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Court upholds Trump travel ban, rejects discrimination claim

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or e...

DATE: Jun 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Justices side with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in a limited decision that leaves for another day the larger issue of ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kennedy seems conflicted in Supreme Court wedding cake case

Case pits same-sex marriage against religious rights

DATE: Dec 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Justices take up dispute over wedding cake for Colorado gay couple

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is taking up the highly anticipated case of the Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Tuesday’s clash at the high...

DATE: Dec 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some see echoes of ‘68 court case in wedding cake dispute

WASHINGTON – The upcoming Supreme Court argument about a baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple makes some civil rights lawyers think of South Carolina’s Piggie Park barbecue...

DATE: Dec 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Supreme Court frets over erosion of privacy in digital age

WASHINGTON – Worried about the erosion of privacy amid technological advances, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it might restrain the government’s ability to track Americans’ movements t...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Justices ponder need for warrant for cellphone tower data

WASHINGTON – Like almost everyone else in America, thieves tend to carry their cellphones with them to work. When they use their phones on the job, police find it easier to do the...

DATE: Nov 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gorsuch establishes conservative cred in 1st year on court

WASHINGTON – More than 2,000 conservatives in tuxedos and gowns recently filled Union Station’s main hall for a steak dinner and the chance to cheer the man who saved the Supreme Court from ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. Supreme Court to hear government’s email dispute with Microsoft

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on a major dispute over the government’s authority to force American technology companies to hand over emails and other digital informati...

DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Supreme Court opens pivotal term with Trump nominee in place

WASHINGTON – Disputes over a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and partisan electoral maps top the Supreme Court’s agenda in the first full term of the Trump presidency. Conservatives will ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Microsoft, Trump administration clash over email searches

WASHINGTON – On the surface, the investigation was routine. Federal agents persuaded a judge to issue a warrant for a Microsoft email account they suspected was used for drug traf...

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Justices to review New Jersey bid for legal sports betting

Christie continues to push New Jersey’s case

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports