Supreme Court so far won’t stop bump stock ban
The Supreme Court is so far declining to stop the Trump administration from enforcing its ban on bump stock devices, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns.
Trump’s request to enforce his asylum ban rejected by Supreme Court
The court's order Friday leaves in place lower court rulings that blocked President Donald Trump's proclamation in November automatically denying asylum to people who enter the country from Mexico without going through official border crossings.
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Brooks and Marcus on what’s fueling the president’s ‘ramped up’ rhetoric
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post deputy editorial page editor Ruth Marcus join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump’s rhetoric on immigration policy and the federal judiciary, his denial of Saudi involvement…
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Why Chief Justice Roberts’ response to Trump matters
In a rare move, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts responded to President Trump’s recent criticism of a judge who ruled against his new asylum rules. Roberts countered that “the U.S. does not have Obama judges or Trump…
The pre-Thanksgiving dustup was the first time that Roberts, the Republican-appointed leader of the federal judiciary, has offered even a hint of criticism of Trump, who has several times blasted federal judges who have ruled against him.
The complaints deal with statements Kavanaugh made during his confirmation hearings.
The Supreme Court is ordering re-arguments in two cases involving immigrants or foreigners that will give new Justice Neil Gorsuch the tie-breaking vote.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that churches have the same right as other charitable groups to seek state money for new playground surfaces and other non-religious needs.
The justices ruled that Republicans who controlled the state legislature and governor's office in 2011 placed too many African-Americans in the two districts. The result was to weaken African-American voting strength elsewhere in North Carolina.
