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In this file photo taken on February 28, 2017, US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as Trump arrives to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, DC. ( JIM LO SCALZO / POOL / AFP)
November 22, 2018, 4:04 am
Trump spars with Supreme Court chief over judicial independence
Extraordinary exchange comes as president criticizes John Roberts for claiming there are no such things as ‘Obama judges’
By AP
Poster sized enlargements of passports marked as "rejected" by United States Immigration are on display during an anti-Muslim ban rally as the Supreme Court hears arguments about whether US President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several mostly Muslim countries violates immigration law or the Constitution, April 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
June 26, 2018, 7:33 pm
Court upholds Trump travel ban, rejects discrimination claim
Ruling passes on a 5-4 decision, with majority opinion noting US presidents have substantial power to regulate immigration, while rejecting allegation of anti-Muslim bias
By Mark Sherman
This file photo taken on January 25, 2016, shows Sheriff Joe Arpaio listening as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the press prior to a rally in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AFP/Getty Images North America/Scott Olson)
August 27, 2017, 5:59 am
Critics: Trump pardon is another affront against judiciary
US president’s decision to let Joe Arpaio off the hook is met with sharp rebuke, including from some fellow Republicans
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
American ex-president Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, view the caskets of American diplomats killed in the 1983 bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. (Courtesy Ronald Reagan Presidential Library)
April 20, 2016, 7:36 pm
US Supreme Court: Iran owes $2b to terror victims’ families
Claimants, including relatives of 241 Marines slain in 1983 Beirut attack, will be able to demand compensation from Iranian central bank
By Mark Sherman
President Barack Obama speaks about the completion of the Hostage Policy Review in the White House, Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
June 25, 2015, 7:56 pm
US Supreme Court upholds Obama health care law
For second time in 3 years, judges save controversial legislation allowing tax credit insurance subsidies
By AFP
Ari Zivotofsky (right), stands with his nine-year-old son, Menachem, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, November 7, 2011. (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci, File)
November 2, 2014, 7:28 pm
Landmark Jerusalem passport case gets day in US Supreme Court
The official birth country of Jerusalem-born Menachem Zivotofsky to be argued Monday
By Jessica Steinberg
The US Supreme Court. Christian prayer in public proceedings is OK. (photo credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
April 17, 2013, 1:21 pm
US Supreme Court to rule on genes patenting
Common among Ashkenazi Jews, mutations on the BRCA gene are associated with much greater risks of breast and ovarian cancer. Could a patent stunt medical research?
By Jesse J. Holland
Chief Justice John Roberts. (United States Supreme Court/JTA)
July 3, 2012, 2:32 pm
Jewish groups largely applaud Obama health care ruling
Supporters cite Maimonides, noting the medieval scholar ‘placed health care first on his list of the 10 most important communal services that a city should offer its residents’
By Zach Silberman
June 29, 2012, 5:55 pm
Jewish groups react to Supreme Court ruling on health care law
Most groups elated; the Republican Jewish Coalition ‘deeply disappointed’
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