Supreme Court turns down Trump donor Steve Wynn's bid to overturn libel precedent

The Supreme Court turned away a bid by top Republican donor and former casino magnate Steve Wynn to undermine legal protections for news companies facing defamation suits.

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Supreme Court declines Steve Wynn’s bid to loosen libel standard

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away casino mogul Steve Wynn’s bid for the court to consider overturning its 61-year-old precedent that has protected journalists from libel lawsuits. Wynn urged ...
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Supreme Court won't take up challenge to landmark defamation case

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case brought by casino mogul and Trump donor Steve Wynn that would have challenged a landmark decision.
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Trump’s claim to revoke Biden’s pardons is bunk

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A group of Republican-led states sought to block lawsuits brought by a group of Democratic-led states that seek to hold energy companies accountable for climate change.
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With mass rehirings ordered and a plea to the Supreme Court, Trump's court fights scale new heights

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North Dakota Senate rejects resolution asking Supreme Court to overturn gay marriage ruling

The North Dakota Senate rejected a measure that would have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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Steve Kornacki: Wisconsin Supreme Court race will test Democrat’s off-year turnout 'advantage'

NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki digs into battleground Wisconsin ahead of the state’s Supreme Court election.
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Steve Kornacki: Can Republicans build on Trump’s momentum in Wisconsin?

NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss Wisconsin's shifting electorate ahead of the state's Supreme Court election.
NBC News - Mar. 11
Trump brings birthright citizenship argument to Supreme Court

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for an emergency intervention Thursday limiting lower court rulings that are blocking President Trump's plans to restrict birthright citizenship. ...
The Hill - Mar. 13
Attorney General Pam Bondi says Supreme Court could get involved in Alien Enemies Act case

Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized judges who have struck down or paused portions of Trump’s agenda and said the Supreme Court will ultimately hear the Alien Enemies Act case.
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In Wisconsin's Supreme Court race, both sides take aim at the other's billionaire backers

The Wisconsin Supreme Court contest is shaping up to be a battle of billionaires, with each side in the race casting the other’s most prominent donors as boogeymen.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene on blocks to his birthright citizenship order

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to significantly narrow nationwide injunctions blocking his order redefining birthright citizenship in the U.S.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to block reinstatement of fired probationary employees

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a judge's order that 16,000 terminated federal probationary employees be reinstated.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in birthright citizenship cases

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to limit three lower court orders that blocked enforcement of his birthright citizenship executive order nationwide.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to pause reinstatement of some workers

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to pause a lower court decision requiring six agencies to reinstate more than 16,000 federal probationary workers.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to pause reinstatement of some workers

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to pause a lower court decision requiring six agencies to reinstate more than 16,000 federal probationary workers.
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Appeals panel appears skeptical of Trump administration’s independent agency firings

A federal appeals court panel raised skepticism Tuesday that President Trump’s firings of two independent agency leaders complied with Supreme Court precedent. Trump’s terminations of two ...
The Hill - Mar. 18
Trump asks Supreme Court to take up birthright citizenship plan

The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to limit the scope of lower court rulings against his executive order that would end automatic birthright citizenship. NBC News' Lawrence Hurley ...
NBC News - Mar. 13
Trump takes his plan to end birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to narrow nationwide injunctions that have blocked the president’s plan to end automatic birthright citizenship.
NBC News - Mar. 13
Trump endorses Schimel in high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race

President Trump became the highest profile politician to weigh in on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race late Friday, urging his supporters to back conservative candidate Brad Schimel. Trump in a late ...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in rehiring of federal workers

The Trump administration Monday asked the Supreme Court to block an order forcing the government to rehire thousands of workers fired as part of President Trump’s effort to drastically reduce the ...
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North Dakota Legislature close to asking Supreme Court to undo landmark gay marriage ruling

North Dakota lawmakers are on the verge of making their state the first to tell the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its decade-old ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
NBC News - Mar. 13
GOP group launches new ads seeking to turn out Trump voters for Schimel in Wisconsin race

A major Republican group is launching two new ads seeking to turn out Trump voters in an effort to elect conservative judicial candidate Brad Schimel in the high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court ...
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Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court

Trump administration lawyers asked the justices to limit the sweep of decisions by three lower courts that issued nationwide pauses on the policy.
The New York Times - Mar. 13
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates to debate about Trump, Musk and key issues

A closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court election takes center stage as Republican-backed Brad Schimel and Democratic-backed Susan Crawford are set to debate.
ABC News - Mar. 12
Brad Schimel, a Trump Loyalist, Aims to Flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court

Brad Schimel, a judge who is so supportive of the president that he dressed up as him for Halloween, is hoping to flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court for conservatives.
The New York Times - Mar. 13
Trump says Supreme Court justices 'get weak' in lambasting unfavorable coverage

President Trump on Friday lamented that Supreme Court Justices “can’t really fight back” and “get weak” in the face of unfavorable media coverage as he railed against what he framed as "horrible" ...
The Hill - Mar. 14
South Korean court overturns impeachment of Prime Minister

South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been reinstated as the acting president as the Constitutional Court overturned his impeachment
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Princeton professor says he does 'not expect' Trump 'to defy a direct order of the Supreme Court'

Princeton professor Robert P. George said Sunday he does “not expect” President Trump “to defy a direct order of the Supreme Court.” “I do not expect, as some people expect, President Trump, to ...
The Hill - 2d
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates spar on abortion law, Musk, Trump during debate

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford sparred over abortion law, as well as Elon Musk, during a debate.
ABC News - Mar. 13
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates spar over abortion rights and influence of Elon Musk and George Soros

In their only debate before next month's election, Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel traded barbs over mega-donors Soros and Musk and their involvement in the race.
NBC News - Mar. 13
Trump donor John Phelan confirmed as Navy Secretary

The Senate on Monday voted to confirm John Phelan, a private investment firm founder and a major Trump campaign donor, as the next Navy secretary. The Florida businessman, who has no prior military ...
The Hill - 1d
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Ruling on Rehiring Fired Workers

An administration lawyer complained about what she said was a trend of lower court judges exceeding their authority in halting government programs.
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South Korean court overturns impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo

South Korea's Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, but didn't rule on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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South Korean court overturns impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo

South Korea's Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, but didn't rule on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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Trump considers four bids to buy TikTok as deadline for deal looms

President Donald Trump is considering four bids to purchase the social media app TikTok. NBC News’ Steve Romo reports on who the potential buyers could be ahead of the pause on TikTok set to expire.
NBC News - Mar. 11
‘If Trump defies a Supreme Court order, will it matter to markets?’

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Top US Supreme Court justice rebukes Trump's call to impeach judge

Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement after Trump called for a judge that halted his deportations to be impeached.
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Trump, Roberts on collision course as lawsuits creep toward Supreme Court

Chief Justice John Roberts is on a collision course with Donald Trump as the president increasingly tests the limits of the judiciary’s role as the most prominent backstop to his administration’s ...
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