
ABC News - 2 hours 41 min ago
Four major cruise lines can be held liable for using the American-built port in Havana that was confiscated by the Cuban government in 1960, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Daily Signal - 2 hours 53 min ago
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on whether to confirm former Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers to a vacancy on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals notably mentioned Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. During Wednesday’s hearing, Republican and Democrat members brought up the justice’s viewpoint on commenting on the 2020 election. In one of...

Los Angeles Times - 5 hours 53 min ago
Supreme Court upholds lawsuits over property that was confiscated in Cuba by Fidel Castro's government.

The Guardian - 6 hours 25 min ago
Updated code of practice covering England, Wales and Scotland also relates to changing rooms and follows supreme court ruling What is the updated EHRC code of practice about and how does it apply? Single-sex toilets and changing rooms in England, Wales and Scotland must exclude transgender men and women, according to a new code of practice from the equalities watchdog. But the long-awaited guidance also says that businesses and service providers have to offer practical alternatives such as gender-neutral...

ABC News - 6 hours 31 min ago
The Supreme Court spared the life of an "intellectually disabled" death row inmate, dismissing an appeal by Alabama officials who claimed he is eligible for execution.

Fox News - 6 hours 35 min ago
Trump blasts the Supreme Court over the birthright citizenship case, claiming the 14th Amendment was meant for babies of slaves, not birth tourism.

UPI - 6 hours 51 min ago
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday ruled against four major cruise lines who docked ships in Cuba at the Port of Havana in a $440 million case.

The Guardian - 7 hours 4 min ago
Court throws out state's challenge to judicial finding that inmate convicted of murder is ineligible for death penalty The US supreme court on Thursday threw out a challenge by the state of Alabama to a judicial finding that a death row inmate convicted of a 1997 murder is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible under the US constitution for the death penalty. In this highly unusual move, and in a single-sentence, unsigned order , the court dismissed Alabama's petition for review in...

BBC - 7 hours 21 min ago
The guidance was published on Thursday following the landmark Supreme Court ruling last year.

UPI - 8 hours 5 min ago
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday dismissed an appeal from Alabama in a death row case by declining to look at how IQ scores affect capital cases.

ABC News - 8 hours 27 min ago
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of owners of Cuban property that was confiscated by Fidel Castro's government more than 65 years ago...

NBC News - 8 hours 29 min ago
President Trump said it would be a "disgrace" if the Supreme Court does not strike down birthright citizenship, adding that he hopes the justices "do what's right."...

New York Times - 8 hours 35 min ago
The Alabama case also raised the issue of the extent to which states must consider a broader evaluation of evidence beyond I.Q. test scores in deciding if a person is disabled.

The Independent - 9 hours 24 min ago
The Supreme Court outlawed the execution of intellectually disabled individuals in a landmark 2002 ruling...

The Hill - 9 hours 28 min ago
Section 301 risks evolving from a targeted trade statute into something Congress never authorized.

Daily Signal - 9 hours 56 min ago
The Supreme Court determined that a U.S.-based company Havana Docks can recover damages from four major cruise lines that used its docks previously confiscated by the Cuban government. Havana Docks, a U.S. company, built docks in Havana's port before the Cuban Revolution. The Castro regime revoked the company's legal right to the docks, and the company later...

ABC News - 10 hours 2 min ago
A divided Supreme Court has dismissed Alabama's bid to be allowed to execute a convicted murderer who was found by lower courts to be intellectually disabled...

New York Times - 10 hours 9 min ago
Cuban revolutionaries taking over the Havana Docks Corporation facilities in 1960.

The Hill - 10 hours 10 min ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided 8-1 against four major cruise lines in their bid to stave off a $440 million judgment for using docks at the Port of Havana. The case concerns voyages that Carnival, MSC, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian operated to Havana from 2016-19. The decision reinstates the $400 million judgment, but it leaves the door open for the companies...

The Hill - 10 hours 30 min ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an Alabama death row inmate's appeal to the justices, declining to weigh how multiple IQ scores should be evaluated in capital cases for now. In an unsigned opinion, the court said Joseph Clifton Smith's appeal was "improvidently granted," meaning the justices made a mistake by agreeing to take it up. Smith...

Newser - 10 hours 31 min ago
A Supreme Court decision on Thursday spared the life of an inmate on Alabama's death row but put off a larger fight for another day, USA Today reports. The court opted not to weigh in on how states should assess intellectual disabilities in regard to capital punishment. The decision means...

The Hill - 12 hours 28 min ago
President Trump's $1 billion request to fund security for the White House ballroom faces a test in the Senate, which could start voting on a reconciliation package on Thursday that may not include the money. The legislative text to fund immigration enforcement agencies hasn't yet been released, but inclusion of the ballroom funding has faced...

The Conversation - 12 hours 30 min ago
Calls for the Supreme Court to give fossil fuel companies immunity from liability for climate-related damage misreads the Constitution, precedent and the role of courts.

Newser - 13 hours 34 min ago
American companies whose properties were swept up in Fidel Castro's rise to power in the 1960s just got a green light from the Supreme Court. In an 8 1 decision Thursday, the court said Havana Docks Corporation can sue major cruise lines for using the Havana port facilities it controlled before...