All posts tagged "Supreme Court"
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DEMOCRACY
Supreme Court Blocks Rulings Requiring Texas To Redraw Congressional Districts
September 12, 2017The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order blocking a decision by the District Court for...
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JUSTICE
Judge Rules Grandparents Are Exempt From Trump Travel Ban; Sessions Vows Appeal
July 14, 2017U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson weakened the already water-downed revised version of President Trump’s travel ban...
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JUSTICE
Twitter Users Rip Supreme Court’s Limited Travel Ban Decision By Sharing Pics Of Their ‘Dangerous’ Grandparents
June 30, 2017Twitter users are sharing photos of their “dangerous” grandparents using the hashtag #GrandparentsNotTerrorists, after the Supreme...
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DEMOCRACY
Senate Dem: Gorsuch, Thomas And Alito Like ‘Horsemen Of The Apocalypse’ Waiting For A Fourth Justice To Join Them
June 26, 2017Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Monday called conservative Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito and...
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JUSTICE
Supreme Court Declines To Take Up Two Second Amendment Cases, A Major Victory For Gun Control Advocates
June 26, 2017The Supreme Court on Monday announced it would not hear two key cases surrounding the Second...
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JUSTICE
Supreme Court Agrees To Review Trump ‘Muslim’ Travel Ban, Reinstates Limited Version Of Ban
June 26, 2017The Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments on President Trump’s travel ban affecting citizens of...
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NEWS
Justice Anthony Kennedy Considering Retiring From Supreme Court: Reports
June 24, 2017Speculation has been swirling for months that 80-year-old Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, the man who...
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JUSTICE
SCOTUS: Gov’t Can’t Strip Naturalized Immigrants Of Their Citizenship For Minor, Irrelevant Falsehoods
June 22, 2017A naturalized immigrant can’t be stripped of their citizenship for making false statements during the naturalization...
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DEMOCRACY
Supreme Court Has Agreed To Rule On The Constitutionality Of Partisan Gerrymandering
June 19, 2017The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Wisconsin’s appeal of a lower court ruling that...
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JUSTICE
Trump Quietly Extends The Expiration Date Of His Blocked ‘Muslim’ Travel Ban Ahead Of Supreme Court Decision
June 14, 2017President Trump on Wednesday made changes to his revised travel ban in an effort prevent the...
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DEMOCRACY
NC Governor Calls Special Session To Redraw Unconstitutional, Racially Gerrymandered Districts
June 8, 2017North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) will call the Republican-led state legislature into special session in...
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Authoritarianism
Supreme Court Once Again Strikes Down Racially Gerrymandered NC Legislative Districts
June 5, 2017The Supreme Court upheld on Monday a lower court’s decision to throw out state legislative district...
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DEMOCRACY
Supreme Court Rules Against North Carolina In Racial Gerrymandering Case
May 22, 2017The Supreme Court ruled Monday that North Carolina illegally packed black voters into two voting districts....