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Supreme Court Gives Trump More Power Over Independent Agencies

The Supreme Court just signed off on President Trump’s firing of a member of the National Labor Relations Board despite laws against at-will dismissals, further cementing his power over independent agencies. On Monday, the high court decided not to review a ruling from the lower U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia allowing the firing of…

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Supreme Court takes up new case over race and school admissionsThe Supreme Court will hear a challenge to admissions policies at a suburban Maryland county’s competitive middle school, the justices announced Monday. It’s a key test of the court’s 2023 decision invalidating affirmative action in higher education admissions. That decision left open questions over what lengths school districts may still take to promote…

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Judge floats sanctions for DOJ lawyers after Trump's 'lunatic' post: 'I'm ordering you'A federal judge ordered Justice Department lawyers to sign a government filing, invoking the rule used to sanction attorneys, hours after President Donald Trump called her a “crazed lunatic.” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes made the demand Monday at a hearing in a lawsuit seeking to stop Trump’s overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links, a public course in…

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Could you soon make your own moonshine? SCOTUS takes up 160-year-old banThe Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the Reconstruction-era ban on distilling alcohol in private homes. Why it matters: Americans can legally brew beer or make wine at home, but making whiskey, vodka or other spirits can land them in federal prison. The Supreme Court could change that. Driving the booze: SCOTUS will review Department…

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Judge Rebukes Trump DOJ for Pushing Her to RecuseTrump Calls Judge ‘Crazed Lunatic’ Over the past week, the East Potomac Park case has morphed from another of President...

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I Faced Huge Hurdles to Get Veteran Benefits. The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Make Things Better.While stationed in Cold War–era Germany, Army infantryman Floyd Johnson experienced a training exercise that turned deadly.

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Supreme Court may strike down school policies that limit Asian studentsThe court agreed to hear an appeal from parents in Montgomery County, Md., who were upset by a sharp drop in Asian students at its four magnet schools for gifted students.

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Florida Republicans ask court to ban advertisement about DeSantis' charity scandalThe Republican Party of Florida is asking a judge to stop a Democratic ad about the Hope Florida scandal and is telling TV stations that airing it could be a crime, reported the Florida Trident. The party filed suit late Friday in Highlands County, seeking an emergency order without giving opponents notice. Defendants include the state Democratic Party ,…

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Mahmoud Khalil Appeals to Supreme Court to Halt DeportationMr. Khalil had recently graduated from Columbia when he was arrested by ICE agents and became the face of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

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Justices’ book deals disarm SCOTUS in music copyright caseThe justices’ penchant for off-the-bench writing left the Supreme Court without the ability to put pen to paper in a copyright dispute.

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