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US Supreme Court struggles with Wisconsin drunken-driving law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a Wisconsin law that allows law-enforcement officials to draw blood without a warrant from suspected drunken drivers who have become unconscious.
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Read More »Former public defender to represent Wisconsin in oral arguments at SCOTUS (UPDATE)
Two University of Wisconsin Law School graduates will be arguing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court later this month.
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Read More »US Supreme Court rules against immigrants in detention case
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a group of immigrants in a case about the government's power to detain them after they've committed crimes but finished their sentences.
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Read More »High court to consider case about reach of clean-water law
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case about the reach of a federal clean-water law.
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Read More »Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg back at work
The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has returned to work at the building for the first time since undergoing surgery for lung cancer in late December.
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Read More »Oral arguments set for Wisconsin case before SCOTUS
A criminal appeal challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin's implied-consent statute will be argued in April before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Read More »Supreme Court returns to gun rights for 1st time in 9 years
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it will take up its first gun-rights case in nine years, a challenge to New York City's prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun outside the city limits.
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Read More »High court lets military adopt transgender restrictions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue.
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Read More »Supreme Court says Justice Ginsburg’s recovery is ‘on track’
The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recovery from cancer surgery is "on track" and no further treatment is required. But the 85-year-old justice will miss court arguments next week.
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Read More »Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for 1st time
The U.S. Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month.
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Read More »Court says Justice Ginsburg up and working after surgery
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is up and working as she recuperates from cancer surgery.
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Read More »Justice Ginsburg has surgery to remove cancerous growths
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery on Friday to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the Supreme Court said.
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Read More »Justices won’t hear states’ appeal over Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a possibly incendiary case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their attempts to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood.
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Read More »Supreme Court to hear Virginia GOP’s districting appeal
The Supreme Court will hear an appeal by Virginia Republicans who are trying to preserve state legislative districts that were struck down by a lower court for being racially discriminatory.
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Read More »SCOTUS rejects net neutrality appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has ended the court fight over repealed Obama-era "net neutrality" rules that required internet providers to treat all online traffic equally.
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Read More »Court limits insurer’s payout in massive wildfire
The state Supreme Court is limiting an insurance company's payout in a massive northwestern Wisconsin wildfire.
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Read More »Federal appeals court decision could reverse employees’ $10M arbitration award
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision Monday clarifying that disputes over the interpretation of class-action waivers in employment agreements must be decided by a district court – not an arbitrator.
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Read More »Trial date set for April in Wisconsin redistricting case
The trial date for a federal lawsuit challenging Republican-drawn legislative boundaries in Wisconsin has been set for April 2.
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Read More »MLB: League should get cut from casino wagers on sport
Major League Baseball and the casino industry are entrenched in their views on a league proposal to get a cut from wagers placed on the sport following the repeal of a federal ban on sports betting earlier this year.
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Read More »Politically charged census case heads to SCOTUS
Newly sworn in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh may face his first politically charged case after a federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to be deposed about putting a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
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Read More »Bitter fight over Kavanaugh shadows a conservative court
The moment conservatives have dreamed about for decades has arrived with Brett Kavanaugh joining the Supreme Court.
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Read More »Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh clears crucial Senate hurdle
The Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination past a big procedural hurdle Friday, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a spellbinding battle that's seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by the nominee threaten President Donald Trump's effort to tip the court rightward for decades.
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Read More »US Supreme Court could limit execution of people with dementia
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared willing Tuesday to extend protection from capital punishment to people with dementia who can't recall their crime or understand the circumstances of their execution.
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Read More »White House tells FBI it can talk to anyone about Kavanaugh
The White House has given the FBI clearance to interview anyone it wants to by Friday in its investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Read More »Kavanaugh faces crucial vote, White House eyes GOP senators
By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faced a crucial vote on Friday as a Senate panel decides whether to move his nomination on to the full Senate ...
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Read More »Schimel wants truth about Kavanaugh allegations quickly
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says the nation deserves the truth about sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Read More »Attorneys refile redistricting complaint, add voters
Attorneys seeking to invalidate Wisconsin's Republican-drawn legislative boundaries are getting ready to file new arguments after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider their lawsuit this past summer.
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Read More »SCOTUS scholars visiting Marquette Law School
Two legal scholars will be visiting Marquette University Law School to talk about the state of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Read More »Kavanaugh’s ties to disgraced mentor loom over confirmation
Seeking confirmation to a federal judgeship after years of Democratic opposition, Brett Kavanaugh turned to one of his most powerful mentors for a boost.
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