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The new nine-month Supreme Court term officially starts Monday, with the justices appearing in the courtroom to hear oral arguments. Major cases at the Supreme Court: U.S. v. Skrmetti — Challenge to state laws that ban gender-affirming care for trans teenagers. When the Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore, its reputation took a hit but quickly rebounded. Republicans challenged those changes, but the Supreme Court never took up a case about the issue at the time. The Supreme Court has relatively few cases of consequence on the argument calendar so far.
Persons: WASHINGTON —, Donald Trump, Bush, Gore, George W, Joe Biden's, Nate Persily, Garland, Paxton, Richard Glossip's, Wade ., Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Franita Tolson, Zack Smith, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Jill Stein, Elena Kagan Organizations: Republican, Stanford Law School, NBC, Trump, Supreme, Coalition, . Oklahoma, Democratic, Wade, University of Southern California Guild School of Law, Heritage Foundation, Green Party, New York University School of Law Locations: Texas, ., Oklahoma, In Pennsylvania, Georgia, DeKalb County, Roe, New York, Nevada, Arizona
Paralympics Will Drop Ban on Olympic Rings Tattoos
  + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Scott Cacciola | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
For years, Paralympians with tattoos of the Olympic rings were playing a dangerous game: They had to cover the tattoos completely in competition, or face penalties from the International Paralympic Committee, which included disqualification. But ahead of the 2024 Paralympics, which start next week in Paris, the I.P.C. “Athletes with such tattoos do not need to cover them up,” Craig Spence, the chief brand and communications officer for the I.P.C., said in an email on Friday. Mr. Spence declined to offer an explanation for the change in policy. For Paralympians like Rudy Garcia-Tolson, however, the change is a welcome one, regardless of how the I.P.C.
Persons: ” Craig Spence, Mr, Spence, Rudy Garcia, Tolson Organizations: International Paralympic Committee Locations: Paris
As chief justice, Roberts was in the majority on both occasions when the court in previous cases weakened the Voting Rights Act, enacted in 1965 to protect minority voters. A 1981 memo written by Roberts about the Voting Rights Act. Then, he unsuccessfully advocated against legislation in Congress that lowered the barriers to bringing race discrimination claims under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. A 1981 memo written by Roberts advocating against legislation in Congress that would lower the barriers for race discrimination claims. “That would be devastating for minority voting rights in this country,” she added.
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