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Abbie VanSickle
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Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Alabama Voting Map Dispute
For the second time in recent months, the Supreme Court ruled against Alabama lawmakers and their proposed congressional district map.
Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Revisit Dispute Over Congressional Map
After a panel of federal judges rejected the state’s proposed congressional district map, the state asked the Supreme Court to intervene.
Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Pill Case
The case sets up a showdown before the court on the availability of the most common method of terminating pregnancies.
Justice Alito Rejects Calls for Recusal After Interviews in Wall Street Journal
The justice dismissed demands from Democratic legislators that he recuse himself from a pending case involving a lawyer who interviewed him.
Justice Thomas Reports Private Trips With Harlan Crow
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. had asked for extensions on their annual forms that show travel, gifts and other financial information.
What the Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear the Purdue Pharma Case Means
A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits in exchange for billions…
Supreme Court Pauses Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement Pending Review
A federal appeals court had signed off on the agreement, which would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from opioid-related lawsuits in exchange for…
The Elite Circle Clarence Thomas Entered That Led to the Supreme Court
The exclusive Horatio Alger Association brought the justice access to wealthy members and unreported V.I.P. treatment. He, in turn, offered another kind of access.
Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson Spar Over Affirmative Action Ruling
Even as Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared to agree over the policy’s aim, they harshly criticized each other’s conclusions on what to…
Supreme Court Sides With Postal Carrier Who Refused to Work on Sabbath
The unanimous decision interpreted a federal civil rights law to require employers to make substantial efforts to accommodate their workers’ religious practices.