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The Major Supreme Court Cases of 2024No Supreme Court term in recent memory has featured so many cases with the potential to transform American society. In 2015, the Supreme Court limited the sweep of the statute at issue in the case, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In 2023, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked efforts to severely curb access to the pill, mifepristone, as an appeal moved forward. A series of Supreme Court decisions say that making race the predominant factor in drawing voting districts violates the Constitution. The difference matters because the Supreme Court has said that only racial gerrymandering may be challenged in federal court under the Constitution.

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☆ Senate dismisses two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary, ends trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee about the Biden Administration's FY2025 budget request in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 16, 2024 in Washington, DC. Senators voted to dismiss both articles of impeachment and end the trial, with Democrats arguing that the articles were unconstitutional. Still, Republicans similarly moved to dismiss former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial in 2021, weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Johnson had said he would send them to the Senate last week, but he punted again after Senate Republicans said they wanted more time to prepare. The impeachment trial is the third in five years.

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☆ Student-loan forgiveness through Biden's new repayment plan faces another lawsuit from 7 GOP states
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAnother lawsuit to block President Joe Biden's new student-loan repayment plan has arrived. On Tuesday, Missouri's Attorney General Andrew Bailey led six other GOP states in filing a lawsuit to block the new SAVE income-driven repayment plan. It's a similar argument to the lawsuit Biden v. Nebraska, which the Supreme Court ruled had standing to strike down Biden's first broad debt relief plan. It said that due to the generosity of the SAVE plan, fewer borrowers will enroll in PSLF, thus undermining states' recruitment efforts into the public sector. This lawsuit follows Biden's release of new details for his broader student-loan forgiveness plan, which is set to benefit over 30 million borrowers.

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☆ Opinion: Conservatives game the system to drag Supreme Court further into culture war
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Steve Vladeck | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

He is the author of the “One First” Supreme Court newsletter. Both cases were filed in federal district courts in which the plaintiffs could literally hand-pick the specific federal judge who would be assigned to hear the dispute. Indeed, the Supreme Court granted emergency relief in both the social media and mifepristone cases. But the Supreme Court is another matter. For once, the Supreme Court is the victim of right-wing litigation behavior, not the culprit.

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☆ Timothy Stephenson sentenced for 1998 Kansas City murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But Stephenson harbored a secret: About two decades earlier, he had shot andkilled a man he met at a bar in Kansas City. Oliphant’s body was found two months later in some woods in rural Benton County, Missouri, about 100 miles southeast of Kansas City. In his confession to his husband, Stephenson told him he later remodeled the bathroom to mask the crime scene and conceal evidence. Investigators interviewed Stephenson in 1998 and he admitted to taking an “unknown male” to his home in Kansas City. Ginejko told police he tried to research the Missouri killingafter his husband’s confession but there was little information available online.

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☆ SCOTUS airs grievances about the media during oral arguments on social media censorship case
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

During oral arguments, justices asked questions about what constitutes coercion and in what cases the government can intervene with suggestions for the conduct of social media companies — and also showed off some of their media knowledge. AdvertisementMurthy v. Missouri is one of several cases the high court will hear about social media and the First Amendment this year. However, Roberts agreed with the pair and pointed out that government agencies do not have a "monolithic" point of view on moderation of social media content. An injunction previously handed down by the Fifth Circuit of Appeals on the same case barred a wide-ranging group of government officials from contacting social media companies. However, it is unlikely that the Supreme Court will uphold it, Vox reported.

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☆ Live Updates: White House’s Efforts to Combat Misinformation Face Supreme Court Test
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

PinnedThe Supreme Court will hear arguments at 10 a.m. on Monday on whether the Biden administration violated the First Amendment in combating what it said was misinformation on social media platforms. “This is an immensely important case that will determine the power of the government to pressure the social media platforms into suppressing speech,” he said. “Our hope is that the Supreme Court will clarify the constitutional line between coercion and persuasion. On Friday, the court set rules for when government officials can block users from their private social media accounts. had most likely crossed constitutional lines in their bid to persuade platforms to take down posts about what they had flagged as misinformation.

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☆ Kyrsten Sinema’s exit puts the spotlight on the Senate’s shrinking pool of dealmakers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

For months, the two of them had worked tirelessly alongside Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma to craft a bipartisan deal on immigration. “The base of each party wants individuals who will fight, but not individuals who will reach across the aisle to get things done,” Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah said. “I’ve seen a shift towards basically really not wanting to do anything,” West Virginia Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said. Last cycle alone saw the retirement of Ohio Republican Sen. Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt, another GOP pragmatist, retired after the 2022 election, replaced by Sen. Eric Schmitt.

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☆ Missouri Republican Caucus Results
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Republican caucuses will take place in person across the state beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Instead of secret ballots, participants will move around a room and form groups that will determine how many representatives each candidate will have at district and state conventions held later. Missouri voters may affiliate with a party via their local election authority. While voters are not required to be affiliated with the Republican party in order to caucus, the party is requiring participants to sign a pledge declaring their allegiance. Missouri Democrats will hold a primary on March 23.

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(AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the latest attempt by Republican state officials to block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood, citing a failure in the state's legal appeal. The high court's decision upholds a ruling by a trial judge, who found that a 2022 funding bill violated the state constitution. The Supreme Court said Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey's office failed to appeal the equal protection claim and it thus must stand. Missouri's Republican-led Legislature has tried for years to block any health care funding from going to Planned Parenthood because of its association with abortion. Lawmakers have been trying since then to reinstate a ban on funding for Planned Parenthood.

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Super Bowl Sunday in Las Vegas will feature the Kansas City Chiefs against the San Francisco 49ers. The two teams from the Midwest and West Coast will face off in the Super Bowl for the second time in five seasons. Sunday’s game is a rematch of Super Bowl LIV in 2020, when the Chiefs beat the 49ers. But football isn’t the first thing that comes to mind for all schools set to be represented in the Super Bowl. When it comes to schools in the two states represented in the Super Bowl, California wins out.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor now believes that inmate Marcellus Williams is innocent of the crime that landed him on death row and very nearly cost him his life, and he is seeking to overturn Williams' conviction. Gayle, a social worker and one-time St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter, was killed at her home in 1998. Williams’ girlfriend asked him why he would wear a jacket on such a hot day. They cited testimony from Henry Cole, who shared a St. Louis cell with Williams in 1999 while Williams was jailed on unrelated charges. Last February, a St. Louis judge overturned the conviction of Lamar Johnson, who spent nearly 28 years in prison for a killing he always said he didn't commit.

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“This is an extremely undemocratic way to harm access to reproductive health care," said Sofia Tomov, operations coordinator with Access Reproductive Care Southeast, a member of the Mississippi Abortion Access Coalition. The proposal comes days after a Missouri abortion-rights campaign launched its ballot measure effort aiming to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. Missouri abortion rights groups also have criticized Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, saying he is attempting to impede the initiative by manipulating the measure's ballot summary. Ohio abortion rights advocates have said last year’s statewide vote to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution was as much about abortion as it was a referendum on democracy itself. After Ohio voters approved the abortion protections last year, Republican lawmakers pledged to block the amendment from reversing the state's restrictions.

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3 and setting up a top-five matchup with Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game on Friday in Las Vegas. Political Cartoons View All 1265 ImagesThe last time there were two Pac-12 teams in the top five of the AP poll was 2016, when Southern California finished No. Among the top eight teams there are only four losses, one each for Oregon, Ohio State, Texas and Alabama. 5 Oregon vs. No. 3 Washington in Las Vegas, Pac-12 championship.

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☆ Missouri to reassess readiness vs. South Carolina State
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Missouri will try to regroup Wednesday against South Carolina State in Columbia, Mo. South Carolina State leans on its guards -- freshman Mitchel Taylor (12.0 points, 4.0 assists per game) and junior Omar Croskey (10.4 ppg) -- but is also deep and capable of playing big. With four players on the roster at 6-foot-10 or taller, including Drayton Jones, who averages 5.8 rebounds per game, South Carolina State can play big or go to a small ball set. "When you play guys who can defend, you can just switch everything," South Carolina State coach Erik Martin said. If you don't defend, you don't play.

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The Kansas Highway Patrol must stop using a tactic known as the “Kansas Two-Step” to detain out-of-state drivers long enough to find a reason to search their vehicles for illegal drugs, a federal judge has ruled. It follows Vratil's ruling in July that determined that the tactic violated drivers' constitutional rights against unreasonable searches. The judge concluded that the patrol targeted drivers traveling along Interstate 70 to or from states that have legalized either the medical or recreational use of marijuana. “The Kansas Highway Patrol is not above the law,” Sharon Brett, legal director for the ACLU of Kansas, said in a statement Tuesday. Questions about the patrol’s tactics became more visible after Colorado legalized recreational marijuana almost a decade ago.

Persons: Kathryn H, Vratil, KHP, Candice Breshears, Kris Kobach, ” Sharon Brett Organizations: Patrol, Civil Liberties Union Locations: Kansas, U.S, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma

☆ A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Dionne Searcey | Delger Erdenesanaa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +18 min

UNCHARTED WATERS A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short The Times asked all 50 states how they manage groundwater. California’s State Water Resources Control Board provides a list of some 85 firms that help clients who have questions about water rights there. Irrigated acres 0 10 100 200 thousand 1987 2017 MISSOURI MISSOURI ARKANSAS ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA LOUISIANA Irrigated acres 0 10 100 200 thousand 1987 2017 MISSOURI MISSOURI ARKANSAS ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA LOUISIANA Irrigated acres 0 10 100 200 thousand 1987 2017 MISSOURI MISSOURI ARKANSAS ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA LOUISIANA Irrigated acres 0 10 100 200 thousand 1987 2017 MO. “When Tennessee pumps groundwater, it is pumping water located within its own territory,” the 2021 ruling said. One practical problem The Times’s research identified is that state water authorities are often small operations relative to their sprawling responsibilities and the growing danger of aquifer damage.

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☆ The 10 U.S. states where Americans leave the best—and worst—tips
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Annie Probert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

But a new survey by USA Today Blueprint and OnePoll finds that some states are more generous than others when it comes to leaving a gratuity. The survey asked 5,000 Americans — 100 people per state — about their tipping behavior in situations like restaurants, food delivery, personal care and services rendered. California residents tended to leave the largest gratuity, with an average tip percentage of 22.69%. Overall, average tip percentage in the U.S. comes out to 17.94%. Here are the 10 most generous states when it comes to tipping, according to USA Today Blueprint and OnePoll.

Persons: LendingTree Organizations: USA Locations: California, Missouri, U.S

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that staff for the chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms — the Senate's official clothes police — will no longer enforce a dress code on the Senate floor. “Senators are able to choose what they wear on the Senate floor. I will continue to wear a suit.”Schumer did not mention Fetterman in his statement about the dress code, which will only apply to senators, not staff. “I plan to wear a bikini tomorrow to the Senate floor,” Collins joked. “Now I can vote from the Senate floor on Mondays,” Hawley said, noting that he usually wears a suit and tie every other day.

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(AP) — Harrison Mevis kicked a 61-yard field goal with no time remaining Saturday, sending Missouri to a field-storming, come-from-behind 30-27 victory over No. Political Cartoons View All 1163 ImagesBen Sinnott added 78 yards receiving and two of the TD catches for Kansas State. Cook answered with a 47-yard touchdown heave to Burden, who spent most of the game making the Kansas State secondary look silly. And after Howard threw a pick into tight coverage, Mevis' field goal gave Missouri the lead. The Tigers tacked on a field goal early in the fourth quarter, but only after squandering a first-and-goal opportunity.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri clinic will stop prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors for the purpose of gender transition, citing a new state law that the clinic says “creates unsustainable liability” for health care workers. The center will continue to provide education and mental health support for minors, as well as medical care for patients over the age of 18. “However, Missouri’s newly enacted law regarding transgender care has created a new legal claim for patients who received these medications as minors. Most adults will still have access to transgender health care under the law, but Medicaid won’t cover it. Missouri is among nearly two-dozen states to have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.

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☆ How a Small Gender Clinic Landed in a Political Storm
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Azeen Ghorayshi | More About Azeen Ghorayshi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The small Midwestern gender clinic was buckling under an unrelenting surge in demand. Last year, dozens of young patients were seeking appointments every month, far too many for the clinic’s two psychologists to screen. Opened in 2017 inside a children’s hospital affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis, the prestigious clinic was welcomed by many families as a godsend. But as the number of these patients soared, the clinic became overwhelmed — and soon found itself at the center of a political storm. advocates have pointed to parents who disputed her account in local news reports and to a Washington University investigation that determined her claims were “unsubstantiated.”

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☆ Opinion | Oklahoma’s Religious Public Charter School Would Be an Affront to Taxpayers Everywhere
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Rachel Laser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In June, Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved the nation’s first religious public charter school. The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa were given permission to open St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in August 2024. That’s right, a religious public school, funded by the state’s taxpayers. Proponents hope this model will spread to the dozens of other states that allow charter schools. Seven percent of public school students in the country attended charter schools as of the fall of 2021, and that number continues to grow.

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CNN —A boat crashed into a home near the Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday night, injuring all eight people on board and extensively damaging the house, according to Missouri law enforcement. The boat’s occupants were thrown from the vessel when it crashed at the 1.5-mile mark of the main channel, Missouri State Highway Patrol said on Twitter. Missouri State Highway PatrolThe driver of the boat, aged 46, was arrested for boating while intoxicated, the highway patrol said. “The home sustained extensive damage,” according to the highway patrol. Troopers are reconstructing the crash scene using a drone, the highway patrol said Sunday.

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☆ How much you need to earn to be in the top 1% in every U.S. state
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In Connecticut, households need to earn an annual income of $952,902 or more to be part of the top 1% of earners. While residents in more urban states tend to earn more, they also generally have a higher cost of living, which somewhat offsets those larger incomes. ConnecticutTop 1% income threshold: $952,9022. MassachusettsTop 1% income threshold: $903,4013. West VirginiaTop 1% income threshold: $367,582DON'T MISS: Want to be smarter and more successful with your money, work & life?

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