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Supreme Court appears likely to uphold TikTok ban unless China-owned ByteDance divests

Saturday, January 11 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A majority of justices on the Supreme Court on Friday appeared inclined to uphold a federal law that would ban the video-sharing app TikTok in the U.S. after Jan. 19 unless its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance divests from the platform.The momentous case... Read More.

As new Senate gets underway, Thune vows to uphold Senate filibuster

Saturday, January 4 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- In his maiden floor speech as Senate majority leader, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota used his first few minutes of floor time to make a commitment to defend the filibuster rule, which requires at least 60 votes to pass legislation in... Read More.

New York AG asks appeals court to uphold Trumps $454M fraud judgment

Wednesday, August 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a state appeals court Wednesday to uphold a lower court's determination that former President Donald Trump, his adult sons and his company are liable for a fraudulent scheme that inflated Trump's net worth by... Read More.

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold gun ban for domestic abusers on narrow grounds

Tuesday, November 7 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold a 30-year-old federal ban on firearms for people under domestic violence restraining orders.At the same time, during oral arguments in the case U.S. v. Rahimi, several conservative justices seemed to seek... Read More.

Apple, GE, other major US companies ask Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action

Monday, August 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- More than 60 major American companies that employ tens of thousands of U.S. workers are asking the Supreme Court to uphold the use of race as a factor in college admissions, calling affirmative action critical to building diverse workforces and, in turn,... Read More.

Dozens of states may restrict abortion almost immediately should Supreme Court uphold Mississippi ban

Wednesday, December 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday began to hear historic arguments over a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, asks the justices directly to reconsider the precedent set by Roe v.... Read More.

500 US women athletes ask Supreme Court to uphold abortion rights

Monday, September 20 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A decorated group of more than 500 current and former American women Olympians and professional and collegiate athletes is warning the U.S. Supreme Court in a new legal filing that eroding access to abortion care in America will be "devastating" to women's athletics at all... Read More.

Judge strikes down CDC’s authority to uphold federal eviction freeze

Thursday, May 6 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A D.C. district judge ruled Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have the authority to uphold a federal eviction moratorium, which was put in place to prevent those behind on rent because of the pandemic from being... Read More.

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