US Supreme Court scrutinizes South Carolina voting map deemed racially biased
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court was set on Wednesday to hear a bid by South
2023-10-11 18:28
Supreme Court to consider South Carolina GOP's 'bleaching' of Black voters out of Rep. Nancy Mace's district
The Supreme Court returns to the intersection of race and congressional representation Wednesday as the justices consider whether South Carolina illegally used race to redraw district lines for a House seat to benefit Republicans.
2023-10-11 18:16
Rwanda asylum system 'biased against genuine refugees' - UN
Lawyers for the United Nations' Refugee Agency issue a warning during a Supreme Court appeal hearing.
2023-10-11 01:53
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark libel ruling, though Clarence Thomas wants to reconsider the decision
The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, rebuffing a request to take another look at decades-old precedent that created a higher bar for public figures to claim libel in civil suits.
2023-10-10 22:54
US Supreme Court turns away challenge to media defamation protections
By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by a prominent former
2023-10-10 21:49
South Carolina Democrat's House bid runs through US Supreme Court
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON South Carolina Democrat Michael B. Moore, the great- great-grandson of a Black Civil War
2023-10-10 21:25
Texas judge is ignoring Supreme Court's order on ghost guns, Biden administration says
The Biden administration returned to the Supreme Court on Thursday asking the justices to once again allow the government to regulate so-called ghost guns, arguing that a lower court had essentially revoked an order the justices issued just two months ago.
2023-10-06 06:45
Russian journalist who protested on live television sentenced to 8.5 years in prison in absentia
Marina Ovsyannikova, a Russian journalist who staged a daring protest against the Ukraine war live on state-run television, has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in absentia by a Russian court.
2023-10-05 18:48
Supreme Court to consider whether Americans with Disabilities Act 'tester' can sue hotels for non-compliance with the law
The Supreme Court will consider the strength of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Wednesday when it hears a dispute over whether a self-appointed "tester" of the civil rights law has the right to sue hotels over alleged violations of its provisions.
2023-10-04 17:26
Trump's incendiary rhetoric comes to the courthouse
Former President Donald Trump spent the last two days in a Manhattan courtroom, listening intently to the civil trial where the fate of his business and his brand is at stake.
2023-10-04 06:51
Will the Supreme Court's conservatives bring out the 'bulldozer' on the consumer protection agency?
When the Supreme Court ruled against the federal agency that protects consumers from financial scams in 2020, it let the agency keep operating, opting for "a scalpel rather than a bulldozer in curing the constitutional defect."
2023-10-03 18:24
Federal appeals court approves injunction to block grant for Black women entrepreneurs
A U.S. federal appeals court has granted a conservative group's request to temporarily block a Black-owned venture capitalist firm from awarding grants exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs.
2023-10-03 16:46