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Supreme Court justices, governors weigh how to ‘disagree better’ in a polarized U.S.
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor spoke to the nation’s governors Friday about how they disagree on cases of major import without resorting to the rancor that often marks modern politics.
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Justices Dissent After U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Vacate Racial Bias Death Sentence Case
Three justices dissented from a majority that declined to hear the appeal of a man sentenced to death with a juror who expressed racial bias.
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Justices Sotomayor and Barrett Call to Fix the U.S. Sentencing Commission and Resolve Federal Sentencing Discrepancies
Justices Sotomayor and Barrett criticized discrepancies between federal district courts’ sentencing in a statement on Monday.
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Supreme Court Declines to Block Texas Heartbeat Act in Blow to Abortion Access
The Supreme Court, in a narrow, late-night vote on Wednesday, rejected a request to block Texas’ restrictive new abortion law.
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Supreme Court Invokes First Amendment on California Charity Tax Filing Law
Tax-exempt nonprofit organizations gained protection against compelled disclosure of donor information when the Supreme Court ruled July 1 that a California law violated the First Amendment.