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Supreme Court bathroom ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Virginia school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban. Over two dissenting votes, the justices left in place lower court rulings that found the policy unconstitutional. The case involved former high school student Gavin Grimm, who filed a federal lawsuit after he was told…

Supreme Court limits officers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday put limits on when police officers pursuing a fleeing suspect can enter a home without a warrant. The high court ruled that when officers are pursuing someone suspected of a misdemeanor, a less serious crime, they cannot always enter a home without a warrant if a suspect…

Supreme Court school cheerleader

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Pennsylvania public school wrongly suspended a cheerleader over a vulgar social media post she made after she didn’t qualify for the varsity team. The court voted 8-1 in favor of Brandi Levy, who was a 14-year-old high school freshman when she expressed her disappointment over not…

gop voting rights filibuster

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’ sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law stalled in the Senate Tuesday, blocked by a wall of Republican opposition to what would have been the largest overhaul of the electoral system in a generation. The bill, known as the For the People Act, would touch on virtually every…

Supreme Court athletes compensation

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a ruling that could help push changes in college athletics, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously sided with a group of former college athletes in a dispute with the NCAA over rules limiting certain compensation. The high court ruled that NCAA limits on the education-related benefits that colleges can offer athletes…

Supreme Court athletes compensation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire law intact Thursday in ruling that Texas, other Republican-led states and two individuals had no right to bring their lawsuit in federal…

McConnell Biden Supreme Court

Speaking to a conservative radio show host Monday, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said President Joe Biden would most likely not get a Supreme Court pick confirmed in 2024 if Republicans take over the Senate in 2022. “I don’t think either party, if it were different from the president, would confirm a Supreme Court…

Supreme Court Military Draft

REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo (AP) The Supreme Court says it won’t take up a case on whether the government can require only men to register for the military draft. In a statement, three justices said the court won’t consider the issue because Congress is weighing whether to change the law.

attorney F. Lee Bailey dead

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two states, has died, a former colleague said Thursday. He was 87. The death was confirmed Thursday by Peter Horstmann, who worked with Bailey…

Biden vaccine program recovery

New: President Biden holds a news conference to discuss pandemic recovery and the country’s vaccine program. Now: The investigation into Iranian navy ship sinking is underway. Next: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the Voting Rights Act. For more on Vice President Kamala Harris’ new role, click here.

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