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Author: Richard Wolf, USA TODAY

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The Supreme Court takes on gerrymandering. A cottage industry wants to prove it’s gone too far

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on The Supreme Court takes on gerrymandering. A cottage industry wants to prove it’s gone too far

A cottage industry of academics and entrepreneurs wants to convince Supreme Court justices that partisan gerrymandering has gone too far.

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Six trials for same murders: Supreme Court frowns on racial jury selection tactics of Mississippi prosecutor

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on Six trials for same murders: Supreme Court frowns on racial jury selection tactics of Mississippi prosecutor

After six trials for the same crime, Curtis Flowers from Mississippi reached the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of winning another chance.

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Justice Clarence Thomas breaks three-year silence in Mississippi case about racial bias in jury selection

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on Justice Clarence Thomas breaks three-year silence in Mississippi case about racial bias in jury selection

The Supreme Court’s senior justice, who seldom speaks during oral argument, broke a three-year silence to ask questions in a race discrimination case.

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Divided Supreme Court makes it easier to detain noncitizens with criminal records

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on Divided Supreme Court makes it easier to detain noncitizens with criminal records

The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a victory by making it easier to detain noncitizens with criminal records.

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‘Obama judges?’ ‘Trump judges?’ Border emergency lawsuits could expose or defuse partisan differences

March 17, 2019Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Obama judges?’ ‘Trump judges?’ Border emergency lawsuits could expose or defuse partisan differences

The judges who will hear legal challenges to President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency run the political gamut from left to right.

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Trump’s conservative judges begin takeover of federal appeals courts

March 12, 2019Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on Trump’s conservative judges begin takeover of federal appeals courts

President Trump’s signature achievement since taking office – making the federal courts more conservative– crossed a major threshold Tuesday.

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Supreme Court strikes blow against states that raise revenue by hefty fines, forfeitures

February 20, 2019Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on Supreme Court strikes blow against states that raise revenue by hefty fines, forfeitures

The Supreme Court ruled that state and local governments cannot impose excessive court fees, fines and forfeitures as a means of raising money.

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Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion restrictions, handing anti-abortion movement a temporary setback

February 8, 2019February 8, 2019Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion restrictions, handing anti-abortion movement a temporary setback

A divided Supreme Court halted abortion restrictions in Louisiana until the justices decide if the law varies from a Texas law they blocked in 2016.

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Supreme Court’s conservatives appear poised to expand Second Amendment gun rights

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on Supreme Court’s conservatives appear poised to expand Second Amendment gun rights

An obscure New York City restriction on gun owners may give the Supreme Court reason to expand Second Amendment rights more broadly.

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George H.W. Bush left both a liberal and conservative legacy at the Supreme Court

December 2, 2018December 2, 2018Richard Wolf, USA TODAYComments Off on George H.W. Bush left both a liberal and conservative legacy at the Supreme Court

Historians who try to define President George H.W. Bush’s legacy would do better than to judge him by his choices for the Supreme Court.

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