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The US no longer has a "workable" constitution and its top court has become too politicised to act as "impartial constitutional arbiters", Lord Sumption has said. In an essay for Prospect magazine, the former justice of the UK Supreme Court mounts an unprecedented attack on its US counterpart, highl

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The US Supreme Court has ruled that former presidents enjoy a degree of immunity from criminal prosecution in a case revolving around former president Donald Trump. The court's conservative majority voted 6-3 that presidents were protected from prosecution for official actions that extended to the &

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The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Americans enjoy a broad right to arm themselves in public and in doing so struck down a New York law that imposed strict limits on carrying guns in public. The decision is expected to prompt a wave of lawsuits on loosening current state and federal restrictio

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A man has been arrested and charged with the attempted murder of US Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh. Nicholas John Roske was allegedly found with a gun and a knife after his arrest near the justice's home in California early on Wednesday morning, The Washington Post reports.

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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has launched an investigation into the leaking of a draft opinion overturning the landmark 1973 case of Roe v Wade, which is expected to significantly narrow access to abortion in the United States. The court yesterday confirmed that the document

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The US Supreme Court has introduced a new rule to prevent male justices from interrupting their female counterparts during oral arguments. Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed the change at an event at New York University’s law school on Wednesday. Justices will now be allocated a time for uninter

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