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Courts

Wayzata students get to question Trump court nominee Stras

Wayzata students get to question Trump court nominee Stras

David Stras, President Donald Trump's nominee to the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, fielded student questions Tuesday following a Minnesota Supreme Court event at the school.
by Euan Kerr

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Trump travel ban returns to court, with his own words at the center

Trump travel ban returns to court, with his own words at the center

A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., is preparing to hear arguments about the legality of President Trump's revised travel ban. Immigrant advocates argue it discriminates against Muslims.

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Playground case could breach barrier between tax coffers, religious schools

Playground case could breach barrier between tax coffers, religious schools

The Supreme Court hears arguments today on whether Missouri should provide a grant to a church preschool, or if that violates the state's constitution. The state's new governor has abandoned the rule.
by Nina Totenberg

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Supreme Court, with Gorsuch, set to hear church-state case

The justices on Wednesday will hear a Missouri church's challenge to its exclusion from a state program that provides money to use ground-up tires to cushion playgrounds.
by Associated Press

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Lawsuit: Customs must hand over travel ban documents

Lawsuit: Customs must hand over travel ban documents

Minnesota's office of the American Civil Liberties Union has joined a lawsuit seeking the release of documents on the implementation of President Trump's bans on travel from Muslim-majority countries.
by Cody Nelson

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Court: Civil Rights Law covers LGBT workplace bias

A federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act also protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, the first time a federal appellate court has come to that conclusion.
by Associated Press

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Fact check: Republicans thwarted high court picks, too

Fact check: Republicans thwarted high court picks, too

Partisanship has denied a Supreme Court seat to a number of nominees, most recently former President Barack Obama's choice for the court last year.
by The Associated Press

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The Senate could go 'nuclear' this week. What does that mean?

The Senate could go 'nuclear' this week. What does that mean?

A potentially historic and consequential week lies ahead in the United States Senate, where Republicans stand ready to invoke the "nuclear option" to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

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