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The road to Obergefell: Looking back on a decade of marriage equality
The Southern Baptist resolution on Obergefell v. Hodges is a harrowing sign of the legal fight that could be around the ...
Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent
The Supreme Court first took up the issue in 1926 in Myers v. United States, when Chief Justice – and former president – William Howard Taft held that Congress could not limit the president’s ability ...
Supreme Court justices get snippy as key decisions loom
As the Supreme Court bears down on the most contentious stretch of its annual session, the justices have been taking detours ...
Maine Senate rejects bill to prohibit transgender athletes in girls sports
Lawmakers in the Maine Senate rejected a bill Thursday that would prohibit transgender athletes from competing in girls sports in schools that receive state funding. The bill, LD 1134, is the first ...
Trump administration tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela they have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security is notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that ...
Five Pending US Supreme Court Cases Have Connecticut's Input
Connecticut is involved with five pivotal pending cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, including lawsuits ...