The justices will review a Virginia school district’s policy requiring students to use bathrooms of their ‘biological identity.’
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Supreme Court declines to hear Scarborough man’s appeal
Joshua Nisbet had been ordered by a Maine judge to defend himself after five previous attorneys withdrew from the armed robbery case.
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Tide turns on voter ID laws as courts block requirements in several states
Opponents have developed better proof of the unfairness, especially for minorities, but 15 states still will have new ID restrictions this year.
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DeLorme appealing $6.2 million patent fine to Supreme Court
DeLorme’s inReach device and a Virginia company’s patent for a similar device have be embroiled in a dispute. While a federal court later ruled the patent invalid, another federal court upheld the penalty.
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Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to pharmacies dispensing emergency contraception
The challenge was brought by a store in Spokane, Washington, owned by a religious Christian family that believes that use of such contraception is tantamount to abortion.
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Supreme Court just dropped powder keg into 2016 election: Analysis
Decisions on affirmative action and immigration involve long-simmering tensions over race.
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Court gives police more power to stop, question people
Some Supreme Court justices fear that police will randomly stop people because there is no penalty.
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Maine’s Sen. Angus King to meet with Obama’s Supreme Court nominee
Maine’s junior senator, an independent, will have a one-on-one meeting with Merrick Garland next week in Washington.
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After talk with court nominee, Collins ‘more convinced’ hearings should be held
Maine’s senior senator is one of only two Republicans who want the confirmation process to move forward for Merrick Garland, whose nomination is entangled in election-year politics.