Law Forum : Reluctant U.S. Supreme Court on collision course with Trump

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Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of Trump asylum rule

Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of Trump asylum rule

The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The justices' order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower court ruling that had blocked the new asylum policy in some

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MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press

 

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John Roberts Reportedly Switched Vote To Kill Census Citizenship Question

John Roberts Reportedly Switched Vote To Kill Census Citizenship Question

The chief justice initially leaned toward siding with the Trump administration, but changed his mind, CNN reported.

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Sam Levine
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Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing “extraordinary” favors for Trump
The Trump administration thinks the court is its personal fixer. The court isn’t doing much to disabuse it of this idea

Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing "extraordinary" favors for Trump

The Trump administration thinks the Supreme Court is its personal fixer. The court isn’t doing much to disabuse it of this idea.

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Good try the record shows otherwise

Essay
Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race
Thomas has moved from black nationalism to the right But his beliefs about racism, and our ability to solve it, remain the same

Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race

Thomas has moved from black nationalism to the right. But his beliefs about racism, and our ability to solve it, remain the same.

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By consensus, Thomas is the most conservative member of the Court. So it’s surprising that the central theme of his jurisprudence is race.

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Trump defends Brett Kavanaugh amid new sexual misconduct allegations, says 'the lies being told about him are unbelievable'

Trump defends Brett Kavanaugh amid new sexual misconduct allegations, says 'the lies being told about him are unbelievable'

President Trump defended Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh against a new report of sexual misconduct and accused the media of trying to “scare him into turning Liberal.”

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Democratic candidates demand Kavanaugh impeachment after new allegation in Times piece


Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former housing and urban development secretary Julián Castro, Democratic presidential candidates, pushed for Kavanaugh’s impeachment...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/democratic-candidates-demand-kavanaugh-impeachment-after-new-allegation-in-times-piece/2019/09/15/3bdc160e-d7ce-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html?

By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

National reporter covering breaking news and social movements

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Trump just asked the Supreme Court to let him fire the CFPB’s head. The implications are enormous
A war over the limits of Trump’s power is about to get real

Trump just asked the Supreme Court to let him fire the CFPB’s head. The implications are enormous.

A war over the limits of Trump’s power is about to get real.

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On Tuesday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to hear a lawsuit challenging the leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — taking the same side as the people suing the government in a major constitutional dispute.

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Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump to end DACA

Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump to end DACA

Sharply at odds with liberal justices, the Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections that permit 660,000 immigrants to work in the U.S., free from the threat of deportation. President Donald Trump said on Twitter that DACA

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MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press

 

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JURISPRUDENCE
The Supreme Court May Criminalize Immigrant Advocacy
The case could let the government prosecute people for routine legal work or even sympathetic tweets

The Supreme Court May Criminalize Immigrant Advocacy

The case could let the government prosecute people for routine legal work or even sympathetic tweets.

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Now the conservative justices have a chance to prove their commitment to that principle. The Supreme Court has agreed to take up United States v. Sineneng-Smith this term, a case that concerns a little-used provision of immigration law that forbids “encourag[ing] or induc[ing] an alien to … reside in the United States” when the encourager knows that person has no legal status...

By LORELEI LAIRD