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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, hospitalized after fracturing three ribs in fall at Supreme Court
Eighty-five-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractured three ribs in a fall in her office at the court and is in the hospital, the court said Thursday. The court's oldest justice fell Wednesday evening, the court said. She called Supreme Court police to take ...
Justices weigh whether to overturn $315 million judgment against Sudan over USS Cole bombing
The Supreme Court debated Wednesday whether to overturn a nearly $315 million judgment against Sudan stemming from the bombing of the USS Cole. The question the justices are being asked to answer is where notice of the lawsuit against Sudan should have been mailed, to ...
Team Trump asks top court to fast-track DACA cases in bid to end program
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to fast-track cases on the president's decision to end a program that shields young immigrants from deportation. The administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up three cases about Trump's decision to end the Deferred ...
Justices skeptical of argument to overturn ban on mining radioactive uranium in Virginia
The Supreme Court seemed reluctant Monday to agree with companies seeking to overturn a decades-old Virginia ban on mining radioactive uranium. The justices heard arguments in a case brought by the owners of a massive uranium deposit in Virginia's Pittsylvania County, which borders North Carolina. ...
U.S. Supreme Court ends fight over Obama-era net neutrality rules by not taking up repeal bid
The legal fight over a 2016 lower court ruling upholding Obama-era net neutrality regulations aimed at ensuring a free and open internet — rules that have since been repealed by President Donald Trump's administration — came to a formal end on Monday, with the ...
Tammie Nakai lives under a vista of red-rock spires and purple sunrise sky that offers arguably some of the United States' most breathtaking views. But her home lacks what most of the country considers basic necessities: electric lines and running water. "It's been that way ...
U.S. Supreme Court split on Google privacy settlement in class action suits
U.S. Supreme Court justices, in an internet privacy case involving Google, disagreed on Wednesday over whether to rein in a form of settlement in class action lawsuits that awards money to charities and other third parties instead of to people affected by the alleged ...
Efforts by American Indian tribes in North Dakota to provide free identification with street addresses to thousands of members in advance of next Tuesday's election are cutting into the number of Native Americans who could potentially be turned away at the polls for lack ...
GOP senator seeks criminal probe of woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault
U.S. Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley on Thursday sought a federal probe of Julie Swetnick, who accused Brett Kavanaugh of aggressive sexual behavior before his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, and also her lawyer, Michael Avenatti. Grassley referred them to the Justice Department for ...
Sandra Day O'Connor announces early-stage Alzheimer's diagnosis
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday in a frank and personal letter that she has been diagnosed with "the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease." The 88-year-old's letter was addressed to "Friends and fellow Americans." And it was ...
First female U.S. Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, 88, exits public life
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has stepped back from public life. For more than a decade after leaving the court in 2006, O'Connor kept up an active schedule: serving as a visiting federal appeals court judge, speaking on issues she ...
Trump camp threatens to turn to top court if ruling to ditch DACA isn't forthcoming soon
The Trump administration said it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene if a federal appeals court does not rule soon on the administration's decision to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. The U.S. Department of Justice wants the 9th ...
