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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...

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

Aug. 22, 2024 22:17 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced. ...

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...

Flag contest: Mainers to vote on adopting a pine tree design paying homage to state's 1st flag

Aug. 05, 2024 12:33 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Mainers are going to decide in November whether to adopt a new flag, one that tracks closely with the state's first flag. The design by contest winner Adam Lemire of Gardiner features a soaring pine tree in two shades of green, and a blue star against an...

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...

Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term

Jul. 02, 2024 16:02 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court got most of what they wanted this term, from substantial help for Trump's political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the administrative state they revile. The decisions...

Supreme Court sidesteps several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban

Jul. 02, 2024 15:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. The...