Supreme Court

Trump Has Few Ways to Overturn His Conviction as a New York Felon

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Amanda Smith

NEW YORK — “This is long from over,” Donald Trump, the former president and current felon, declared Thursday, moments after a Manhattan ...

America braced as supreme court to hand down rulings on raft of key issues

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Amanda Smith

The US supreme court is poised to deliver a raft of politically sensitive decisions as it ends its judicial term, addressing tumultuous ...

Before she hoisted controversial flags, KY native Martha-Ann Alito was a Wildcat

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Amanda Smith

Kentucky native and University of Kentucky alum Martha-Ann Alito is at the center of one of the US Supreme Court’s biggest controversies. ...

To recuse or refuse? A look at Supreme Court justices’ decisions on whether to step aside in cases

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — In declining to step aside from two high-profile Supreme Court cases, Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday provided a rare ...

Justice Alito declines to step aside from Trump-related cases over flag spat

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday declined to step aside from two pending cases relating to former President ...

Washington Post said it had the Alito flag story 3 years ago and chose not to publish

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Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Nine days after The New York Times reported about the political symbolism of an upside-down American flag that ...

Supreme Court leaves in place Avenatti conviction for plotting to extort up to $25M from Nike

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 ...

Wisconsin judge to hear union lawsuit against collective bargaining restrictions

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Amanda Smith

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A law that drew massive protests and made Wisconsin the center of a national fight over union rights ...

Maddow Blog | Senate Democrats request a chat with Roberts about Alito’s antics

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Amanda Smith

Senate Democrats have repeatedly raised concerns about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, though they’ve been reluctant to take meaningful steps to address ...

‘We could have done more to fight’

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Amanda Smith

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a new interview criticized her fellow Democrats for their response to the Supreme Court’s reversal ...