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3:20pm, 1st August, 2019

Maker of gun used in Sandy Hook massacre asks Supreme Court to block lawsuit

The maker of the assault-style rifle used in the 2012 mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, school asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a court ruling that allowed families of the victims to sue the company over its marketing pract...

Death penalty tensions flare again on divided U.S. Supreme Court

11:42am, 13th May, 2019

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Death penalty tensions flare again on divided U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court's internal divisions over the death penalty were on full display again on Monday in fresh wrangling over how the justices handled recent attempts by two convicted murderers in Alabama and Texas to put off their executions.

Contradicting Constitution, Trump vows Supreme Court fight over impeachment

11:20am, 24th April, 2019

Politics

Contradicting Constitution, Trump vows Supreme Court fight over impeachment

President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to fight all the way to the Supreme Court against any effort by congressional Democrats to impeach him, even though the U.S. Constitution gives Congress complete authority over the impeachment process.

Supreme Court poised to give Trump victory on census citizenship question

6:10pm, 23rd April, 2019

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Supreme Court poised to give Trump victory on census citizenship question

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday appeared poised to hand President Donald Trump a victory on his administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a move opponents call a Republican effort to d...

Trump on track for Supreme Court victory on census citizenship question

1:23pm, 23rd April, 2019

Politics

Trump on track for Supreme Court victory on census citizenship question

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday appeared poised to hand President Donald Trump a victory on his administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a move opponents call a Republican effort to d...

Supreme Court arguments underway on Trump census citizenship question

9:36am, 23rd April, 2019

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Supreme Court arguments underway on Trump census citizenship question

Closely watched arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court got underway on Tuesday on a bid by President Donald Trump's administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a plan opponents have called a Republican effort to deter immig...

Supreme Court hears dispute over Trump census citizenship question

6:01am, 23rd April, 2019

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Supreme Court hears dispute over Trump census citizenship question

The U.S. Supreme Court, in one of the most consequential cases of its current term, on Tuesday will hear the Trump administration's bid to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a plan opponents have called a Republican effort to scare i...

Supreme Court to decide if LGBT workers protected under sex discrimination law

9:19am, 22nd April, 2019

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Supreme Court to decide if LGBT workers protected under sex discrimination law

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether U.S. law banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sex protects gay and transgender workers, as the conservative-majority court waded into a fierce dispute involving a divisive social issue.

India's Supreme Court chief justice denies sexually harassing assistant

6:27am, 20th April, 2019

World

India's Supreme Court chief justice denies sexually harassing assistant

The chief justice of India's Supreme Court, Ranjan Gogoi, on Saturday denied allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances toward a junior court assistant who worked in an office at his home and that she was subsequently victimized.

F-words and T-shirts: U.S. Supreme Court weighs foul language trademarks

6:29am, 12th April, 2019

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F-words and T-shirts: U.S. Supreme Court weighs foul language trademarks

(Editor's note: contains language that some readers may find offensive, paragraphs 2, 13, 14, 16, 19, 22 and 23)

U.S. Supreme Court will allow execution, Alabama still delayed as death warrant expired at midnight

3:37am, 12th April, 2019

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U.S. Supreme Court will allow execution, Alabama still delayed as death warrant expired at midnight

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled early Friday that Alabama can proceed with the execution of a death row inmate whose lawyers argued that lethal injections had been botched in the past, causing a painful death and that execution by nitrogen hypoxia was a...

More U.S. states push ahead with near-bans on abortion for Supreme court challenge

9:39pm, 10th April, 2019

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More U.S. states push ahead with near-bans on abortion for Supreme court challenge

North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forceps and clamps to remove the fetus from the womb.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders against increasing number of Supreme Court justices

4:56pm, 1st April, 2019

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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders against increasing number of Supreme Court justices

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is against expanding the nine-member Supreme Court, a proposal some liberal activists have advocated to effectively reverse President Donald Trump's appointment of conservative judges.

Supreme Court rules against Missouri murderer in death penalty case

9:46am, 1st April, 2019

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Supreme Court rules against Missouri murderer in death penalty case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a Missouri murderer a chance to avoid execution by lethal injection after his lawyers argued that the procedure might inflict undue agony because of a rare medical condition in an unusual case concerning which...

U.S. Supreme Court turns away families of dead USS Cole sailors in Sudan suit

8:55am, 1st April, 2019

World

U.S. Supreme Court turns away families of dead USS Cole sailors in Sudan suit

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a bid by family members of 17 U.S. sailors killed in the 2000 al Qaeda bombing of the Navy destroyer USS Cole to collect some $35 million in damages from Sudan for its alleged role in the attack, six days after...

Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist adviser

11:02pm, 28th March, 2019

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Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist adviser

An inmate who was part of a murderous band of prison escapees dubbed the "Texas 7" won a reprieve from his death sentence on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state to allow a Buddhist spiritual adviser to accompany him to the execution...

Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist advisor

9:36pm, 28th March, 2019

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Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist advisor

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate on Thursday, ordering the state to grant his request to allow a Buddhist spiritual adviser to accompany to him to the death chamber.

Two California Supreme Court justices decry death penalty as 'dysfunctional'

8:53pm, 28th March, 2019

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Two California Supreme Court justices decry death penalty as 'dysfunctional'

Two members of California's highest court issued a scathing critique of capital punishment on Thursday, branding it an "expensive and dysfunctional system" that fails to deliver timely justice.

U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs bid to block Trump's gun 'bump stock' ban

3:09pm, 28th March, 2019

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U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs bid to block Trump's gun 'bump stock' ban

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed President Donald Trump a victory by rejecting for the second time in three days a bid by gun rights activists to block his new ban on "bump stock" attachments that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidl...

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Trump's gun 'bump stock' ban

11:47am, 28th March, 2019

Politics

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Trump's gun 'bump stock' ban

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request by gun rights activists to put on hold the Trump administration's ban on "bump stock" attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to be fired rapidly, a rare recent instance of gun control...

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Maker of gun used in Sandy Hook massacre asks Supreme Court to block lawsuit

Death penalty tensions flare again on divided U.S. Supreme Court

Contradicting Constitution, Trump vows Supreme Court fight over impeachment

Supreme Court poised to give Trump victory on census citizenship question

Trump on track for Supreme Court victory on census citizenship question

Supreme Court arguments underway on Trump census citizenship question

Supreme Court hears dispute over Trump census citizenship question

Supreme Court to decide if LGBT workers protected under sex discrimination law

India's Supreme Court chief justice denies sexually harassing assistant

F-words and T-shirts: U.S. Supreme Court weighs foul language trademarks

U.S. Supreme Court will allow execution, Alabama still delayed as death warrant expired at midnight

More U.S. states push ahead with near-bans on abortion for Supreme court challenge

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders against increasing number of Supreme Court justices

Supreme Court rules against Missouri murderer in death penalty case

U.S. Supreme Court turns away families of dead USS Cole sailors in Sudan suit

Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist adviser

Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist advisor

Two California Supreme Court justices decry death penalty as 'dysfunctional'

U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs bid to block Trump's gun 'bump stock' ban

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Trump's gun 'bump stock' ban

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