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POLITICO
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Neil Gorsuch
The Supreme Court Case Testing the Limits of Gorsuch’s Textualism
POLITICO - By RICHARD PRIMUS
If the justice rules against LGBTQ protections, he’ll be admitting that, deep down, he knows his judicial philosophy is deeply flawed. Richard Primus is the Theodore J. St. Antoine Professor of Law at
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Reuters
Caribbean
U.S. Supreme Court justices skeptical about voiding Puerto Rico...
Reuters - Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled reluctance to overturn appointments to Puerto Rico’s federally created financial oversight board in a dispute that could disrupt panel’s
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Quartz
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Finance
Puerto Rico's future is in the hands of the US Supreme Court
Quartz - Ephrat Livni
Today, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case that will affect the financial future of more than 3 million Puerto Ricans, international investors, and bond markets. The matter stems a
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Idaho
Court grants Idaho transgender inmate presurgical procedures
kmvt.com - KBOI/CBS 2
BOISE, Idaho (CBS 2) — A recent court order could make an Idaho transgender inmate the first in the country to receive a gender confirmation …
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ABC News
LGBTQ+
AP analysis: Most states lack laws protecting LGBT workers
ABC News - The Associated Press
Rumors started circulating around the fire station in Byron, Georgia, within a year after the medical treatments began. The fire chief's once-crewcut …
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Fox News
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Politics
Liberals push 2020 Dems to release Supreme Court shortlist
Fox News
A progressive group has released a shortlist of 32 potential Supreme Court nominees in an effort to convince 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to do the same, copying a tactic that helped President
2 hours ago
U.S. Politics
Puerto Rico’s future is now in the hands of the US Supreme Court
yahoo.com - Ephrat Livni
A Puerto Rican union accuses the federal government of violating the US Constitution in its appointment of a financial management board with vast …
10 hours ago
Bloomberg Law
Law
Islam in Public School Challenge Rejected by Supreme Court
Bloomberg Law - news.bloomberglaw.com
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected what could have been a contentious high court showdown on the role of religion in public life. The justices turned …
5 hours ago
Law
Liberal Group, Shunning Big Law, Pitches 32 SCOTUS Shortlisters
law.com - Mike Scarcella
Demonstrations outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the day of arguments in the workplace discrimination cases involving gay workers, on Tuesday, …
5 hours ago
New York Post
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Donald Trump
Trump lawyers asks court to block DA's subpoena if case goes to Supreme Court
New York Post - By Emily Saul
Lawyers for President Trump are asking an appeals court to indefinitely bar the Manhattan D.A. from getting his tax returns and other financial …
2 hours ago
Associated Press
Income Tax
Pennsylvania expanding tax to more out-of-state corporations
Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will start collecting corporate income taxes from companies that don’t have offices, employees or property in the state, making it one of the last states to target companies.
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Conservative View
Supreme Court Wishlist For 2020 Democrats Is Practically A Campaign Ad For Mitch McConnell, Conservatives Say
dailycaller.com - Kevin Daley
Demand Justice, a left-wing judicial advocacy group, released a list of possible nominees for the high court Tuesday, the latest escalation of a …
4 hours ago
The Washington Times
California Supreme Court
Liberal group releases Supreme Court short list for next Democratic pr
The Washington Times - Alex Swoyer
A liberal advocacy group released a short list Tuesday of potential judicial nominees for the next Democratic president to use as a guide for …
9 hours ago
Bloomberg
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Politics
High Court Suggests Support for Puerto Rico Oversight Board
Bloomberg - Greg Stohr
U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested reluctance to throw out the work of the oversight board responsible for pulling Puerto Rico out of its record …
3 hours ago
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City drive-by shooter loses U.S. Supreme Court appeal
oklahoman.com - Staff Reports
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of Kendrick A. Simpson, who was convicted of killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 in …
7 hours ago
Fox News
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U.S. Politics
Kardashian sisters win trademark dispute at Supreme Court
Fox News - Bill Mears
The celebrity Kardashian sisters won a legal victory at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, after the justices rejected an appeal from a British company over the name of a now-defunct line of cosmetic products.
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U.S. Politics
Opening the Supreme Court’s New Term
iit.edu - C-K Editor
Last Monday, the Supreme Court began its 2019-2020 term. Early in its history, the Court typically had two annual sessions with various starting …
9 hours ago
U.S. Politics
Supreme Court rejects challenge to public school coursework on Islam
washingtonexaminer.com - Melissa Quinn
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed an appeal from a Christian former high school student who argued coursework on Islam at her Maryland school …
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Law
Originalism Currently Lacks Intellectual Integrity
abovethelaw.com - By Tyler Broker
At its moment of triumph, the judicial philosophy of Constitutional originalism has already become what it claims to oppose. Although the term …
5 hours ago
Bloomberg Law
U.S. Politics
Supreme Court Won’t Consider Multimillion Dollar Tax Dispute
Bloomberg Law - news.bloomberglaw.com
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t review a multimillion-dollar tax dispute over the purpose of a transaction. Keith A. Tucker, a certified public …
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ABC News
U.S. Politics
Supreme Court lets US stop work on $8B SC nuclear fuel plant
ABC News - The Associated Press
The federal government does not have to restart construction on a nuclear fuel facility in South Carolina that it abandoned after spending nearly $8 …
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Conservative View
Leftist Group Releases List of Raging Radicals for SCOTUS if a Democrat Beats Trump
townhall.com - Katie Pavlich
Ahead of the 2020 election, leftist organization Demand Justice has released a list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court should a Democrat win …
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Axios
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U.S. Politics
2020 Democrats pressured to release potential Supreme Court nominees
Axios - Jacob Knutson
Demand Justice, a liberal judicial group, will release a list of 32 suggested Supreme Court nominees for any future Democratic president in an …
8 hours ago
Bloomberg
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Opinion
Puerto Rico Needs More Than Debt Restructuring
Bloomberg - Editorial Board
Arriving in the midst of hurricane season, Puerto Rico’s new debt restructuring plan is a small ray of sunshine. But even if the proposal prevails in …
9 hours ago
Democrats
Advocacy Group Calls On Democratic Candidates to Share How They Would Remake Judiciary to Work for All Americans—Not Corporations
commondreams.org - www.commondreams.org
The advocacy group Demand Justice on Tuesday urged Democratic presidential candidates to apply the same focus on the future U.S. Supreme Court and …
9 hours ago
Outlook Magazine
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U.S. Politics
Judges'' vacancies in high courts on the rise: Law Ministry data
outlookindia.com
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) While the Supreme Court is working with its full sanctioned strength, vacancy of judges is on the rise in the 25 high courts …
3 hours ago
North Carolina
Lawmakers trying to remove new partisan gerrymandering case from state court
ncpolicywatch.org - pulse.ncpolicywatch.org
North Carolina Republican legislative defendants have asked for a federal court to remove a partisan gerrymandering case over the 2016 Congressional …
3 hours ago
Immigration
What We Know About DACA Renewals - Center for American Progress
americanprogress.org - By Nicole Prchal Svajlenka
When the Trump administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative in September 2017, hundreds of thousands of …
6 hours ago
North Carolina Politics
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harvardlawreview.org - Harvard Law Review Harvard Law Review
The role of the judiciary in partisan gerrymandering is a topic du jour. This past summer, in a dispute over North Carolina’s congressional maps, the …
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The Washington Post
California Supreme Court
Democratic presidential candidates come under pressure to release Supreme Court picks
The Washington Post
The slate of potential high court picks includes current and former members of Congress, top litigators battling the Trump administration’s initiatives in court, professors at the nation’s top law schools
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