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The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor. The justices are scrapping a 41-year-old decision that had allowed states to require that public employees pay some fees to unions that represent them, even if the workers choose not to join.
The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court for help in scaling back an earlier injunction in its fight against sanctuary cities . Solicitor General Noel Francisco asked the nation's highest court for a partial stay on an earlier court order that blocked the Trump administration's efforts to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities.
Justices of the US Supreme Court sit for their official group photo in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2017. Seated : Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the US John G. Roberts, Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and lawyer Paul Clement often find themselves on opposite sides of issues he argues and she helps decide at the high court. But at a recent event in Washington, Kagan and Clement agreed new administrations should be sparing in changing their predecessors' positions in pending Supreme Court cases.
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.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a surprise guest speaker Wednesday evening during services for the Jewish New Year in Washington, telling worshippers she believes being Jewish helped her empathize with other minority groups. Ginsburg spoke mostly about her Jewish faith, acknowledging that the Jewish justices who have served on the court have shared some similar views, which she linked to their Jewish heritage.
The Supreme Court on Thursday vacated lower courts' decision to denaturalize a U.S. citizen because she made a false statement to an immigration official, and remanded the case for further review. The Supreme Court on Thursday vacated lower courts' decision to denaturalize a U.S. citizen because she made a false statement to an immigration official, and remanded the case for further review.
The 84-year-old Supreme Court justice is about to join the ranks of workout superstars with a book about her exercise routine. "The RBG Workout: How She Stays Strong ... and You Can Too!" is scheduled to be released Oct. 3, which happens to be the first week the court is in session after its summer break.
The 84-year-old Supreme Court justice is about to join the ranks of workout superstars with a book about her exercise routine. "The RBG Workout: How She Stays Strong and You Can Too!" is scheduled to be released Oct. 3, which happens to be the first week the court is in session after its summer break.
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Millions of naturalized citizens could be at risk for providing false statements under the Justice Department's interpretation of a federal law, but the Supreme Court appeared dubious. Lose citizenship for fibbing? Supreme Court justices fume Millions of naturalized citizens could be at risk for providing false statements under the Justice Department's interpretation of a federal law, but the Supreme Court appeared dubious.
LESS THAN AN HOUR after Barack Obama was elected president for the first time, I was standing outside our former building at Broad and Callowhill streets and watched as hundreds of young people marched toward City Hall. They were black, brown and white, waving their cellphones, chanting and cheering Obama's victory.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan at the J. Byron McCormick Society for Law and Public Affairs lecture at the University of Arizona, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. less Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan at the J. Byron McCormick Society for Law and Public Affairs lecture at the University of Arizona, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, Tucson, Ariz.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, flanked by colleagues Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., has on occasion left his ideological mates on cases to join the other side to make a winning majority. The statement came from the president of the Ms.
In this undated photo made available by the Georgia Department of Corrections, shows Timothy Tyrone Foster. The Supreme Court has thrown out a death sentence handed to Foster because prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury that convicted Foster of killing a white woman.