At issue is whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus, a topic that is especially meaningful in a time of remote learning.
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U.S. Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense
The justices said Monday they will review a lower-court ruling that upheld New York’s restrictive gun permit law.
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Biden orders study on more justices, term limits for Supreme Court
The nation’s highest court has had nine members since just after the Civil War, and any effort to alter it would be explosive.
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Supreme Court sides with Facebook in text message dispute
Critics say the unanimous decision opened a gaping hole in a law, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, that would subject anyone with a cellphone to endless automated calls and messages.
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Supreme Court sympathetic to college athletes in NCAA compensation dispute
Still, if the athletes were to win their court case, there would be pressure on schools to offer additional benefits, and that could create bidding wars for the best players.
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Supreme Court case could change the nature of college sports
A Supreme Court case being argued this week amid March Madness could erode the difference between elite college athletes and professional sports stars.
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Guns are on Supreme Court’s agenda days after mass shootings
It’s the first major gun case to come before the court since Amy Coney Barrett became a justice in late October.
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Supreme Court ruling gives OK to more suits against police for excessive force
The Supreme Court is siding with a New Mexico woman who was shot by police as she drove away from them.
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U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear fishermen’s case against Atlantic Ocean monument
The fishermen sued in federal court saying the establishment of a protected zone where they have historically fished for lobsters and crabs could hurt their livelihoods.
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Supreme Court could put new limits on voting rights lawsuits
The justices are taking up a case about Arizona restrictions on ballot collection and another policy that penalizes voters who cast ballots in the wrong precinct.