Trump drops opposition at Supreme Court to ban on treatments for trans teens
While it was once rare for an administration to change its position in cases before the high court, Trump did so in his first ...
Sotomayor criticizes presidential immunity case as putting the high court’s legitimacy on the line
In her first public comments since the start of Trump's second term, Justice Sotomayor said she believes the ruling puts the ...
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Rescuing Elena Kagan from "smears"
Some of the reactions to Elena Kagan’s ascent toward the Supreme Court reflect a shameful prejudice and an entrenched partisanship that say less about her qualifications than about the ...
Sotomayor hits presidential immunity decision in first public comments since new Trump admin
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday doubled down on her opposition to last summer’s presidential immunity ...
‘Ready, fire, aim’ approach yields MAGA applause, not results
The most consequential moves by Donald Trump since his return to the White House — his various attempts to dramatically increase presidential authority and circumvent 200-plus years of precedent ...
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Kagan explains Barak remarks
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said her admiration for a former Israeli chief justice was rooted in her Jewishness and admiration for Israel. She offered a similar explanation, if less ...
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Justices debate right to renew lawsuit after voluntary dismissal
Tuesday’s argument in Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services was brief and relaxed. The issue in the case is the standard for allowing a claimant to reopen a case that he voluntarily dismissed a few ...
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US Supreme Court is unabashedly liberal − in its writing style
Now, most of the justices use contractions. Arguing that creativity would be stifled in a copyright infringement case, Justice Elena Kagan insisted: “And there’s the rub. (Yes, that’s mostly ...