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Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessories used in ...

Clarence Thomas took additional undisclosed trips paid for by GOP megadonor, Senate committee says

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Amanda Smith

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was given additional undisclosed trips by a GOP megadonor that were not included in his financial disclosure ...

Supreme Court rejects ‘Trump too small’ trademark appeal in free speech case

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Amanda Smith

The Supreme Court has denied an attempt to trademark the phrase “Trump too small” for T-shirts, in a case that didn’t directly ...

US Supreme Court backs consumer finance watchdog agency’s funding mechanism

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Amanda Smith

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding mechanism in a challenge ...

Thomas says critics are pushing ‘nastiness’ and calls Washington a ‘hideous place’

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Amanda Smith

FAIRHOPE, Alabama — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced ...

Supreme Court says cops can keep your stuff pending forfeiture hearings

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Amanda Smith

The Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority yet again went further than it had to. This time, the court approved stingy safeguards for civil ...

Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker

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Amanda Smith

“Well,” said one reporter to another as they left the supreme court chamber, sometime after noon on Thursday. “Looks like we’re getting ...

Justice Thomas misses Supreme Court session Monday with no explanation

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Amanda Smith

FILE – Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at ...

How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His Law Clerk

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Amanda Smith

The email went out to members of Justice Clarence Thomas’ law clerk network late last month celebrating his newest addition to an ...

The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife’s shadowy connections

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Amanda Smith

When the former president Donald Trump appointed the Texas attorney James Ho to the fifth circuit court of appeals in 2017, lawyers ...