Supreme Court Extends Pause on SNAP Funding
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Jim Obergefell, the Ohio man at center of landmark ruling that legalized gay marriage in the United States, said threats to marriage equality remain.
Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas said the Court should “correct” a ruling on government power over Native American tribes
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in “Fernandez v. United States” Wednesday: a case that weighs two different means for prisoners to get a reduction in sentence.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it will hear arguments on January 21 in President Donald Trump's attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a move without precedent that challenges the central bank's independence.
EARLY IN HIS second term, Donald Trump has profited from his previous appointments of Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. With few exceptions, they and their three conservative colleagues have removed obstacles to Mr Trump’s plans imposed by lower courts—letting him ban transgender soldiers from the armed forces,
But the administration indicated it might not be necessary, as Congress moved toward a deal to fund the government.
As the government reopens, efforts to return the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to full funding across the country will face its own challenges. SNAP benefits have been put
Landor v. Louisiana involves whether an inmate of a minority religious group, the Rastafarians, can sue for monetary damages after the warden violated his religious rights – specifically, the right to not cut his hair.