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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington. The state of California has agreed to pay more than $2 million in legal fees in a settlement with churches that challenged coronavirus closure orders. Church lawyers who successfully took their appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday, June 2, 2021, that the state agreed not to impose restrictions on houses of worship that are greater than those on retail businesses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
California to pay $2M church legal fees over virus closures

By Brian Melley Jun. 02, 2021 07:44 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 10:10 AM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 1, 2021. Editorial: Diversity finds another enemy: The Florida Supreme Court In a...

FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. Breyer is talking with the head of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and taking questions from students on Friday, May 28. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Breyer 'basically optimistic' about US despite polarization

By Jessica Gresko May. 28, 2021 06:02 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington as a storm rolls in. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense

By Mark Sherman Apr. 26, 2021 12:20 PM EDT

California lifts COVID-19 limits on indoor worship services

By Robert Jablon Apr. 12, 2021 08:30 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Monday lifted its limits on indoor worship services in the face of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that struck down the coronavirus...

Motorists sit inside their vehicles as they wait their turn to be inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at Dodger Stadium parking lot in Los Angeles. More California counties are opening up vaccines to younger adults, a week ahead of the state broadening eligibility to everyone 16 and up. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
High court halts Calif. virus rules limiting home worship

By Jessica Gresko Apr. 10, 2021 01:22 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 19, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, March 19, the 78th day of 2021. There are 287 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - This Nov. 4, 2020 file photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Traditions on hold, justices near a year of phone arguments

By Jessica Gresko Mar. 16, 2021 12:19 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 05:44 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 24 The Democrat &...

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court will take up challenges to controversial Trump administration policies affecting family-planning clinics and immigrants, even though the Biden administration has announced it is reviewing them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Supreme Court rejects Trump election challenge cases

By Jessica Gresko Feb. 22, 2021 03:45 PM EST

Nevada church presses US Supreme Court on COVID-19 limits

By Scott Sonner Jan. 22, 2021 05:52 PM EST
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada church wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a legal battle over the government's authority to limit the size of...

Michigan health director resigns; Whitmer names successor

By David Eggert Jan. 22, 2021 04:19 PM EST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon, who issued sweeping orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus after Gov....

Anti-scaling fencing has been placed in front of the Supreme Court, which stands across the street from the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alan Fram)
Business as usual for high court, despite riot, impeachment

By Mark Sherman Jan. 14, 2021 02:47 PM EST

Supporters of a bill that would ban almost all abortions in South Carolina listen during a Senate subcommittee hearing on Jan. 14, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The heartbeat abortion bill has stalled in recent years, but appears to have a good chance of passing in 2021.(AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Heartbeat abortion ban may finally pass in South Carolina

By Jeffrey Collins Jan. 14, 2021 01:26 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court has ordered that women must visit a doctor's office, hospital or clinic in person to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic, though similar rules for other drugs have been suspended during the public health emergency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Justices say women must obtain abortion pill in person

By Mark Sherman Jan. 12, 2021 05:48 PM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington. President Donald Trump’s deep imprint on the federal courts is a rare point of agreement about the president across the political spectrum. With a major assist from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Trump and his White House staff relentlessly, almost robotically, filled nearly every opening in the federal judiciary, undeterred by Democratic criticism. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Trump's impact on courts likely to last long beyond his term

By Mark Sherman, Kevin Freking And Matthew Daly Dec. 26, 2020 12:23 AM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, ornaments hang on a Christmas tree on display in New York. Office holiday parties are tricky in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dancing, drinking and fancy dinners are out. Many companies are foregoing parties altogether, deciding instead to send staff gift baskets, extra time off or donations to charities that employees choose. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall, File)
Snow days, virtual opera: The office holiday party goes on

By Kelvin Chan And Alexandra Olson Dec. 17, 2020 05:18 AM EST

The James R. Browning United States Courthouse building, a courthouse for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is shown in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2020. A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, with two Nevada churches that have argued for months that the state's COVID-19 restrictions are unconstitutional because they place harsher attendance limits on religious gatherings than casinos and other secular businesses. The court reversed earlier federal court rulings that upheld Nevada's hard cap on the size of indoor worship services. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Appeals court rules against Nevada cap on church attendance

By Scott Sonner Dec. 15, 2020 03:42 PM EST

This image released by Sundance Institute shows a scene from "In The Same Breath," which will debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (Sundance Film Festival via AP)
Sundance Film Festival unveils slate for 1st virtual edition

By Lindsey Bahr Dec. 15, 2020 03:01 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington. As the court on Friday, Dec. 12, rejected a Texas-based lawsuit to overturn the election results, not even Trump’s three high court appointees were willing to rise to the defense of the president. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Analysis: Short work by high court of Trump's `big one'

By Mark Sherman Dec. 13, 2020 12:07 AM EST