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New York can for now continue to enforce a sweeping new law that bans guns from "sensitive places" including schools, playgrounds and Times Square, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, allowing the law to be in force while a lawsuit over it plays out.
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The opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, invalidates New York's requirement for people to show "proper cause" to get public carry gun licenses.
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The court has saved two of its biggest cases for last. One could alter the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The other will decide the fate of the "Remain in Mexico" policy.
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The court is riven with distrust among the law clerks, staff and, most of all, the justices themselves.
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Join Brian Lehrer and guests for a national call-in conversation envisioning America after Roe v Wade. Listen on-air and online on Thursday, May 12 at 8 p.m on WRVO Public Media.
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Col. Gail Curley, the second woman to hold the position, runs the high court's facilities and is its chief security officer, managing some 260 employees. Now she's also leading a high-profile probe.
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The court says it's routine for justices to circulate draft opinions internally. It's part of a larger procedure that involves deliberating, voting and assigning writers.
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The draft — showing the conservative majority ready to overturn Roe v. Wade — will have wide-ranging ramifications, from pressure to end the filibuster to more distrust of the confirmation process.
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Biden says the reasoning in the leaked Supreme Court draft would mean "every other decision related to the notion of privacy is thrown into question," including contraception and gay marriage.
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Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the authenticity of the draft opinion published by Politico, though he notes it doesn't represent the court's final position.