WASHINGTON (AP) — Coverage of President Donald Trump on Monday (all times local): Some Republicans not totally supportive Updated 11:10 a.m.: Growing numbers of Republican lawmakers are expressing concerns about President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on immigration. GOP Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina say in a joint […]
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Donald Trump says he’ll announce Supreme Court nominee next week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will announce a candidate next week to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Trump had said earlier this month he would choose a nominee within two weeks of his inauguration. “We will pick a truly great Supreme Court justice,” Trump told reporters who asked about the […]
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Supreme Court justices raise doubts over law barring offensive trademarks
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court raised doubts Wednesday about a law that bars the government from registering trademarks that are deemed offensive. The justices heard arguments in a dispute involving an Asian-American band called the Slants that was denied a trademark because the U.S. Patent and Trademark office says the name disparages Asians. The band […]
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Maine considers paying for poor to petition U.S. Supreme Court
AUGUSTA — A Scarborough man stripped of his constitutional right to an attorney at trial after threatening multiple lawyers is now at the center of a push to have Maine pay for a poor person’s petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. Members of the state commission that oversees indigent legal services on Tuesday said they […]
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Supreme Court rules against Maine men’s gun case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the broad reach of a federal law that bans people convicted of domestic violence from owning guns. The justices rejected arguments from two Maine men that the law covers only intentional acts of abuse and not those committed in the heat of an argument. The justices reviewed lower […]
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Supreme Court sends birth control case back to lower courts
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court rid itself Monday of a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control. The court asked lower courts to take another look at the issue in a search for a compromise. The justices issued an unsigned, unanimous opinion in a case over the arrangement devised by […]
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Supreme Court arguments start in Obama’s immigration case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared divided between its liberal and conservative justices Monday over President Barack Obama’s immigration programs that could affect millions of people who are in the country illegally. The administration’s best hope for a favorable ruling after 90 minutes of arguments at the high court appeared to rest with Chief Justice […]
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Cooler heads must prevail
I give kudos to Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King for doing their jobs by considering the president’s nominee, Merrick Garland, to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy. The Constitution is very clear that the president “shall have the Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate… (to) appoint Judges of the […]
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Texas law must be stopped
The Supreme Court must strike down the Texas law that challenges women’s Constitutional right to make decisions about their own health care. It turns back the clock on women’s rights and jeopardizes the health of future generations of women. That law is set to further limit access to reproductive health care, including contraception and abortion, […]
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Supreme Court upholds population-based electoral districts
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in deciding how to draw electoral districts. The justices turned back a challenge from Texas voters that could have dramatically altered political district boundaries and disproportionately affected the nation’s growing Latino population. The court ruled that Texas’ challenged […]