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- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that federal courts are not the appropriate venue to resolve allegations of partisan gerrymandering.
- Supreme Court demonstrates its readiness to overturn Roe v. Wade.
- The Supreme Court is diving into a debate about the place of religious symbols in public life in a case about a cross-shaped war memorial in Maryland.
- After the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that public employees cannot be forced to pay union fees, labor union leaders in Maryland called it another attack on worker rights and vowed to step up their fights to improve workplaces.
- Justice Clarence Thomas is seldom discussed without mention of his unusual silence. Appointed in 1991, he has spoken fewer than three words, on average, per
- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a Maryland redistricting case that has the potential to reshape how congressional boundaries are drawn nationwide.
- If the Terps win, they would advance to face the North Carolina State-Elon winner.
- President Donald Trump called the Supreme Court's decision to partially reinstate his travel ban a "clear victory," but there's nothing clear about it.
- Sometimes the most important stuff in Supreme Court opinions is hidden in the footnotes. In Monday's Supreme Court ruling striking down two North Carolina congressional districts as unconstitutionally influenced by race, the majority buried a doozy: a potentially powerful new tool to attack voting rights violations in the South and elsewhere.
- Squash, a sport typically played at private clubs and elite universities, is becoming more accessible for local urban teens
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- The Supreme Court on Monday empowered police to stop people on the streets and question them, even when it is not clear they have done anything wrong.
- If partisan court appointments are acceptable, partisan opposition in the Senate must be, too.
- If President Obama nominates anyone from the huge list of highly qualified woman, the U.S. Supreme Court justice count would increase to four women and five men, a step in the right direction, but not yet far enough. Women make up a majority of the U.S. population, after all, and there are many candidates who are more than qualified to hold the job.
- If President Obama nominates anyone from the huge list of highly qualified woman, the U.S. Supreme Court justice count would increase to four women and five men — a step in the right direction, but not yet far enough. Women make up a majority of the U.S. population, after all, and there are many candidates who are more than qualified to hold the job.
- The Supreme Court ruled Monday against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants, but it may only be a temporary setback for regulators.
- The Supreme Court declared Monday the Constitution gives the president, not Congress, the lead role in setting the nation's foreign policy, including the "exclusive power" to recognize foreign governments and negotiate sensitive disputes.
- Someone phoned in a threat to Princeton basketball player Leslie Robinson, the niece of President Barack Obama, before her team played Maryland on Monday evening in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
- The Terps ended the Tigers' dream run with a decisive, 85-70, win to advance to the Sweet 16.
- In a case that could have a profound impact on the rights of pregnant employees, the Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled over whether a Maryland UPS driver faced discrimination when she was asked to leave her job because her pregnancy prevented her from lifting heavy packages.
- Robert Ehrlich offers a suggestion for what President Obama should have said after another midterm shellacking.
- A little-noticed and highly technical Supreme Court decision is opening the way for dozens of federal inmates from Maryland to seek reduced sentences — even though trial judges found they had violent criminal pasts.
- WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of government entities to hold sectarian prayers ahead of public meetings, a decision that will allow the Carroll County board of commissioners to resume observances that had previously been blocked by a federal court.
- The Supreme Court ruling on Christian prayer before local government meetings was wrongly decided; councils should stick with non-sectarian invocations anyway.
- Supreme Court should reject Michigan anti-affirmative action law that is discouraging minorities from attending state universities
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- The U.S. Supreme Court authorized police to collect DNA samples from individuals arrested for violent crimes, in an opinion released Monday that overturns Maryland's Court of Appeals ruling.
- The only difference between collecting genetic information and fingerprints from arrestees is that DNA matches are far more accurate.
- Like American jurisprudence, the University of Baltimore's new $114 million law school facility is complicated and thoughtful.
- Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan will visit a new, $112 million building next month that will soon house the University of Baltimore School of Law, school officials said Monday.
- Justice Scalia's comments during oral arguments over the Voting Rights Act lead one to question whether his concern is 'racial entitlement' or making sure Republicans are entitled.
- The U.S. Supreme Court will take on Maryland's DNA law after being asked to decide whether the collection of samples from people arrested for certain crimes is a violation of their constitutional rights.
- The Maryland Conservative Action Network's keynote speaker is well-known Islamophobe Pamela Geller.