Justice Thomas urges U.S. Supreme Court to feel free to reverse precedents
Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to feel less bound to upholding precedent, advancing a view that if adopted by enough of his fellow justices could result in more past decisions being overruled, perhaps including the landm…
Virginia ban on uranium mining upheld by U.S. Supreme Court
The largest-known U.S. uranium deposit will remain firmly under ground after the Supreme Court on Monday upheld Virginia’s ban on mining the radioactive metal, rebuffing a challenge backed by President Donald Trump’s administration to the 1982 moratori…
Harvard revokes Parkland shooting survivor’s acceptance over racial slurs
Harvard University has rescinded its admission offer to a survivor of the 2018 massacre at a Florida high school over his past use of racial slurs in an online document posted on Twitter, the student said on Monday.
U.S. Supreme Court tosses ruling against wedding cake bakers who rebuffed lesbians
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling against the owners of an Oregon bakery who refused based on their Christian beliefs to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in another case pitting gay rights against religious rights….
‘Horror movie’ sex cult hid in ‘cookie cutter’ New York suburb: prosecutor
A reputed New York sex cult whose leader is accused of holding a woman hostage and having women branded with his initials carried out his crimes in an upstate subdivision that hid a “horror movie” reality, a federal prosecutor said on Monday.
U.S. pedestrian, bicyclist deaths rise in 2018: report
U.S. pedestrian and bicyclist deaths rose in 2018 while overall traffic deaths fell 1% in 2018 to 36,750, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a preliminary report Monday.
Virginia Republicans lose in U.S. Supreme Court racial gerrymandering case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed Republican legislators in Virginia a defeat, leaving in place a ruling that invalidated state electoral districts they drew because they weakened the clout of black voters in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Prosecutor says New York sex cult was ‘straight out of a horror movie’
A reputed New York sex cult whose leader is accused of holding a woman hostage and having women branded with his initials carried out his crimes in an upstate subdivision that hid a “horror movie” reality, a federal prosecutor said on Monday.
U.S. Supreme Court spurns Virginia Republicans in racial gerrymandering case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed Republican legislators in Virginia a defeat, leaving in place a ruling that invalidated state electoral districts they drew because they weakened the clout of black voters in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to expand ‘double jeopardy’ protections
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to limit the ability of federal and state prosecutors to separately charge people for the same underlying crime, a decision with major implications for people like Paul Manafort convicted in Special Counsel Rob…
