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U.S. Supreme Court

Jun 19, 2018

High court decision extends legal battle over gerrymandering

Democrats hoped a Wisconsin case would be the vehicle the U.S. Supreme Court would use to strike down the highly partisan gerrymandering of electoral maps.

Jun 18, 2018

US justices: No definitive ruling on partisan districts

The U.S. Supreme Court is resolving partisan redistricting cases from Wisconsin and Maryland without ruling on the broader issue of whether electoral maps can give an unfair advantage to a political party.

Jun 14, 2018

SCOTUS strikes down voter clothing law

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Minnesota law that barred voters in the state from wearing a wide range of political hats, T-shirts and pins to the polls.

Jun 12, 2018

SCOTUS OKs state law invalidating life insurance beneficiary upon divorce

The Supreme Court is siding with a man's children over his ex-wife in a dispute about who should get more than $180,000 in life insurance proceeds.

May 21, 2018

View from around the state: Court ruling likely to alter spectator sports

The Supreme Court voted last week to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. Sports gambling is not now legal nationwide, but the ruling allows states to pass their own laws to make it so.

May 21, 2018

SCOTUS to weigh in on plea to reinstate death sentence for American Indian

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Oklahoma's plea to reinstate the murder conviction and death sentence of an American Indian.

May 21, 2018

US high court: Class-action waivers enforceable in employment agreements

The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a decision finding that employment agreements may contain clauses that prevent employees from banding together to sue their employer.

Apr 25, 2018

Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court

President Donald Trump appears likely to win his travel ban case at the Supreme Court.

Apr 23, 2018

Supreme Court wrestles with administrative-law judge case

The Supreme Court wrestled on Monday with a case brought by a former financial planner known for his "Buckets of Money" strategy, who is challenging the appointment of the administrative-law judge who ruled against him.

Apr 17, 2018

US Supreme Court hearing case about online sales tax collection

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet.

Mar 28, 2018

Justices struggle with partisan redistricting case again (UPDATE)

Dealing with questions that could affect elections across the country, U.S. Supreme Court justices wrestled on Wednesday with how far states may go to draw up electoral districts that give the majority party a huge political advantage.

Mar 26, 2018

Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court

The U.S. Supreme Court has already heard a major case about political line-drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics. Now, before even deciding that one, the court is taking up another similar case.

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