Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a state-level ban on bump stocks earlier this year, one of several gun law reforms passed in the wake of the October mass shooting in Lewiston.
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Supreme Court sides with Starbucks, makes it harder for labor board to win court orders
The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks.
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Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
The Supreme Court has preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
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Justice Thomas discloses two 2019 trips paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow
The billionaire paid for Clarence Thomas to visit Bali and a private club in California.
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Supreme Court finds no bias against Black voters in South Carolina congressional district
A lower court had ordered South Carolina to redraw the district after it found that the state used race as a proxy for partisan affiliation.
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Upside-down flag at Justice Alito’s home another blow for Supreme Court under fire
The incident adds to concerns about an institution that’s increasingly seen as partisan and lacking strict ethical guidelines.
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‘Stop the Steal’ flag flown at Justice Alito’s home after Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Neighbors and acquaintances of Martha-Ann Alito said the flag was displayed on the front lawn of the Alitos’ Virginia home soon after a dispute that appeared to have political dimensions.
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With homelessness on the rise, Supreme Court weighs bans on sleeping outdoors
In California and other Western states, courts have ruled that it’s unconstitutional to fine and arrest people sleeping in homeless encampments if shelter space is lacking.
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Portrait of nation’s first female Supreme Court justice, saved from trash, to hang in Augusta courthouse
An oil painting of the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, found 10 years ago in a pile at the Yarmouth Transfer Station, has been turned over to the state’s court system.
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Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to abortion medication mifepristone
A consensus appeared to emerge among justices that the abortion opponents who challenged the FDA’s approval of the medication and subsequent actions to ease access to it lack the legal right to sue.