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The high court ruled in that federal case that a federal civil lawsuit dealing with a sitting president's unofficial conduct could go forward during that presidency.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Still, the high court may want to hear the TikTok case because of its constitutional importance, and its potential impact on millions of people: more than half of Americans today use the app.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Transgender rights supporters and opponent rally outside of the Supreme Court as the high court hears arguments in the United States v. Skrmetti case, on December 3, 2024,Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
This post originally appeared on The 19th.
—Orion Rummler and Shefali Luthra, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
American Civil Liberties Union attorney Chase Strangio will argue on behalf of the Tennessee parents, becoming the first openly transgender lawyer to argue in the high court.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Still, the high court may want to hear the TikTok case because of its constitutional importance, and its potential impact on millions of people: more than half of Americans today use the app.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Transgender rights supporters and opponent rally outside of the Supreme Court as the high court hears arguments in the United States v. Skrmetti case, on December 3, 2024,Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
This post originally appeared on The 19th.
—Orion Rummler and Shefali Luthra, Them, 4 Dec. 2024
American Civil Liberties Union attorney Chase Strangio will argue on behalf of the Tennessee parents, becoming the first openly transgender lawyer to argue in the high court.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Still, the state supreme court this month ruled his attorneys had failed to prove that anything has changed since the inmate was deemed competent.Dakin Andone, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a Hawaii man's appeal of his prosecution for carrying a handgun without a license, leaving untouched a state supreme court decision that castigated its new framework for determining whether gun laws comport with the Second Amendment.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
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That is largely because the case has been dismissed twice at the trial court level and reinstated twice at the appellate level.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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The case was just beginning to pick up steam again in the trial court in the weeks leading up to this year’s election.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2024
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Art exhibit about misogyny was only open to women — until a man complained In September the supreme court quashed the tribunal’s ruling, and MONA this week announced that the Ladies Lounge will reopen for a lap of honor from Thursday until mid-January, 2025.Elizabeth Fortescue, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Civilian courts were replaced with military tribunals, and the military controlled many aspects of daily life until the territory returned to civilian governance in 1944.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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