Supreme Court appears divided over Louisiana map with second black-majority district
The Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts for the ...
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Alito and Gorsuch call for court to reconsider confrontation clause precedent
The Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause gives defendants in criminal cases the right to “be confronted with the witnesses ...
US Supreme Court wrestles with Louisiana electoral map with more Black-majority districts
The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral ...
Supreme Court weighs racial gerrymandering claim, protections for Black voting power
The case tests the balancing act states must strike in protecting the voting power of a racial minority while not discriminating against other voters.
Alito slams justices for applying ‘fundamentally unsound structure’ in 6th Amendment case
Justice Samuel Alito issued a detailed statement encouraging the Court to reconsider what exactly the Constitution's ...
The Supreme Court appears determined to blow up its one good Voting Rights Act decision
The Supreme Court sent a rather unfortunate message during Monday’s argument in a racial gerrymandering dispute called ...
Supreme Court Conservatives Question Race-Based Voting Lines
US Supreme Court conservatives questioned whether the Voting Rights Act can constitutionally be used to create majority-Black ...
Justices Consider Compliance With Judicial Opinions in Case of Louisiana Voting Map
"We're in the business of complying with federal court decisions," said Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga.
Supreme Court questions race’s role in redistricting in Louisiana map fight
The Supreme Court questioned Monday whether Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district went too ...
Supreme Court declines to hear Trump donor's challenge to press freedom precedent
Justices Thomas and Gorsuch previously questioned the Times v. Sullivan precedent, but they didn't do so on Monday.
Samuel Alito Wants to Reexamine a 20-Year-Old Supreme Court Decision
Justice Samuel Alito expressed interest in reconsidering a ruling issued by the Supreme Court over 20 years ago.
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SCOTUS denies Trump megadonor’s bid to challenge pillar of press freedom
Aiming to overturn the landmark libel standard set in New York Times v. Sullivan, Steve Wynn argued the Associated Press didn ...