Supreme Court - Page 675

June 26, 2017

Supreme Court decision shifts momentum in Trump travel ban case

After successive rulings by numerous federal courts against President Trump’s controversial travel ban, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered what Trump is touting as a clear victory – allowing most of the policy to be enforced and teeing up a high-stakes court battle for the fall in which the administration may have the upper hand.

June 26, 2017

Dershowitz: Supreme Court will likely uphold most of Trump travel ban

The Supreme Court’s decision to allow parts of the Trump travel ban to go forward now – even before hearing the arguments—strongly suggests that there are a majority of justices who will uphold the most important parts of the ban.

June 26, 2017

Supreme Court to decide if gay rights trump everyone else's rights

The Supreme Court has announced it will tackle a culture war powder keg.

June 26, 2017

Supreme Court Trinity Lutheran Church decision - saying 'no' to discrimination against religious groups

Government should not be able to unjustly discriminate against any religious organization or its members, period. The state of Missouri did just that. Thankfully, the Supreme Court on Monday emphatically affirmed religious freedom and rejected anti-religious discrimination in its 7-2 decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer.

June 26, 2017

Supreme Court punts on cross-border shooting case

The Supreme Court on Monday sent a case involving the cross-border shooting of a Mexican teenager back to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals -- leaving the question of whether the teen’s parents can sue the U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot him in the lower court’s hands.

June 26, 2017

Justices Thomas, Gorsuch blast court decision to reject gun rights appeal

Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch issued a scathing dissent Monday to a Supreme Court decision turning away yet another gun rights case.

June 26, 2017

Supreme Court rules for Missouri church in dispute over public funding access

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Missouri church that sued the state after being denied taxpayer funds for a playground project because of a provision that prohibits state funding for religious entities.

June 26, 2017

US Supreme Court declines to take up 2nd Amendment case: A look at the California law

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a California law restricting concealed carry permits.

June 26, 2017

Supreme Court to hear case of baker's refusal to make wedding cake for gay couple

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear the case of a suburban Denver baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple on faith-based grounds, in the latest religious freedom case to be considered before the highest court.

June 26, 2017

Conway on Justice Kennedy retirement: 'entirely his decision'

Conservative Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court’s longest-serving justice, is rumored to be announcing his retirement, and the White House says that decision is “entirely” up to him.