Why Are There 9 Supreme Court Justices?
The U.S. Constitution doesn't specify how many Supreme Court justices are necessary—and there weren’t always nine on the ...
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Landowners in railroad eminent domain case appeal to Georgia Supreme Court
The landowners roughly 100 miles east of Atlanta along with a grassroots group filed an appeal last week to the Georgia Supreme Court asking it to hear the controversial case.
Georgia family fights centuries of history and US law to keep their home
A railroad company wants the Smiths to leave the Sparta, Georgia, home that's been in their family for generations so its ...
Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to college programs for reporting bias allegations
The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear a challenge from conservative college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by a university program for reporting ...
Supreme Court won’t reimpose death sentence for Utah man convicted of murdering a woman in 1985
The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Utah state court decision that overturned the death sentence for man convicted of murdering a woman to stop her from testifying ...
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children ...