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On this day in history, April 28, 1967, Muhammad Ali refuses to serve military at height of Vietnam War

Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, entered the combative ring of politics and culture by refusing to serve in the United States military at the height of the Vietnam War on this day in history, April 28, 1967. “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong,” Ali famously said the year before, the exact quote the source of …

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Retired SCOTUS Justice Breyer weighs in on mounting calls Sotomayor should retire: 'Spring chicken'

Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer brushed off calls that Justice Sonia Sotomayor should step down from the bench, saying she is a “spring chicken.” “I think anybody can say what he wants, you know. And I was 83years old, just about I think, when I retired. But Justice Sotomayor is not, she is a spring chicken,” Breyer told Fox …

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Will Supreme Court recognize right for homeless to camp in public?

In a Supreme Court showdown Monday over whether the homeless have a “right” to camp in public, almost no one mentioned the actual victims of that crazy idea. Homeless advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, told the court that living on the streets is a “victimless” crime. Victimless? Everyone who has to step over needles and human poop and …

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Justice Thomas raised crucial question about legitimacy of special counsel's prosecution of Trump

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas raised a question Thursday that goes to the heart of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s charges against former President Donald Trump. The high court was considering Trump’s argument that he is immune from prosecution for actions he took while president, but another issue is whether Smith and the Office of Special Counsel have the authority to …

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Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump presidential immunity case

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case. The high court agreed it would review whether Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has immunity from prosecution. Arguments at the Supreme Court are expected to begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, but the former …

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Trump says NY Judge Merchan 'thinks he is above the Supreme Court' after barring him from immunity arguments

EXCLUSIVE:Former President Trump said New York Judge Juan Merchan “thinks he is above the Supreme Court,” after “prohibiting” him from attending arguments Thursday on presidential immunity, telling Fox News Digital it is “the most important case in many years” before the high court. The former president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee spoke exclusively to Fox News Digital on Wednesday …

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SCOTUS to hear arguments in Biden’s lawsuit 'subverting states' rights' on abortion

The Supreme Court is set to consider a second abortion case on Wednesday, this time dealing with claims by a Republican-led state that the Biden administration is attempting to wield a 40-year-old federal law as an “abortion mandate.” On the heels of a debate over the Federal Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of an abortion pill, the high court will …

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Supreme Court sharply at odds over emergency room abortion access in states' rights challenge

The contentious issue of abortion has returned to the Supreme Court, with the justices prepared on Wednesday to weigh a states’ rights challenge over hospital emergency room access to the procedure. In nearly two hours of oral arguments, the high court confronted whether state abortion restrictions are invalidated by a federal law. It was unclear from the public session how …

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Riley Gaines praises girls who refused to compete with trans athlete as WV takes law to Supreme Court

Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer with the Kentucky Wildcats who has been a staunch supporter for fairness in women’s sports, praised a group of middle school girls who refused to compete against a transgender athlete last week. Gaines appeared on Fox News Channel’s “America Reports” along with West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey after the official announced he will …

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Trump v US: SCOTUS likely to determine presidents get 'some amount' of immunity, experts say

The Supreme Court is set to consider arguably the highest-profile cases of the term Thursday to determine whether former President Trump can claim presidential immunity against criminal charges brought by the Biden Justice Department. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who brought charges against Trump following his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and Trump’s alleged plot to overturn the …

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