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Supreme Court majority accused of abandoning legal principles in Trump immunity ruling

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision to grant former President Donald Trump absolute immunity for some of his conduct in seeking to ...

Trump has ‘absolute immunity’ for official acts

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Amanda Smith

The Supreme Court on Monday finally ruled on Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim, finding some of the former president’s alleged efforts to ...

The Supreme Court nears the end of another momentous term. A decision on Trump’s immunity looms

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the last 10 days of June, on a frenetic pace of its own making, the Supreme Court touched ...

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 ...