Venezuelans, Supreme Court and Trump
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The Supreme Court is deciding major cases about the ability to block Trump's policies, religious rights and gender-affirming care for minors.
Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Jay Mitchell is resigning from the court to run for attorney general, Yellowhammer News reported. The attorney general’s office is an open seat next year because AG Steve Marshall is in his second term and is barred by term limits from seeking another.
President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today to try and negotiate a peace deal to end the three-year-long war.
Vice President JD Vance will attend Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass. Plus, some workers are job hopping for fertility benefits. It's all on The Excerpt.
Prominent former U.S. Supreme Court lawyer Thomas Goldstein has asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges stemming from his side career as a high-stakes poker player, disputing the government's evidence that he flouted tax laws.
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Eight justices—the exception being Ketanji Brown Jackson—seem keen to rein in universal injunctions. But a majority also appear committed to averting Mr Trump’s radical departure from the constitution’s promise of citizenship. The justices could thread that needle in three ways.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a lower court order that has blocked mass firings and major reorganizations at federal agencies, a case that could have enormous consequences on President Donald Trump’s ability to reshape the federal government.