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Analysis: How an Uber employee's #MeToo story could shape an employee rights case at the Supreme Court

By Marcia Coyle

Employees, usually as a condition of employment, sign employment contracts containing arbitration agreements. The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether they violate federal labor laws.

In blow to GOP, Supreme Court won't block Pennsylvania redistricting

By Mark Scolforo and Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let a court-ordered redrawing of congressional districts in Pennsylvania proceed, denying a plea from Republicans legislative leaders to block it.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who skipped Trump's speech, bemoans partisan atmosphere in Washington

By Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press

One of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's great fears is that the federal judiciary will start to be seen as just another political branch of government divided along partisan lines like Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court justice said Tuesday.

Justice Ginsburg, nearing 85, signals she won't retire soon

By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

This year marks the 25th anniversary of her nomination by President Bill Clinton and her confirmation as the second woman on the court.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's #MeToo moment

By Molly Finnegan

"Every woman of my vintage knows what sexual harassment is, though we didn't have a name for it," Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience at the Sundance Film Festival.

Supreme Court to rule on Trump travel ban

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The issue pits an administration that considers the restrictions necessary for Americans' security against challengers who claim it is illegally aimed at Muslims and stems from Trump's campaign call for a "complete shutdown of Muslims" entering the U.S.

North Carolina Republicans don't have to redraw maps by next week, Supreme Court rules

By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court has delayed a lower-court order that would have forced North Carolina Republican lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts by next week because of excessive partisan bias in current lines.

Supreme Court to hear appeal over Texas redistricting

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear Texas' appeal to preserve congressional and legislative districts that a lower court struck down as racially discriminatory.

Why Ohio's way of purging voter rolls is at the Supreme Court

By PBS News Hour

A case challenging the removal of hundreds of thousands of people from voter rolls in Ohio went to the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Special correspondent Karen Kasler of Ohio Public Radio reports what's at stake in the Buckeye State, and…

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Justices won't step into legal fight over gay rights in Mississippi

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in a legal fight over a Mississippi law that lets government workers and private business people cite their own religious beliefs to deny services to LGBT people.