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Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civility

Mar. 14, 2024 10:52 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Supreme Court's approval hovering near record lows, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it. In joint appearances less than three weeks apart, Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor, ideological...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Mar. 06, 2024 11:34 AM EST

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: March 4 The Washington Post on SCOTUS keeping Trump on ballot No, there is no one weird trick to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot and out of the White House. That is the...

Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack

Mar. 04, 2024 14:36 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states...

The Supreme Court seems poised to reject efforts to kick Trump off the ballot over the Capitol riot

Feb. 08, 2024 16:47 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems poised to reject attempts to kick former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot, with conservative and liberal justices in apparent agreement in a case that puts them at the heart of a presidential election. A definitive ruling for...

Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used

Jan. 26, 2024 06:16 AM EST

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel...

Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on the uses of artificial intelligence in the federal courts

Dec. 31, 2023 18:24 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump. Describing...