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Obama administration files Supreme Court appeal in immigration case

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WASHINGTON The Obama administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court decision that blocked President Barack Obama's executive actions aimed at protecting millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.

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Court allows undocumented women to join Obama immigration appeal

WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed three undocumented immigrant women in Texas to join the Obama administration in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a program that would shield millions of immigrations from deportation.

Election 2016, Politics, U.S. 19 Nov 2015

Americans deeply split on abortion as Supreme Court takes case: Reuters/Ipsos poll

WASHINGTON Americans are split over abortion restrictions like those in a Texas law challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court, reflecting deep and longstanding divisions over the contentious issue, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.

U.S., Election 2016, Politics 18 Nov 2015

Obama talks about sports, post-White House life in GQ interview

WASHINGTON Looking ahead to life after his 15 remaining months in the White House, President Barack Obama said he does not have the temperament to be a U.S. Supreme Court justice, but has fantasized about owning a professional basketball team.

Election 2016, Politics, U.S. 17 Nov 2015

U.S. top court rejects anti-abortion group's Planned Parenthood case

WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an anti-abortion group's bid to force the federal government to reveal more information about a $1 million grant it made in 2011 to women's health provider Planned Parenthood in New Hampshire.

Election 2016, Politics, U.S. 16 Nov 2015

Supreme court to decide major abortion case for first time since 2007

WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court took up a major new abortion case on Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge by abortion providers to parts of a restrictive, Republican-backed Texas law that they contend are aimed at shutting clinics that offer the procedure.

U.S., Health 13 Nov 2015

Factbox: Major U.S. Supreme Court rulings on abortion rights

The U.S. Supreme Court's key rulings on abortion, dating to the landmark 1973 decision that legalized the procedure nationwide, have long provoked social, religious and political tensions.

Health, U.S. 13 Nov 2015

Timeline: Milestones in legal fight over 2013 Texas abortion law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge by abortion providers to a Texas law requiring physicians performing the procedure to have admitting privileges at local hospitals and clinics to meet certain hospital-grade standards.

Health, U.S. 13 Nov 2015

U.S. justices' 2007 climate change ruling looms over immigration case

WASHINGTON The conservative legal challenge to President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, in line for U.S. Supreme Court review, would force the justices to wrestle with their own conflicting votes on when states have a legal right to sue the federal government.

11 Nov 2015

White House to ask Supreme Court to allow delayed immigration action

WASHINGTON The Obama administration said on Tuesday it plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court decision that blocked President Barack Obama's executive actions aimed at shielding millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.

Election 2016, Politics, U.S. 10 Nov 2015

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