Tag: Supreme Court
Arizona Supreme Court seems willing to overturn anti-‘dark money’ law
The Arizona Supreme Court appeared willing to overturn the state's popular law requiring people who spend thousands of…
Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Trump's administration to withhold more than $4 billion in…
Ex-Fed and Treasury chiefs urge Supreme Court not to let Trump fire Cook
By Dan Burns(Reuters) -A group of 18 former U.S. Federal Reserve officials, Treasury secretaries and other top economic…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court allows late appeal in Kano blasphemy case
By Camillus EbohABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted lawyers representing Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician sentenced to…
Hurricane Rita makes landfall in Texas, Louisiana
Sept. 24 (UPI) -- On this date in history:In 1789, the Judiciary Act of 1789 was passed by…
SCOTUS sides with Trump on firing of trade commission Democrat
The US Supreme Court temporarily lifted a court injunction blocking US President Donald Trump from firing the only…
Singapore firm rejects $1bn Sri Lankan pollution damages
A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of…
Supreme Court issues ruling on Trump’s power to fire FTC commissioner without cause
The Supreme Court has backed President Donald Trump’s power to fire the lone Democrat on the Federal Trade…
Appeals court upholds New York’s firearm restrictions
(The Center Square) — A federal appeals court has upheld a New York law banning firearms in “sensitive”…
Ending the “separate but equal” doctrine
In 1892, a mixed-race shoemaker from New Orleans named Homer Plessy was arrested for riding in a "Whites-only"…
South Carolina lawmakers haven’t been paid after one of their own sued over raise
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators have not been getting paid for months since a state…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from Venezuelan migrants
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing it to…