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Supreme Court: Navy product manufacturers liable for asbestos exposure in sailors' deaths
Trump rejects idea of expanding U.S. Supreme Court
Trump said he “wouldn’t entertain that,” when asked about expanding the size of the court at a news conference. “The only reason they’re doing that is they want to try to catch up, so if they can’t catch up through the ballot box by winning an election they want to try doing it in a different way,” the Republican president added, referring to Democrats. Trump has appointed conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch to the court since taking office in 2017, cementing its 5-4 conservative majority.
The Supreme Court Ruled That Immigrants With a Criminal Past Can Be Detained Years After Serving Time
U.S. Supreme Court gives Trump victory on immigration detention
Trump gets a U.S. Supreme Court victory on immigration detention
The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed the U.S. government’s authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime – potentially even years – after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing President Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies. The court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines, with its conservative justices in the majority and its liberal justices dissenting, that federal authorities could place such immigrants into indefinite detention anytime without the possibility of bail, not just immediately after they finish prison sentences. The ruling, authored by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, left open the possibility that some immigrants could challenge their detention.
DC-area sniper shootings case to have Supreme Court hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider Virginia's plea to reinstate the life-without-parole sentence of a man who as a teenager participated in sniper shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., region in 2002.
Supreme Court will decide if convicted sniper in 2002 District of Columbia-area killings can get new sentence
Supreme Court refuses to hear church requests for historic preservation funds
Ginsburg Returning to Supreme Court Bench After Cancer Surgery
Supreme Court will rule on Trump administration's effort to add question on citizenship to 2020 Census
