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Why the Supreme Court could take up Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal over Epstein agreement
If the justices step in, it wouldn’t necessarily have anything to do with the validity of the trafficking charges against the ...
Supreme Court lets Trump’s ‘wrecking ball’ federal job cuts proceed while legal fight continues
SCOTUS allowed President Trump’s federal workforce cuts to proceed temporarily, pausing a lower court block while legal ...
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The Supreme Court 'kneecapped' the lower federal courts. Or did it?
The courts continue to be the only bulwark against an overreaching executive, writes Nancy Gertner, a former U.S. District ...
Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies
The justices announced they were not ruling on the legality of the specific downsizing plans but they allowed the Trump ...
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Federal employees urge Supreme Court to keep order in place preventing their firing
Three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission who were fired by President Donald Trump in May urged the Supreme ...
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William Kolbe column: The imperious Supreme Court flaunts its power
Former Chief Justice John Marshall’s quote, “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is,” is a cornerstone of the doctrine of judicial review, ...
From Asheville sit-ins to Supreme Court, see a timeline of James Ferguson's career
Here's a timeline of Ferguson's activism, drawn from Charlotte Observer archives, his biography on the Ferguson, Chambers & ...
Supreme Court weakens power to block President Trump's policies nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that federal district judges cannot issue nationwide injunctions blocking executive actions, handing a major procedural win to President Donald Trump and reshaping how ...