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Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi’s voting ban for people convicted of some crimes

Jan. 27, 2025 16:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft. The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal...

TikTok says it will 'go dark' unless it gets clarity from Biden following Supreme Court ruling

Jan. 18, 2025 16:48 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok said it will have to “go dark” this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won’t enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it’s sold by its...

Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York

Jan. 08, 2025 16:56 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday's sentencing in his hush money case in New York. Trump's lawyers turned to the nation's highest court on Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Judge Juan M....