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Long before President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency, addiction counselors were fighting in the trenches where it's tough to tell victory from defeat on any given day. Long before President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency, addiction counselors were fighting in the trenches where it's tough to tell victory from defeat on any given day.
"The Supreme Court appeared divided down the middle Tuesday over a Colorado baker's refusal to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, the latest test in the continuing legal battle between gay rights and religious expression. In one of the most animated oral arguments the high court has held, justices on both sides peppered four lawyers with questions to illustrate how their decision might affect other merchants, such as chefs and florists, and other minority groups, such as Catholics and African Americans.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a meeting of foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea littoral states in Moscow on December 05, 2017. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the US travel ban on travelers from six mainly Muslim countries in a tweet Monday.
Regarding two letters on the Sunday, Nov. 12, Opinion page ["Silence deafening after students take a knee"] and ["Spotsy football players' behavior should be addressed"]: Letter writers should be aware that the Spotsylvania County Public Schools' student code of conduct does not address students standing for the pledge or the anthem for good reason. In West Virginia State Board of Education v.
On a sharply divided Supreme Court, the justice in the middle seemed conflicted Tuesday in the court's high-stakes consideration of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in 2012. The court's fault lines were laid bare in a riveting argument that focused equally on baker Jack Phillips' right to refuse to put his artistic talents to use in support of something in which he disagrees and the Colorado couple's right to be treated like any other two people who wanted a cake to celebrate their marriage.
Douglas Chin says there's a lot at stake in the legal argument over the latest version of President Donald Trump's travel ban. He'll argue Hawaii's challenge to the travel ban before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, meeting Wednesday in Seattle.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the third version of the Trump administration's travel ban to go into effect while legal challenges against it continue. The decision was a victory for the administration after its mixed success before the court over the summer, when justices considered and eventually dismissed disputes over the second version.
The Supreme Court is taking up the highly anticipated case of the Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Tuesday's clash at the high court pits baker Jack Phillips' First Amendment claims of artistic freedom against the anti-discrimination arguments of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, and two men Phillips turned away in 2012.
An undocumented teen in Texas has already gotten her abortion, but the state continues to push back against the decision. Unaccompanied immigrant minor "Jane Doe," who was detained in a federally funded shelter in Texas, fought and succeeded in getting an abortion in October.
A new North Carolina law took effect Friday that is designed to hamstring the ability of judges to waive fines and fees for poor people. Critics say the law will mean jail time for more poor people who can't pay court costs that start at $179 for a seat belt violation and can easily surpass $1,000.
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a federal judge's order to turn over additional documents regarding the government's wind-down of a program protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. The Justice Department is asking the high court to stay the order by U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup of San Francisco and issue a writ of mandamus overturning his decision, the Washington Post , SCOTUSblog , BuzzFeed News and Politico report.
The Supreme Court won't take up a death penalty case from Alabama in which attorneys said African-American jurors were improperly excluded from the jury. The justices said Monday they would not take the case of Christopher Floyd.
This coming week, the Supreme Court has its last set of oral arguments before the end of the calendar year. The case sure to get most of the mainstream press attention is Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v.
A Colorado case is heading to the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 5, when Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, will argue that he has a right to refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple back in 2012. The case has been the subject of hot debate in this state, which first sided with the couple in 2014; so have most readers.
Why would Christian conservatives in good conscience go to the polls Dec. 12 and vote for Judge Roy Moore, despite the charges of sexual misconduct with teenagers leveled against him? Answer: That Alabama Senate race could determine whether Roe v. Wade is overturned.
On Monday, November 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC over whether inter partes review - an adversarial process used by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to analyze the validity of existing patents - violates the US Constitution.1 Although it is difficult to predict which way the Court will rule, the questions posed by each Justice in oral argument may signal the Justices' views on the issue of constitutionality of IPRs.
Yesterday, in addition to hearing oral argument regarding state court jurisdiction over '33 Act class actions , SCOTUS also heard oral argument in a second case, Somers v. Digital Realty Trust.
In this Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, photograph, Charlie Craig and David Mullins are shown in their home in Denver. The Colorado couple is at the core of a legal case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court for oral arguments on Tuesday, Dec. 5 in which Denver-area baker, Jack Phillips, cited his Christian faith in refusing to make a cake for the gay couple's wedding celebration in 2012.
"In more ways than one, Timothy Carpenter has been demonstrating the importance of smartphones in modern-day life. Seven years ago, he began organizing and committing a series of armed robberies of cellphone stores in Michigan and Ohio.