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Asylum seekers wait at border as US courts renew their hopes

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Saboor’s son asks him one question over and over. When can they go to the United States? The Afghan family – Saboor, his wife, and their 11-year-old son – has been stranded in Mexico since Donald Trump returned to office more than a year ago and suspended asylum access at the southern border. The boy, … Read more

Jerome Powell uses JFK award speech to warn against political pressure on Fed, courts and schools

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BOSTON — Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used one of his first major public appearances since leaving office to defend independent institutions while accepting an award Sunday honoring his efforts to preserve the central bank’s independence. Speaking at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library overlooking Boston Harbor, Powell called universities, courts, Congress and the … Read more

Alabama primaries heat up following Supreme Court’s redistricting decision

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Alabama primaries heat up following Supreme Court’s redistricting decision – CBS News Watch CBS News Voters are heading to the polls in Alabama for key primary races following the Supreme Court’s recent decision on Louisiana’s congressional map. CBS News reporter Shawna Mizellle has more. Source link

Federal judge in New York ties Trump admin hands on arrests at immigration courts

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge on Monday largely blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from carrying out civil immigration arrests at several Manhattan immigration courthouses, after government lawyers admitted they made a “material mistaken statement of fact” defending the policy in court. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel ruled … Read more

Federal judge bans most arrests by federal agents in immigration courts in New York

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NEW YORK — Federal agents can no longer make arrests without exceptional circumstances in and around three Manhattan buildings where immigration proceedings occur, a judge ruled Monday. The decision by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel brings an abrupt halt to a practice begun under the Trump administration that enabled agents to take into custody … Read more

Supreme Court tells lower courts to take new look at 2 major voting rights cases

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday told lower courts to take another look at a pair of cases involving whether private individuals and groups can sue to enforce a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that prohibits discriminatory voting practices. In brief orders, the high court set aside lower court decisions and sent the … Read more

Jackson protests as Supreme Court uses Louisiana gerrymandering ruling to instruct lower courts

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson protested the Supreme Court’s decision to use their recent ruling in a Louisiana gerrymandering case to instruct lower courts on how to define the Voting Rights Act, a move that could wipe out previous legal victories for voting rights groups. The Court on … Read more

Are the Supreme Court’s redistricting decisions a threat to democracy?

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Are the Supreme Court’s redistricting decisions a threat to democracy? – CBS News Watch CBS News The latest Supreme Court decisions on redistricting and new state congressional maps are concerning some Americans worried about U.S. democratic values. CBS News contributor and election law expert David Becker joins with more. Source link

Supreme Court’s junior justice goes on solo tear as Trump fights put her at odds with the bench

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stood out from her colleagues this week when she broke with them to rail against the high court’s decision to fast-track its landmark order dismantling a key provision in the Voting Rights Act.  But Jackson’s solo dissent was far from the first time … Read more