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A Writer Sees Leniency in the Supreme Court’s Approach to Public Corruption
A Georgetown law professor argues that five rulings by the justices in recent years have allowed behavior that is “sketchy as hell” and meant to make the judiciary look good by contrast.Top stories - The New York Times - October 21 -
Supreme Court won't hear challenge to Consumer Product Safety Commission
The dispute raised separation of powers concerns arising from the president's ability to remove members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.Top stories - CBS News - October 21 -
Supreme Court turns away challenge to consumer safety agency’s structure
The Supreme Court announced Monday it won’t take up a case that could have delivered another blow to federal agencies. Two conservative groups sought to challenge the structure of the Consumer ...Politics - The Hill - October 21 -
Supreme Court won’t revive Michael Cohen retaliation suit against Trump
The Supreme Court will not wade into Michael Cohen’s long-waged war against former President Trump, declining Monday to revive his lawsuit seeking damages for retaliation during his prison ...Politics - The Hill - October 21 -
Supreme Court won’t revive Cohen's Trump lawsuit claiming retaliatory imprisonment
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing that Cohen said was retaliation for writing a tell-all ...Top stories - ABC News - October 21 -
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Job Protections at U.S. Consumer Watchdog
The conservative court declined to take a case that could have led to the weakening of limits on a president’s power to fire some federal agency leaders.Business - Inc. - October 22 -
Georgia Supreme Court won't step in to reinstate controversial election rules
The rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board included one that would require ballots be hand-counted.Top stories - CBS News - October 22 -
RFK Jr. asks Supreme Court to take him off Wisconsin’s ballot
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Supreme Court for an injunction taking him off Wisconsin’s presidential ballot in an emergency request docketed Wednesday. Since suspending his independent ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Virginia asks Supreme Court to greenlight 1,600 voter roll removals
Virginia asked the Supreme Court on Monday to greenlight the removals of more than 1,600 people from the state’s voter rolls. State officials say the individuals are noncitizens, but the Justice ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
Virginia seeks Supreme Court's intervention in challenge to voter roll purge
Exactly 90 days before Election Day, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a systematic program to remove from voter rolls people unable to verify their citizenship to the DMV.Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago -
Nevada Supreme Court rejects GOP mail ballot challenge
Nevada’s Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision Monday allowing mail ballots to be counted if they arrive without a postmark up to three days after the Nov. 5 election. A majority of the ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
RNC asks Supreme Court to intervene in Pennsylvania mail ballot case
The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the Supreme Court on Monday for an emergency order that would prevent Pennsylvanians whose mail ballots are rejected for technical reasons from having ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge voter rolls ahead of the election
The Supreme Court allowed Republican officials in Virginia to revive a plan aimed to removing noncitizen voters from the rolls ahead of next week’s election.Top stories - NBC News - 3 days ago -
Supreme Court reinstates Youngkin’s voter purge order in Virginia
Virginia can cancel more than 1,600 voter registrations the state claims are held by noncitizens in advance of next week’s election, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The emergency decision marks ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
How the Supreme Court has ruled on 2024 election-related cases
A majority of Supreme Court justices ruled to allow Virginia to proceed with removing roughly 1,600 alleged noncitizens from its voter rolls. This comes just days before the Nov. 5 election and as ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations
The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing Virginia to leave in place its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who aren't U.S. citizens from votingTop stories - ABC News - 2 days ago -
What to know about the Supreme Court's voter decision before Election Day
The Supreme Court decided to let Virginia remove around 1,600 alleged noncitizens from its voter registration rolls less than a week before Election Day. CBS News Supreme Court and legal producer ...Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
8 Supreme Court Justices in Mexico to Resign Ahead of Contentious Election
All but three of the country’s Supreme Court justices announced they would quit rather than partake in the controversial elections mandated by a judicial overhaul.World - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Supreme Court won't block counting of certain provisional ballots in Pennsylvania
The order means that election officials must tally provisional ballots submitted on Election Day by voters who returned defective mail ballots.Top stories - CBS News - 20 hours ago -
Supreme Court rejects RNC bid to stop provisional option for some Pennsylvanians
The Supreme Court on Friday said it won’t block Pennsylvanians whose mail votes are voided for technical reasons from voting provisionally at their polling place on Election Day, rejecting a ...Politics - The Hill - 20 hours ago -
Mexico Supreme Court Justice Seeks to Ease Political Tensions, but Obstacles Persist
A lone voice on Mexico’s Supreme Court has proposed a way to ease the political tensions that have arisen over a judicial overhaul. But big obstacles could prevent any deal.World - The New York Times - 10 hours ago -
If the election is in dispute, expect the worst from the pro-GOP Supreme Court
Last term, the Roberts Court decided five landmark cases all in ways that seemed aimed at helping Trump and the GOP win the election.Politics - The Hill - 4 hours ago -
Harris to Court Moderates With a Onetime Right-Wing Provocateur
Charlie Sykes, the anti-Trump conservative commentator joining the vice president in Wisconsin on Monday, in the past amplified false claims of voter fraud and referred to Michelle Obama as “Mooch.”Top stories - The New York Times - October 19 -
Why is the price of gold so high right now?
Gold has offered some of the biggest returns recently, but why is the price climbing? Here's what you should know.Top stories - CBS News - October 25 -
Western envoys concerned about arrests and disappearances as Kenya takes UN rights council seat
Western envoys in Kenya have raised concerns over reports of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances and urged for swift investigations as the country takes up its seat in the United Nations ...World - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Harris stresses abortion rights and early voting in packed Atlanta rally
Thousands of supporters, including Usher, rally in battleground Georgia, as campaign focuses on early votes. Kamala Harris highlighted the threat to women’s reproductive rights and Donald Trump’s ...World - The Guardian - October 20 -
Abortion Rights Issue Surfaces in Canada Before U.S. Election
The Canadian government proposed legislation this week to crack down on anti-abortion organizations that provide “dishonest counseling” to pregnant women.World - The New York Times - 9 hours ago -
Tennessee court rules doctors who provide emergency abortions can't be disciplined
Three judges in Tennessee issued an injunction that temporarily protects doctors in the state from being disciplined for performing medically necessary abortions. The temporary injunction was ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
Democrats urge appeals court to uphold hospitals' emergency abortion care
Nearly every House and Senate Democrat is calling on a federal appeals court to affirm that hospitals participating in Medicare must provide emergency abortion care to patients when necessary. In ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Michelle Obama makes fiery abortion pitch as Trump courts Muslim vote
In an impassioned speech, Michelle Obama said the election was "too close" with 10 days left until election day.Top stories - BBC News - 6 days ago -
High-profile Democrats lean into guilt in pursuit of male voters on abortion
High-profile Democrats in the home stretch of the presidential race are laying down a guilt trip on male voters: Vote for Vice President Harris and abortion rights, or you are letting down your ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
Supreme Court to consider which courts can weigh challenges to some EPA actions
The Supreme Court will take up a series of cases to determine which federal courts can take on cases related to certain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions, it said Monday. The cases ...Politics - The Hill - October 21 -
France takes stake in Sanofi unit as part of €16bn sale to CD&R
Deal for consumer health arm faced political furore over ceding controlling stake to US private equity groupBusiness - Financial Times - October 21