Jun 02 Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Maryland law was passed after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that killed 20 children and six adults. Continue reading
May 30 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip humanitarian parole of 500,000 people from 4 countries By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole protections in place for more than 500,000 migrants from four countries: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Continue reading
May 29 Supreme Court ruling scales back environmental law and backs Utah oil railroad expansion By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court has backed a multibillion-dollar oil railroad expansion in Utah in a ruling that scales back a key environmental law. Continue reading
May 27 Supreme Court rejects plea to block Arizona copper mine on land sacred to Apaches By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The group Apache Stronghold is vowing to carry on the fight against a massive copper mining project on land the Apaches hold sacred, after a Supreme Court decision that is expected to let the mine proceed. Continue reading
May 22 Supreme Court 4-4 vote ends Oklahoma’s taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would have been the nation’s first religious charter school. But… Continue reading
May 19 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip Temporary Protected Status from some Venezuelans By Associated Press The status allows people already in the United States to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife. Continue reading
May 16 Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume deporting Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The high court action is the latest in a string of judicial setbacks for the Trump administration’s effort to speed deportations of people in the country illegally. Continue reading
May 15 Watch 8:39 Supreme Court hears Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship and judicial constraints By Geoff Bennett, Shrai Popat The Supreme Court heard arguments in one of the most consequential cases of the year. It involves the ability for President Trump to carry out his executive order ending birthright citizenship and the power allowing a federal judge to issue… Continue watching
May 15 WATCH: ‘What do states do with a newborn?’ Kavanaugh quizzes Trump lawyer on birthright order By Dan Cooney Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked the Trump administration Thursday to explain the practical details of ending birthright citizenship for people born in the United States to parents who entered the country illegally. Continue reading
May 15 WATCH: Kagan says ‘there’s no way’ she’d bring birthright citizenship case to Supreme Court By Dan Cooney Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan told the U.S. solicitor general on Thursday that if she were in his shoes, “there’s no way I'd approach the Supreme Court with this case.”… Continue reading