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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Texas Death Row Inmate

Rodney Reed has been on death row for more than 25 years, wants crime scene evidence re-tested

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed who has sought to test crime-scene evidence that he says will help clear him. The justices left in place a ruling against Reed from the federal appeals court in New Orleans for the second...

SCOTUS Appears Likely to Limit Mail-in Voting

Conservative justices are skeptical of Mississippi law allowing counting of late-arriving ballots

(Newser) - The Supreme Court seems ready to toss out a Mississippi rule that lets mail ballots arrive after Election Day, a move that could ripple through elections nationwide. During arguments Monday, the court's six conservatives signaled strong doubts about the 2020 law, which permits counting ballots postmarked by Election Day...

If SCOTUS Nixes This, Midterms Could Get Chaotic

Supreme Court will hear arguments next week on grace periods for mail-in ballots

(Newser) - There will be just one Election Day for this fall's midterm elections—Nov. 3. But voters in 14 states who cast their votes by mail will be given a grace period ranging from a day later to several weeks in which their ballots can be received and counted. Whether...

24 States Challenge EPA's Rollback of Climate Finding

Massachusetts AG calls move a 'blatant' violation of the law

(Newser) - Two dozen states are asking a federal court to put the brakes on the Trump administration's attempt to gut climate regulation at its source. In a lawsuit filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Thursday, 24 Democrat-led states plus a dozen cities and counties...

Roberts Warns Against Personal Attacks on Judges

The hostility has 'got to stop,' he says days after Trump's latest broadside

(Newser) - Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts says personal attacks on America's judges are becoming dangerous. Speaking at Rice University on Tuesday, Roberts warned that criticism of judges has shifted from dissecting legal reasoning to targeting individuals, and that the trend carries real risks, NBC News reports. "The problem...

Trump Lashes Out at 'Inept,' 'Unjust' SCOTUS

'They are hurting our Country, and will continue to do so,' he says

(Newser) - President Trump is fuming at an institution that has done as much as anyone to keep his political future alive: the Supreme Court. In a series of Sunday night posts on Truth Social , the president blasted the top court as a "weaponized, and unjust Political Organization" and "completely...

India Nixes Menstrual Leave: 'No One Will Hire Women'

Judges warn mandatory policy could harm women's job prospects

(Newser) - India's Supreme Court just shut down a push for nationwide menstrual leave, warning it could backfire on the very women it's meant to help. A two-judge bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant rejected a petition seeking a law that would grant working women and female students monthly...

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Costco Just Got Sued Over Tariffs

Customer wants the company to pass along any refunds

(Newser) - Costco is getting sued by a customer who wants his money back over tariffs. Matthew Stockov of Illinois is seeking class-action status for the suit filed Wednesday in federal court, reports the Wall Street Journal . The lawsuit demands that Costco pass along to customers any refunds it might get from...

A Look at How Billionaires Are Quietly Swaying Elections

They contributed 19% of federal campaign cash in 2024, NYT analysis shows

(Newser) - America's billionaire class is pouring unprecedented sums into elections , reshaping races from small school boards to the US Senate, according to a New York Times analysis. Since the Supreme Court loosened campaign finance rules in 2010, ultrawealthy donors have become central power brokers in both federal and state politics,...

SCOTUS Justices Spar Publicly Over 'Shadow Docket'

Jackson criticizes conservative-backed 'shadow docket' as Kavanaugh defends emergency rulings

(Newser) - Supreme Court tensions over the court's fast-track handling of Trump-era disputes broke into the open Monday as high court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh publicly sparred over the so-called "shadow docket," NBC News reports. Speaking at a Washington event for lawyers and judges, Jackson sharply...

Hip-Hop Stars Urge Justices to Leave Lyrics Out of Case

Artists tell Supreme Court the words don't amount to a confession

(Newser) - Texas prosecutors didn't just play a defendant's rap lyrics for jurors—they handed over 40 handwritten pages, and the jury chose death over life in prison. That 2009 sentencing of James Broadnax, a Black man convicted of killing two white men during a 2008 robbery, is now before...

On Death Row Since 1990, Alabama Man to Get New Trial

State accused of intentionally rejecting Black jurors

(Newser) - One of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates could soon receive a new trial after the US Supreme Court rejected the state's appeal of a lower court's ruling that prosecutors violated his rights by intentionally rejecting potential Black jurors. The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review...

Supreme Court Deciding if Pot Users Can Own Guns

High court appears likely to loosen the federal law that says they can't

(Newser) - The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to loosen a federal law that bars marijuana users from owning guns in a case that crossed typical political lines , the AP reports. A majority of justices appeared to lean toward a narrow ruling in favor of a Texas man who argued he shouldn'...

Court Freezes California Rules on Transgender Students

Ruling lets lower court decision favoring parents who argued religious rights take effect

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted California's limits on when schools can tell parents that a student has identified as transgender. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the court allowed a lower-court ruling favoring parents who say the state policy conflicts with their religious beliefs to take...

Supreme Court Keeps GOP District for Midterms

Justices temporarily halt state court order for new lines on New York seat

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis' New York congressional district, halting a state judge's order that the lines be redrawn before the next election. In a brief order Monday, the court granted Malliotakis' emergency request to block a New York trial court ruling that found...

Trump Suggests Cruz for the Supreme Court

Texas senator previously said he was not interested in the role

(Newser) - President Trump floated a familiar name on Friday for a future Supreme Court seat during a Texas rally: Sen. Ted Cruz. Speaking at an event in Corpus Christi, Trump praised the Republican senator as "an amazing guy" and said he was thinking of nominating him for the high court,...

FedEx: We'll Give Customers Any Tariffs Refund We Get

Company is suing the US over the levies invalidated by the Supreme Court

(Newser) - Delivery company FedEx says it will return any tariff refund it might get to shippers and customers who paid them. The statement came after FedEx filed suit in the US Court of International Trade to request a refund on what it paid for tariffs set by President Trump under the...

Scads of Importers Step Right Up for Their Tariff Refunds

Companies are flooding the courts to reclaim billions, but they could be waiting awhile

(Newser) - Companies aren't just lining up for refunds, they're stampeding. After the Supreme Court last week invalidated much of President Trump's global tariffs regimen, at least 1,800 firms have sued to claw back duties paid, part of an estimated $130 billion collected in just 10 months. The...

SCOTUS Rules Unanimously Against Private Prison Firm

GEO Group denied quick appeal in lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work and paid only $1 a day in Colorado. The unanimous ruling is a procedural defeat for the GEO Group, but it's not a final decision, the AP reports....

Trump Shakes Hands With SCOTUS Justices

President hasn't been happy with John Roberts and others

(Newser) - One of the more closely watched bits of etiquette related to the State of the Union address took place before President Trump began speaking. As he entered the House chamber, Trump shook hands and exchanged greetings with the four members of the Supreme Court in attendance: Chief Justice John Roberts,...

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