Legal News

Next term’s docket will include cases on veterans’ benefits, unclaimed MoneyGram checks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning issued more orders from the justices’ private conference last week. On Friday the justices agreed to decide whether the Biden administration must continue to enforce the Trump-era program known as the “remain in Mexico

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Just say “Bingo!” Or “Dingo!”

A View from the Courtroom is an inside look at oral arguments and opinion announcements unfolding in real time.  As some Supreme Court podcasters have noted, Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement in late January pushed the so-called M

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Justices to review long-simmering dispute over gambling on tribal lands in Texas

Tuesday’s argument in Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas presents yet another installment in the decades-long conflict between state gambling regulators and Native American tribes. The state regulators want to bring reservation gambling under their regulatory

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Court will assess double-jeopardy claim with implications for tribal sovereignty

Crimes against indigenous women are the subject of increasing public concern and awareness. Government officials – tribal, federal, and state – have established initiatives to address the disturbingly disproportionate rates of violent crimes perpetrated a

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