that ACLU attorneys acted improperly while helping an immigrant teenager held in federal custody obtain an abortion.
Nation Dec 04
Supreme Court takes up sports betting caseThe Supreme Court is taking up a case that could make sports betting widely available.
Nation Nov 03
Government says teen’s lawyers misled them in abortion caseWASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday accused lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of misleading the administration in the case of a pregnant immigrant teen who sought and obtained an abortion following a lawsuit.
Nation Oct 24
Federal court clears way for immigrant teen to get abortionThe ruling Tuesday by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overruled a decision by a three-judge panel of the court that at least temporarily blocked the teen from having the procedure.
Nation Oct 20
LISTEN: Appeals court temporarily blocks immigrant teen’s abortion accessA federal appeals court in D.C. has blocked an undocumented immigrant girl from getting an abortion for now. Hear the courtroom arguments, which took place earlier Friday.
Politics Sep 29
Groups say they’ll challenge Trump’s latest travel banThe American Civil Liberties Union says it's challenging the Trump administration's latest travel ban, the first legal action to be announced against the new ban.
Politics Sep 29
At high court and others, Trump reverses legal courseThe Trump administration is dealing with lawsuits that were in progress before the president took office — and asserting different positions than the Obama administration.