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A former actress who says Bill Cosby raped her decades ago is asking the nation's highest court to review her defamation case against the comedian. Kathrine McKee's attorneys appealed the dismissal of her lawsuit against Cosby to the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
A U.S. law requiring the deportation of immigrants convicted of certain crimes of violence is unconstitutionally vague, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday, in a decision that could hinder the Trump administration's ability to step up the removal of immigrants with criminal records. The court, in a 5-4 ruling in which President Donald Trump's conservative appointee Neil Gorsuch joined the four liberal justices, invalidated the provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act and sided with convicted California burglar James Garcia Dimaya, a legal immigrant from the Philippines.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will not hear former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appeal, marking the end of a decadelong legal road and virtually guaranteeing he will remain in prison until 2024 barring a presidential pardon or commutation. A Monday statement from Patti Blagojevich says she understands "the judiciary" is "no longer an option" for winning her 61-year-old husband's release.
The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced. The court's 5-4 decision - an unusual alignment in which new Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the four liberal justices - concerns a catchall provision of immigration law that defines what makes a crime violent.
The wife of former corrupt Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has reached out to President Trump for a pardon, after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to listen to the HISlast appeal. For more on the story here is Zachary Devita.
Millions of merchants could be affected by the Supreme Court's decision in a case that could force online retailers to collect sales taxes in states where they have no physical presence. The case pits South Dakota against three companies, Wayfair, Overstock and Newegg.
In this March 14, 2012, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media outside his home in Chicago as his wife, Patti, wipes away tears a day before he was to report to a prison after his conviction on corruption charges. On Monday, April 16, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal and let stand the convictions and 14-year prison term that Blagojevich is serving.
Bush has reportedly decided to stop seeking medical treatment for what's widely been described as her "failing health." The pain associated with losing a loved one, especially a person who has lived more than nine decades, can have a devastating effect on any set of family, friends and fans.
In this April 13, 2018, photo, packages from Internet retailers are delivered with the U.S. Mail in a apartment building mail room in Washington. Clicking "checkout" on an online purchase could cost more after a Supreme Court case being argued April 17. In this April 13, 2018, photo, packages from Internet retailers are delivered with the U.S. Mail in a apartment building mail room in Washington.
President Trump says he has the power to fire special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is leading the Russia investigation. President Trump says he has the power to fire special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is leading the Russia investigation.
The United States Senate returned to work last week. Time to talk about President Donald Trump's nominations again - especially those to the federal courts.
Nearly three years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, the city of Houston continues to battle for the rights of its gay workers. On Tuesday, a judge struck down Houston's attempts to defend its city benefits policy in federal court.
South Dakota has become what South Carolina once was - stubborn, pugnacious and wrong. In 1860, South Carolina became the first state to vote to secede.
If you went looking for a group of passionate changemakers on Friday night, they were probably at the United Nations. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg turned the fourth floor of the U.N. into a powerfully casual celebration for the 9th annual DVF Awards, complete with small chocolate dessert towers and white lounge couches in lieu of traditional seats.
The Supreme Court is at the heart of the United States of America's judicial system. Created in the Constitution of 1787 but obscured by the other branches of government during the first few decades of its history , the Court grew to become a co-equal branch in the early 19th century .
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington. In 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. ship's time and began sinking.
Wisconsin taxpayers footed a previously unknown $60,000 bill for an attorney to argue for 10 minutes before the U.S. Supreme Court in the state's defence of a redistricting lawsuit. A summary of bills that The Associated Press obtained through an open records request shows the law firm of Kirkland and Ellis was paid $60,000 to make the arguments.
Wendy Vitter, testifying Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee with her husband, former Sen. David Vitter, R-La., at right, said 'separate but equal' public education was immoral policy, but she would not say whether the Supreme Court was right to outlaw it. President Donald Trump has nominated her to be a U.S. District Court judge in New Orleans.
The United States Senate returns to work this week. Time to talk about President Donald Trump's nominations again - especially those to the federal courts.