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High court revives ex-student’s suit against Georgia college

High court revives ex-student’s suit against Georgia college Via AP News: The Supreme Court is reviving a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian literature on campus. The high court sided 8-1 with the student, Chike Uzuegbunam, and against Georgia Gwinnett College. Uzuegbunam has since graduated, and the public school in Lawrenceville, Georgia, has changed its policies. Lower courts said the […]

03/09/2021 2

U.S. Supreme Court Signals More Leeway For Voting Restrictions

U.S. Supreme Court Signals More Leeway For Voting Restrictions Via Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold two Republican-backed voting restrictions in Arizona in a case that could further hobble the Voting Rights Act, a landmark 1965 federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. During nearly two hours of oral arguments by teleconference the court’s conservative justices, who hold a 6-3 majority, asked questions indicating […]

03/02/2021 4

DOJ Changes Sides In SCOTUS Case Over Calif. Farm Access Rule

DOJ Changes Sides In SCOTUS Case Over Calif. Farm Access Rule Via Reuters: The U.S. Department of Justice has told the U.S. Supreme Court that it is no longer supporting a constitutional challenge by two California fruit farms to a longstanding state labor regulation granting unions access to private farmland for the purpose of organizing workers. Acting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, in a letter to the court on Friday, said […]

02/16/2021 8

Supreme Court Reinstates Restrictions On Abortion Pill

Supreme Court Reinstates Restrictions On Abortion Pill Via MSN: The Supreme Court on Tuesday night granted the Trump administration’s request to reinstate federal rules requiring people seeking medication abortions to obtain the pills in-person from a medical provider. The court’s 6-3 decision along ideological lines halted a lower court ruling that waived the Food and Drug Administration rules to allow abortion pills to be distributed by mail during the Covid-19 […]

01/12/2021 6

Supreme Court Rejects Fast Track For Trump Election Cases

Supreme Court Rejects Fast Track For Trump Election Cases Via AP News: The Supreme Court on Monday formally refused to put on a fast track election challenges filed by President Donald Trump and his allies. The court rejected pleas for quick consideration of cases involving the outcome in five states won by President-elect Joe Biden: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The orders, issued without comment, were unsurprising. The justices […]

01/12/2021 6

PA Republicans Request For High Court To Review Election-Related Lawsuit

PA Republicans Request For High Court To Review Election-Related Lawsuit Via Just The News: A group of Pennsylvania Republicans is calling for the nation's highest court to consider their election-related lawsuit pertaining to the state of Pennsylvania. The U.S. Supreme Court had already refused a request for injunctive relief related to the lawsuit, according to the Epoch Times. The outlet reported that Greg Teufel, a lawyer for the group involved in the suit, had indicated at that point that his […]

12/16/2020 3

U.S. Supreme Court Ends Trump-Backed Texas Bid To Upend Election Results

U.S. Supreme Court Ends Trump-Backed Texas Bid To Upend Election Results Via Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a long-shot lawsuit by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states, dealing him a likely fatal blow in his quest to undo his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden. The decision allows the U.S. Electoral College to press ahead with a […]

12/12/2020 10

Trump campaign, 16 Other States Join Texas Motion To Supreme Court

Trump campaign, 16 Other States Join Texas Motion To Supreme Court Via Just The News: The Trump campaign and seventeen states have now joined a motion filed in Texas asking the Supreme Court to delay the conclusion of the election in four key states based on concerns of potentially unconstitutional voting systems and procedures. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton late Monday asked the country’s highest court to invalidate the Nov. 3 election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania […]

12/10/2020 14

Lin Wood Says He Will File A Petition With SCOTUS in Georgia Election Case

Lin Wood Says He Will File A Petition With SCOTUS in Georgia Election Case Via Just The News: Following the rejection of an appeal in a case pertaining to the Georgia election, attorney Lin Wood has said that he will file a petition with the nation's highest court. “The stakes are high as the case deals with a disputed presidential election,” Wood told The Epoch Times via email. “I intend to timely file a petition with […]

12/07/2020 24

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