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The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.

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The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake

December 4, 2023 at 6:07 p.m.

The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits...

Overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades.

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In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents

July 1, 2023 at 9:34 a.m.

Overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades.

The Supreme Court is getting ready to decide some of its biggest cases of the term. The high court has 10 opinions left to release over the next week before the justices begin their summer break.

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The Supreme Court’s biggest decisions are coming. Here’s what they could say

June 26, 2023 at 8:21 a.m.

The Supreme Court is getting ready to decide some of its biggest cases of the term. The high court has 10 opinions left to release over the next week before...

The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded sympathetic Monday to a Christian graphic artist in Colorado who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that’s the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court.

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Conservative majority sounds sympathetic to Colorado web designer in latest clash of religion and gay rights

December 5, 2022 at 5:59 p.m.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded sympathetic Monday to a Christian graphic artist in Colorado who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that’s the latest clash...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with a politically tinged dispute over a Biden administration policy that would prioritize deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.

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Supreme Court wrestles with Biden’s deportation policy

November 29, 2022 at 2:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with a politically tinged dispute over a Biden administration policy that would prioritize deportation of people in the country illegally who...

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The Onion and the Supreme Court. Not a parody

October 7, 2022 at 9:13 a.m.

The Onion has some serious things to say in defense of parody.

Khadidah Stone stands on the dividing ...

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Black representation in Alabama tested before Supreme Court

October 3, 2022 at 7:15 a.m.

The invisible line dividing two of Alabama's congressional districts slices through Montgomery, near iconic sites from the civil rights movement as well as ones more personal to Evan Milligan.

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Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court

June 30, 2022 at 2:16 p.m.

Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, ...

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U.S. Supreme Court rules religious schools can get Maine tuition aid

June 21, 2022 at 10:17 a.m.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report.

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Report: Supreme Court draft suggests Roe could be overturned

May 3, 2022 at 8:02 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a...

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