WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple. In an opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy that leaves many questions unanswered, the court held that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had not adequately taken into account the religious beliefs of baker […]
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Divided Supreme Court sides with businesses over workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that businesses can prohibit their workers from banding together in disputes over pay and conditions in the workplace, a decision that affects an estimated 25 million non-unionized employees. With the court’s five conservative members in the majority, the justices held that individual employees can be forced […]
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Supreme Court lifts federal ban on sports gambling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states. The justices voted 6-3 to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, a 1992 […]
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Supreme Court looks favorably at Donald Trump's travel ban case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to uphold President Donald Trump’s ban on travel to the U.S. by visitors from several Muslim-majority countries, giving the president a major victory on a signature and controversial policy. In the court’s first full-blown consideration of a Trump order, the conservative justices who make up the […]
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Supreme Court seems to lean toward George Isaacson's arguments against online sales tax collection
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounded concerned Tuesday about doing away with a rule that has meant consumers don’t get charged sales tax on some online purchases. The justices heard arguments in a case that deals with businesses’ collection of sales tax on online purchases. Right now, under a decades-old Supreme Court rule, if […]
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Supreme Court strikes down law authorizing deportations for violent crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced. The court’s 5-4 decision — an unusual alignment in which new Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the four liberal justices — concerns a […]
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Lewiston lawyer to argue second case before U.S. Supreme Court
[UPDATE:Supreme Court seems to lean toward George Isaacson’s arguments against online sales tax] LEWISTON — A local lawyer is scheduled to argue Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court one of the most significant state tax cases of the past quarter-century, according to state tax practitioners. George Isaacson, a senior partner of Brann & Isaacson, represents […]
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Supreme Court will not hear Lewiston pastor's lawsuit on abortion protest
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Lewiston pastor who challenged a Maine law’s noise limit that was used to restrict his anti-abortion protest outside Planned Parenthood’s Portland clinic in 2015. The decision by the nation’s highest court not to hear arguments in the case effectively affirms the constitutionality of the noise limit […]
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Retired Supreme Court justice urges repeal of Second Amendment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation. The 97-year-old Stevens says in an essay on The New York Times website that repeal would weaken the National Rifle Association’s ability to “block constructive gun control legislation.” Stevens […]
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Supreme Court to hear if labor unions can collect fees from non-members
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor. All eyes will be on Justice Neil Gorsuch Monday when the court takes up a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose […]