The Conversation: Using public funds to support students at private religious schools, such as was litigated in a Maine case, is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
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Supreme Court temporarily restores full access to key abortion medication
Justice Alito granted the government’s request for a stay and asked for additional briefing by next Tuesday.
Justice Thomas says he didn’t have to disclose luxury trips paid for by Republican donor
The nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica reported Thursday that Thomas, who has been a justice for more than 31 years, has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips from Crow nearly every year.
Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury travel for years from Republican donor, report says
ProPublica reported Thursday on an array of trips for Clarence Thomas funded by Harlan Crow, a Dallas businessman, including some that involved a private jet and superyacht.
Supreme Court seems ready to reject Biden’s student loan forgiveness
The president’s only hope for being allowed to move forward with his plan appeared to be the slim possibility that the court would find that Republican-led states and individuals challenging the plan lacked the legal right to sue.
Supreme Court to hear Republican challenge to consumer protection agency
Late last year, a federal appeals court – the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit – ruled that the agency’s funding structure is unconstitutional, threatening its ability to function.
Supreme Court weighs Google’s liability in ISIS terror case
The justices seemed concerned about upending the internet in their interpretation of a 1996 law that shields Google, Twitter, Facebook and other companies from lawsuits over content posted on their sites by others.
Supreme Court says it still hasn’t found who leaked abortion opinion
Ninety-seven employees of the court were formally interviewed; all denied disclosing the opinion but some later admitted they told their spouses.
U.S. Supreme Court to resume issuing decisions in courtroom
For the past 2 years, the court has issued opinions exclusively on its website.
Supreme Court justices split in clash of religion and gay rights
The Supreme Court is hearing the case of a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples.