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The justices refused to review a $5 million civil judgment against President Trump after a jury found that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll.
The Supreme Court annual financial reports shed light on the justices' gifts, travel and personal lives.
A special counsel found that a government lawyer helped mislead a judge into releasing a man wanted for homicide abroad, but largely blamed the Trump administration.
Now, Judge Eleanor Ross’s career and caseload are under scrutiny. And her punishment, a private reprimand, has sparked backlash.
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Traveling across the country, justices defend the role of the court even as strained relations among its members emerge in writing and remarks.
Officials withheld a detainee’s overseas arrest warrant from a federal judge. When she ordered his release, they used the same information to attack her publicly.
We go behind the scenes at the nation’s highest court.
The California Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision that said Mr. Eastman, had violated the rules of professional ethics.
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At the University of Kansas School of Law last week, she criticized her colleague while discussing his views in an immigration-related case.
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The Supreme Court will begin using software to scan litigants’ filings to identify justices’ potential conflicts of interest.