Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the public shouldn’t read anything into the high court’s historically slow start to releasing opinions.
Read More »Faculty calls on embattled Hamline president to resign
Faculty members at Hamline University, which dismissed an art history instructor who showed depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a course, have overwhelmingly called for the school’s president to resign.
Read More »Abortion key issue in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
The winner of the April 4 election will determine whether the court remains under control of conservative justices or flips to a liberal majority.
Read More »Judge: Slain reporter sources issue for high court to decide
A Nevada judge decided Wednesday not to punish Las Vegas police for taking an initial look at a slain investigative journalist’s cellphone after he was killed in September.
Read More »Baker loses appeal over transgender cake
The Colorado baker who won a partial U.S. Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay couple’s wedding cake because of his Christian faith lost an appeal Thursday in his latest legal fight.
Read More »U.S. imposes 20-year mining ban in watershed near Ely
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order closing over 350 square miles in the Rainy River Watershed around the town of Ely to mineral and geothermal leasing for 20 years.
Read More »Justice Deptartment sues Google over advertising dominance
The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit against Google, seeking to shatter its alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government.
Read More »Documents conundrum stretches back to Carter
The matter of handling classified records has been a problem off and on for decades, from presidents to Cabinet members and staff across multiple administrations stretching as far back as Jimmy Carter.
Read More »Oregon launches abortion hotline offering free legal advice
Oregon is launching a new abortion hotline offering free legal advice to callers, moving to further defend abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer and eliminated federal protections for the procedure.
Read More »Minnesota House backs abortion rights after HHS chief visits
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited Minnesota on Thursday on a Midwest trip to affirm the Biden administration’s commitment to abortion rights despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
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