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U.S. top court to hear major Wisconsin case on electoral maps

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WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed decide whether electoral maps drawn deliberately to favor a particular political party are acceptable under the Constitution in a case that could have huge consequences for American elections in the future.

Trump administration sides with employers in Supreme Court labor case

WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Friday sided with employers in a Supreme Court case over the rights of workers to bring class action lawsuits against companies, court documents showed.

U.S., Politics, Election 2016 Jun 16 2017

Trump visits U.S. Supreme Court as justices weigh travel ban

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump visited the Supreme Court on Thursday for the first time since taking office to attend a ceremony for Neil Gorsuch, the justice he appointed, as the court mulls what to do with his blocked ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries.

Politics, Election 2016 Jun 15 2017

Supreme Court gives Trump more time to file travel ban briefs

WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration more time to file papers responding to an appeals court ruling that upheld a block on a proposed travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority countries.

Politics, Election 2016 Jun 13 2017

Another U.S. appeals court refuses to revive Trump travel ban

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON President Donald Trump suffered another legal setback on Monday as a second federal appeals court refused to revive his travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority nations in a dispute headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. | Video

Politics, Election 2016, U.S. Jun 12 2017

Supreme Court invalidates gender inequality in citizenship law

WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a gender distinction in U.S. immigration law that treats mothers and fathers differently when determining a child's citizenship, calling such inequality "stunningly anachronistic."

Politics, Election 2016, U.S. Jun 12 2017

U.S. top court won't expand debt-collection abuse law in Santander case

WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to widen the reach of a federal law targeting abusive debt-collection tactics such as harassment and threats, ruling it does not cover companies that buy debt, sometimes for pennies on the dollar, and then collect it.

Regulatory News, U.S. Jun 12 2017

Supreme Court speeds copycat biologic drugs to market

WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cut the time it will take for copycat versions of biologic drugs to get to the market in a pivotal ruling about an expensive class of medicines that can yield billions of dollars in sales for drug companies.

Jun 12 2017

Delaware House votes to guarantee abortion rights, in stance against Trump

The Delaware legislature on Tuesday approved a bill that would guarantee abortion access, taking the stance after President Donald Trump pledged to upend the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows the procedure nationally.

U.S., Health Jun 06 2017

Republican officials from 16 states back Trump in travel ban fight

WASHINGTON Republican officials from 16 U.S. states led by Texas said on Tuesday they have come to the defense of President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority nations, telling the Supreme Court the order did not unconstitutionally single out Muslims and was needed to protect national security.

Politics, Election 2016 Jun 06 2017