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Mother Jones - 1 hour 3 min agoIn a single opinion, the Supreme Court on Tuesday took a swipe at Congressional authority while at the same time stripping some victims of religious violations the ability to sue over illegal treatment. The decision weakens a law guaranteeing freedom of religious expression in federally-funded prisons. But with time, the ruling may prove far more […]...
In a 6-3 decision, the court said a legal defense called foreign sovereign immunity, which generally prohibits US lawsuits against foreign governments and their agents, is not available in cases like the Exxon's against CIMEX under the Helms-Burton Act.
The Wall Street Journal editorial board is celebrating the U.S. men's national team, which is comprised of a number of immigrants or the children of immigrants. "The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on President Trump's birthright citizenship order. Win or more likely lose, he might take note that the success of...
Daily Signal - 2 hours 59 min agoThe Supreme Court held Tuesday that immigration law doesn't require the government to have clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder has committed a crime before deeming him an applicant for admission. The case involved removal proceedings against an immigrant legally residing in the United States who was charged with selling counterfeit products....
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a Rastafarian man who sued prison officials after they held him down and cut off his dreadlocks.
Exxon sued three companies owned by the Cuban government that it said have been exploiting its stolen refineries and service stations without compensation.
The U.S. Supreme Court weighed whether local governments violate the Constitution when seizing homes worth far more than the disputed tax debt owed.
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A Rastafarian inmate lost his dreadlocks and religious-liberty suit against Louisiana prison officials.
The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration on Tuesday in an immigration case dealing with the government's power over green card holders.
The justices condemned what happened to the former inmate, Damon Landor.
Adding four seats under the next Democratic trifecta would actually be unpacking the court.
In a 6-3 opinion, the court says Louisiana prisoner cannot sue guards after he grew his hair for more than 20 years The US supreme court refused on Tuesday to let a Rastafarian man sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs, in a landmark case. The case was brought under a federal law designed to protect incarcerated people from religious discrimination. Continue reading...
Daily Signal - 4 hours 51 min agoThe Supreme Court on Tuesday decided on two religious freedom cases, in a pair of 6-3 rulings. In a victory for tech giant Cisco, the Supreme Court held Tuesday that a company or entity cannot be held liable for aiding and abetting a violation of an anti-torture law. Members of China’s Falun Gong movement claimed...
Trump administration has increasingly targeted legal immigration pathways in a government-wide mass deportation campaign...
The Supreme Court ruled that a Rastafarian man cannot seek damages from state prison guards who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious rights in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines on Tuesday. Guards at a Louisiana prison handcuffed Damon Landor to a chair and forcibly shaved his hair when he was weeks away from completing his...
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual movement cannot sue tech giant Cisco over allegations of aiding the Chinese government's surveillance and torture of the group. The conservative majority rejected the plaintiffs' attempt to bring claims against the company and two of its then-executives under the 18th century Alien Tort Statute...
ABC News - 5 hours 27 min agoThe Supreme Court has rejected an effort to reshape tax foreclosure sales to allow the original owners to keep more money when homes are sold to recoup unpaid taxes...
Daily Signal - 5 hours 35 min agoIn a case involving oil giant ExxonMobil, the Supreme Court held that a federal law granting the right to sue a foreign country over confiscated property overrides sovereign immunity. The court ruled 6-3, splitting along ideological lines. Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored the majority opinion. ExxonMobil is seeking more than $1 billion in compensation for oil...
Damon Landor sought to sue state prison officials in Louisiana for forcibly shaving his head.
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The Rastafari faith is rooted in 1930s Jamaica, growing as a response by Black people to white colonial oppression...
Falun Gong followers during a silent protest outside the Communist Party's headquarters in Beijing in 1999.
Suit alleged California-based company developed technology that allowed China to surveil members of movement The US supreme court further limited the reach of a federal law used to hold corporations liable for human rights abuses committed abroad, as it issued a ruling on Tuesday ending a lawsuit by members of the Falun Gong movement accusing Cisco Systems of facilitating religious persecution in China. The justices reversed a lower court's decision that had breathed new life into the 2011 lawsuit...
The Supreme Court ruled in the case of a devout Rastafarian who sought damages after Louisiana prison officials cut his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.
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