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Supreme Court won’t review gender-based military draft registration law

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A midshipman uses a sanitizing wipe to clean her desk before the start of a leadership class at the U.S. Naval Academy, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. Under the siege of the coronavirus pandemic, classes have begun at the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. But unlike at many colleges around the country, most students are on campus and many will attend classes in person. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The Supreme Court said it won't take up a case that asked it to decide whether it's sex discrimination for the government to require only men to register for the draft when they turn 18.

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Supreme Court limits prosecutors’ use of anti-hacking law

June 3, 2021 Leave a comment

In this June 20, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington as a storm rolls in. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Supreme Court on Thursday limited prosecutors' ability to use an anti-hacking law to charge people with computer crimes.

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Supreme Court justices reject case of retired cop put in police chokehold

May 24, 2021 Comments Off on Supreme Court justices reject case of retired cop put in police chokehold

The Supreme Court last month agreed to hear the appeal of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision that the Health and Human Services Department rule does not comply with federal law and was adopted arbitrarily. The Biden administration wants the case withdrawn. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a retired federal law enforcement officer who was put in a chokehold and wrestled to the ground at a VA hospital security checkpoint.

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Retired cop put in chokehold by police takes case to Supreme Court

May 21, 2021 Comments Off on Retired cop put in chokehold by police takes case to Supreme Court

Night falls on the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court is considering whether to hear the case of a Black man who says he suffered discrimination because the N-word was carved into the wall of the hospital elevator where he worked. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

When José Oliva tried to sue after police put him in a chokehold and threw him to the ground, a federal appeals court ruled he was out of luck. He’s asking the Supreme Court to revive his lawsuit.

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Supreme Court justice says Americans need to take critical look at policing

May 21, 2021 Comments Off on Supreme Court justice says Americans need to take critical look at policing

The prosecutors’ failure to recuse “casts a troubling and unnecessary shadow over Kaur’s conviction and sentence to life imprisonment,” wrote Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor, shown at a 2019 panel discussion. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

As communities nationwide are re-examining law enforcement practices, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says Americans should think critically about how they want police to interact with citizens.

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4th Circuit holds challenge to Md. handgun permit law, awaits high court ruling

May 11, 2021 Comments Off on 4th Circuit holds challenge to Md. handgun permit law, awaits high court ruling

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett, No. 20-843, during its 2021-2022 term that begins in October. The justices are expected to issue their decision by June 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A decision on the constitutionality of Maryland’s requirement that handgun permit applicants provide the state with a “good and substantial reason” to carry the weapon outside the home must await a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a similar challenge from ...

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Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense

April 26, 2021 Comments Off on Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. The case marks the ...

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March Madness strikes Supreme Court watchers

March 22, 2021 Comments Off on March Madness strikes Supreme Court watchers

Welcome to Monday, the 59th anniversary of the Broadway opening of “I Can Get It For You Wholesale,” starring newcomer Barbra Streisand. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Have you filled out your brackets for ...

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Md. women’s group calls men-only registration unconstitutional

February 15, 2021 Comments Off on Md. women’s group calls men-only registration unconstitutional

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2012 file photo, female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky. A federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld the constitutionality of the all-male military draft system Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, citing a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said “only the Supreme Court may revise its precedent.” (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

A Maryland women’s rights group is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down as unconstitutional a federal requirement that only men register for the military draft. The Women’s Law Center of Maryland Inc. has joined a high court brief ...

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Justices: California can’t enforce indoor church service ban

February 8, 2021 Comments Off on Justices: California can’t enforce indoor church service ban

Anti-scaling fencing has been placed in front of the Supreme Court, which stands across the street from the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alan Fram)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t bar indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it can keep for now a ban on singing and chanting indoors. The high court issued orders late Friday in two ...

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