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Oct 3, 2017

Kennedy key to Supreme Court outcome on partisan maps (UPDATE)

A seemingly divided U.S. Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether to strike down a Wisconsin redistricting plan because it is too partisan, in a case that could affect elections across the country.

Oct 2, 2017

US Supreme Court opens pivotal term with Trump nominee in place

Disputes over a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and partisan electoral maps top the Supreme Court's agenda in the first full term of the Trump presidency.

Sep 28, 2017

Decision on class-action waiver cases has Epic stakes

The U.S. Supreme Court will kick of its new term in October with oral arguments in a trio of cases that promise to settle questions over whether employees can be forced to sign away their right to band together to sue their employers.

Sep 28, 2017

Is partisan gerrymandering illegal? The Supreme Court will decide

One of the first cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this term could make a huge difference in how legislative and congressional districts are drawn.

Sep 27, 2017

Big stakes in high court fight over partisan political maps

Democrats and Republicans are poised for a Supreme Court fight about political line-drawing that could change the balance of power in a country starkly divided between the two parties.

Aug 17, 2017

US Supreme Court decides critical question for eminent-domain cases

The property is idyllic. It consists of two parcels in a cove on the St. Croix River along the Wisconsin-Minnesota border where the river widens and flattens to form Lake St. Croix.

Jul 20, 2017

GOP moves to relax property regulations

Republican legislators have introduced a pair of bills that would relax private-property regulations and bar local governments from imposing special highway weight limits on vehicles used for propane shipments.

Jul 18, 2017

US Supreme Court abolishes ban on offensive trademarks

The clause was ultimately found to violate First Amendment free-speech rights. The decision is already making itself felt.

Jun 23, 2017

US justices side with government in property rights case (UPDATE)

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a Wisconsin family in a property-rights case, thus making it easier for government officials to restrict development in environmentally vulnerable places.

Jun 19, 2017

Top court to hear case that could reshape US political map

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a momentous fight over parties manipulating electoral districts to gain partisan advantage in a case that could affect the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans across the United States.

Jun 7, 2017

Voters ask US Supreme Court not to stall new Wisconsin maps

Voters suing to overturn Wisconsin's Republican-drawn legislative districts want the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the state's request to delay a lower-court decision ordering lawmakers to set new maps by next year's elections.

May 26, 2017

The truth about originalism

President Donald Trump has managed to seat a new justice on the U.S. Supreme Court's bench — Neil Gorsuch, formerly a judge in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In doing so, the president once again drew attention to the doctrine which “conservatives” have historically preached from whatever hilltop perch they could find, using words which former D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Robert Bork[...]

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