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A well-intentioned but overzealous state law barring registered sex offenders from using Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media - whether or not their crimes involved either children or the internet - is headed for the U.S. Supreme Court. Durham resident Lester Gerard Packingham appealed his 2012 conviction of maintaining a social media profile as a sex offender, arguing that the state law is unconstitutional.
On Nov. 4 the state of Alaska and other appellees formally requested the U.S. Supreme Court to review an opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upholding the designation of polar bear critical habitat by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
In the wake of the most contentious presidential race in recent history, some overwrought Americans are panicked and protesting, irate and horrified at what Donald Trump's election will mean for the future of this country. We should be thankful, however, that we live in a country blessed with a constitutional system of checks and balances, a system of carefully divided powers.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made clear her dislike for Donald Trump this summer when she called the presidential candidate a "faker" and said "he really has an ego." Ginsburg later apologized , but she may have been expressing her displeasure again on Wednesday when she appeared at the U.S. Supreme Court wearing her "dissent jabot," the National Law Journal reports.
The National Organization for Marriage, whose health has been so stunted in recent years that it has resorted to meddling in the marriage affairs of other countries like France , is feeling emboldened by Trump's win, calling it a "bright and exciting time" for the hate group. NOM's President Brian Brown presented the group's plan to remove LGBTQ rights across the nation in a blog post yesterday.
Within a few weeks of winning the White House, President-elect Donald Trump could face another group of U.S. citizens, a federal jury in California, courtesy of a lawsuit by former students of his now-defunct Trump University who claim they were defrauded by a series of real-estate seminars. A hearing in federal court in San Diego is set for Thursday, and the trial is scheduled to begin on Nov. 28, barring any delays or if Trump decides to settle the case.
Donald Trump will quickly begin to define his presidential legacy by nominating a new Supreme Court justice as one of his first acts in office. The high court has had a vacancy since the sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia in February , despite a strident effort by President Obama to replace the conservative with his own choice, Merrick Garland.
President-elect Donald Trump pumps his fist after giving his acceptance speech as his wife Melania Trump, right, and their son Barron Trump follow him during his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. A portrait of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is displayed during a Supreme Court Bar Memorial in his honor, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington.
The U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges in three states turned down requests by the Democrats on Monday to head off what party leaders say are plans by Donald Trump's supporters to harass and intimidate voters on Election Day. The Democrats asked for restraining orders to prevent what they characterized as ballot-box vigilantism by Trump's Republican presidential campaign and his friend Roger Stone's political organization, Stop the Steal.
The case of Richard and Mildred Loving , who were sent to prison in 1958 for the simple sin of being married, and their subsequent effort to keep their marriage alive despite every obstacle thrown in their way by the state of Virginia, has now finally been turned into a feature film. It comes nearly 50 years after their landmark case went to the United States Supreme Court and changed the laws of the land for everyone.
More than a dozen states have enacted tougher requirements for registering and voting since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act three years ago. That has led to confusion and claims that certain groups, mostly minorities who tend to vote with Democrats, are being disenfranchised.
No one expected this kind of election season, but one glimmer of light has emerged: Voters of both parties have come to challenge what they see as a rigged system that benefits wealthy and corporate elites. Much of that stems from the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates of corporate money and ultimately led to the creation of "super PACs" on both sides.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday reinstated an Arizona law that makes it a felony to collect early ballots, stepping into a contentious political issue days before the presidential election and dealing a blow to Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts. The unsigned order from the nation's highest court overturns an appeals court decision from a day earlier that blocked the new law and drew celebration from Democrats.
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Republicans and ordered a law in Arizona banning ballot collecting by third party groups can stand in Tuesday's election. Republicans in Arizona passed the ballot collection law, making it a felony punishable by up to a year in jail and a $150,000 fine for someone to turn in a ballot that is not their own.
Five Texas counties rank among the top 10 nationwide for closing the greatest percentage of their polling places since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a portion of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, according to a new report released less than a week before Election Day. According to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a civil rights advocacy group, since the high court found Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional - ruling that Texas and other states with history of racial discrimination no longer needed federal pre-clearance when changing election laws - Texas counties have closed at least 403 polling places.
It's one thing to pledge to oppose policies you disagree with, or to investigate wrongdoing. It's bad enough to vow to block U.S. Supreme Court nominees , which Republicans are also doing.
What happens if America wakes up on Nov. 9 to another undecided, hotly disputed presidential election? What if the outcome turns on the razor-thin margin in one or two states, one candidate seeking a recount, the other going to court? We know what happened in 2000, when the Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote effectively settled the election in As controversial as that decision was, it was made by a nine-justice court. This time around, there are only eight justices and the possibility of a tie vote.
The Rev. Joshua Nink, right, prays with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after a Jan. 31 service at First Christian Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
A correction's official says the planned execution of an Alabama inmate is being delayed by two hours while the U.S. Supreme Court reviews the man's appeal. Tommy Arthur, 74, was originally scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. CDT for the shooting death of a man in a 1982 murder-for-hire arrangement.
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is walking back from his promise to block any nominees Democrat Hillary Clinton would make to the U.S. Supreme Court if she's elected president. Burr told a private gathering of Republican supporters on Saturday that if re-elected to a third term he would do everything possible "to make sure that four years from now, we're still going to have an opening on the Supreme Court."