The justices turned away an appeal without comment, drawing a collective sigh of relief from the LGBTQ community in Maine.
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Maine attorney general urges Supreme Court to deny Libby’s request in censure suit
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, is asking the high court to restore her voting and speaking rights while her lawsuit against the House speaker plays out.
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Divided Supreme Court reinstates order requiring Trump administration to release frozen foreign aid
A sharply divided Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions of dollars in foreign aid
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TikTok goes dark in the US
By 10:50 pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not found on Apple and Google’s app stores.
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The Supreme Court restrained Trump last time. Will it do so again?
Legal scholars and advocates say they expect Trump to suffer additional legal setbacks in a second term, especially on his more extreme proposals.
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Maine law thwarts impact of school choice decision, lawsuit says
A Christian school at the center of a Supreme Court decision that requires Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is challenging a state antidiscrimination law.
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Supreme Court immunity ruling has no effect on Trump’s hush money conviction, Manhattan DA says
The former president’s lawyers had asked a judge to overturn his conviction for falsifying records.
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Democratic lawmakers seek criminal investigation of Justice Thomas
They asked the attorney general to appoint a special counsel to probe whether Thomas violated ethics, false statement and tax laws.
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Supreme Court ethics remain at center stage after hard-right rulings
The Supreme Court released a long-awaited code of conduct early in the term, hoping to put to rest controversies such as the revelation last year that justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito took unreported trips funded by wealthy benefactors.
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Opinion: The Chevron doctrine is dead, long live the Chevron doctrine
Do we really want courts deciding complicated questions of science and medicine? We don’t – and Maine can do better.