Topline The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a major voting rights case that could cement Republicans’ control of the House, with the court’s conservative majority signaling they could substantially weaken a protection in the Voting Rights Act that helps prevent racially discriminatory practices. Voting rights activists protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on…
Topline The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a major voting rights case that could cement Republicans’ control of the House, as justices will determine whether to undo a major protection from the Voting Rights Act that helps prevent racially discriminatory practices. Demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in…
This graph from the Yale Budget line shows how the U.S. trade rate fell for most of the last 150 years and is only now beginning to rise again. Yale Budget Lab A federal appeals court ruled two weeks ago that President Trump’s tariffs based on a national emergency are illegal – and the president…
A self-described “urban cowboy” is fighting a Georgia county over horses it seized from him years ago. getty The last clause of the Fifth Amendment is straightforward: “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” You don’t have property rights if the government can take your stuff for no reason or…
The Supreme Court on Monday quashed an FIR against badminton player Lakshya Sen, his family members, and coach in the birth certificate forgery case. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar said the continuation of criminal proceedings against Lakshya is unwarranted and amounts to abuse of the process of court. The top court…