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Today in History: September 10, Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearings begin

Sep. 10, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 10, the 254th day of 2024. There are 112 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 10, 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court....

Supreme Court Justice Alito reports German princess gave him $900 concert tickets

Sep. 06, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito reported Friday that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people, according to a new financial disclosure form. The required annual filing, for which Alito has often sought...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Sep. 03, 2024 18:36 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 30 The Washington Post says as EV sales stall, focus on hybrids The recent announcement by Ford Motor Co. that it was abandoning plans to roll out a large electric...

Supreme Court won't allow Oklahoma to reclaim federal money in dispute over abortion referrals

Sep. 03, 2024 17:34 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Oklahoma's emergency appeal seeking to restore a $4.5 million grant for family planning services in an ongoing dispute over the state’s refusal to refer pregnant women to a nationwide hotline that provides information about abortion and...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is hitting the road to promote her new memoir, 'Lovely One'

Sep. 01, 2024 10:34 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is embarking on a high-profile, nationwide tour to promote her new memoir, “Lovely One.” Jackson, 53, is using the book, publisher Random House says, to trace her family’s rise from segregation to her confirmation...

Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed 2010 trip with GOP megadonor, Democratic senator finds

Aug. 05, 2024 23:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow's private jet, a top Democratic senator who is backing an election-year push to tighten the high court's ethics rules said Monday. Thomas and his wife,...

Supreme Court shuts down Missouri’s long shot push to lift Trump’s gag order in hush-money case

Aug. 05, 2024 15:35 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York. The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Jul. 30, 2024 19:48 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 26 The Washington Post on Biden's SCOTUS reform plan In an Oval Office speech on Wednesday, President Biden announced that he supports reforming the Supreme Court, “because this is...

Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court's new ethics code

Jul. 25, 2024 20:15 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday became the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it. In her first public remarks since the nation's highest court wrapped up its term earlier...

Judge's order dismissing Trump classified docs case won't be final word as long court fight awaits

Jul. 17, 2024 15:37 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge's stunning decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump brought an abrupt halt to what experts have considered the strongest and most straightforward of the prosecutions of the former president. But it's hardly the final word. ...