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Op-ed

The legal case against Trump's Muslim ban

The day after the United States bombed airfields in Syria to punish the Assad regime for the chemical slaughter of civilians, the Justice Department quietly filed its latest brief defending a ban on refugees from that country. Next month, appeals courts on both coasts will debate the matter, hearing argument in cases from Maryland and Hawaii, where two district judges found that a revised presidential order blocking immigrants from certain predominantly Muslim countries violates the

The legal case against Trump's Muslim ban




Little Sisters argue contraception case at Supreme Court

A case involving a Maryland-based order of nuns appeared to divide the Supreme Court on Wednesday as attorneys argued the Obama administration overstepped its authority by requiring faith-based employers to facilitate health insurance coverage for contraception.

Little Sisters argue contraception case at Supreme Court

Editorial

GOP's no-hire court

Antonin Scalia's death touches off a cringeworthy GOP push to reject President Obama's Supreme Court nominee sight unseen





Politics

Court strikes political donor caps

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down aggregate limits on how much money wealthy donors may spend on elections, a decision that could pour vast sums of new cash into the nation's increasingly expensive system of campaign finance.

Court strikes political donor caps


Features

Supreme Court reshapes same-sex marriage debate

A divided Supreme Court struck down a federal law Wednesday that prohibited the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage, a landmark decision that will make federal marriage benefits available to legally married same-sex couples for the first time in the nation's history.

Supreme Court reshapes same-sex marriage debate











Editorial

Health care reform survives

Chief Justice John Roberts' ruling that Obamacare is largely constitutional is a model of judicial restraint and a real victory for the American people.
Health care reform survives






















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