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PublishedAugust 12, 2020
Maine Supreme Court questions Melville Fuller statue outside Kennebec courthouse
The monument honors the Augusta-born former chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who was part of the majority in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that maintained racial segregation with the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2020
Supreme Court won’t halt challenged border wall projects
The four liberal justices dissent, saying they would have prohibited construction while a court challenge continues.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2020
Despite Supreme Court ruling, Trump administration rejects new DACA applications
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program grants protection from deportation to so-called Dreamers brought to the United States as children.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2020
Justice Ginsburg treated in hospital for possible infection
The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent a procedure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, on Tuesday afternoon and 'is resting comfortably.'
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PublishedJuly 11, 2020
Trump’s justices give him a boost but high court’s balance holds
Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh pulled the court to the right, in a move only partly offset by Chief Justice John Roberts' tack to the left.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2020
Maine families say Supreme Court ruling boosts their case in religious school funding suit
The decision in a Montana case could affect a federal appeals court case in Boston involving 3 Maine families who are seeking school district tuition payments toward the cost of educating their children in religious schools.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2020
Bill Nemitz: Collins stumbles over another promise made – and broken
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh once assured Maine's senior senator he'd respect legal precedent – until he didn't.
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PublishedJune 30, 2020
Supreme Court says public funding for private education must include religious schools
The court left unresolved the extent to which religious schools may use public funding for explicitly religious activities, such as worship services and religious-education courses.
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PublishedJune 30, 2020
Our View: With abortion ruling, Roberts tries to salvage Supreme Court’s reputation
But Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh don’t live by their pledges to honor precedent.
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PublishedJune 22, 2020
Our View: ‘Dreamers’ need more than high court’s reprieve
Immigrants who grew up in America and know no other home deserve permanent status and a path to citizenship.
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