Alito Releases Dissent in Supreme Court Decision Blocking Deportations

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote that the court’s overnight order blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans under a wartime law was not “necessary or appropriate.”

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A Split on the Right Over Whether Teenagers Can Have Guns

Conservative judges have come to opposite conclusions on what the Second Amendment has to say about limiting the gun rights of those under 21.

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In New Book, Barrett Says She Will Bring Readers Inside Supreme Court

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who has faced intense scrutiny since joining the court, says she will make the judicial process less of a “mystery” for readers.

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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law Banning Conversion Therapy

Colorado, like more than 20 other states, bars licensed therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors in their care.

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Supreme Court Questions Prosecutors’ Focus on Sex in Capital Case

The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row.

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Supreme Court Rebuke of Trump on Sentencing Shows Its Divisions

Two Republican appointees, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett, joined the court’s three liberals in ordering the president-elect to face sentencing on Friday.

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Justice Clarence Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips From Billionaire Patron, Democrats Say

The revelation was included in a report by Democratic staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee who had conducted a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court.

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Supreme Court Turns Down Cases on Admissions, Gender Identity and Guns

Conservative justices voiced objections and concerns about the court’s failures to take up a series of cases on major social controversies.

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Justice Gorsuch Recuses From Supreme Court Case That Could Benefit Colorado Billionaire

The justice had been under pressure to step aside from the matter because of his myriad ties to Philip Anschutz, an oil and gas magnate.

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Inside the Supreme Court Justices’ Ethics Debate

In private meetings and memos, the justices made new rules for themselves — then split on whether they could, or should, be enforced.

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