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PublishedApril 17, 2023
Plans for religious charter school push church-state debate into new territory
The Conversation: Using public funds to support students at private religious schools, such as was litigated in a Maine case, is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
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PublishedApril 14, 2023
High court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill
The Supreme Court is temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge.
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PublishedApril 11, 2023
Maine Voices: Justice Thomas’ luxury travel and my brick
A judge shouldn’t take a gift if it might create the appearance of favoritism or using their job for personal gain. Someone who’s been a justice for over 30 years should know that.
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PublishedApril 7, 2023
Justice Thomas says he didn’t have to disclose luxury trips paid for by Republican donor
The nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica reported Thursday that Thomas, who has been a justice for more than 31 years, has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips from Crow nearly every year.
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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Commentary: Maine must stop trying to bypass SCOTUS decision on schools
The outcome in Carson v. Makin made clear that such religious discrimination in our education system must end. Why hasn’t it?
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2023
Supreme Court student loan hearing: What you need to know
During the pandemic, 2 presidential administrations paused payments for those holding federal student loans until as late as this summer.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2023
Supreme Court seems ready to reject Biden’s student loan forgiveness
The president's only hope for being allowed to move forward with his plan appeared to be the slim possibility that the court would find that Republican-led states and individuals challenging the plan lacked the legal right to sue.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2023
Supreme Court to hear Republican challenge to consumer protection agency
Late last year, a federal appeals court – the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit – ruled that the agency’s funding structure is unconstitutional, threatening its ability to function.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2023
Supreme Court weighs Google’s liability in ISIS terror case
The justices seemed concerned about upending the internet in their interpretation of a 1996 law that shields Google, Twitter, Facebook and other companies from lawsuits over content posted on their sites by others.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
Supreme Court says it still hasn’t found who leaked abortion opinion
Ninety-seven employees of the court were formally interviewed; all denied disclosing the opinion but some later admitted they told their spouses.
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