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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama that could further weaken a federal law meant to prevent racial discrimination in elections.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama that could weaken the Voting Rights Act.

WASHINGTON — The Constitution is famously built on checks and balances, but nowhere does it specifically call for a "separation of powers" or insist on a "separation of church and state."

WASHINGTON — Since February, when the Supreme Court held oral arguments in a case challenging the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon pollution from power plants, environmental lawyers and climate activists braced for a ruling that tattooed a deep, restrictive swath into the agency’s ability to curb emissions.

The Supreme Court ruling limited the EPA’s authority to rein in emissions. But it left the agency some room to address climate change.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a major election case and decide whether North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers have the power to draw a partisan election map without interference from state judges.

The trajectory of the Supreme Court appears unlikely to change in a new term starting in October, even with a new justice.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Joe Biden’s broad power to enforce the immigration laws, ruling he may repeal the Trump-era ‘“remain in Mexico” policy that barred most Central American migrants from entering the United States to seek asylum.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Joe Biden’s power to enforce immigration laws, ruling he may repeal the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, which barred most Central American migrants from entering the United States to seek asylum.