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The Supreme Court gave President Trump a slight win on Thursday, rejecting House Democrats’ attempts to obtain his financial records through a congressional subpoena. The ruling was 7-2. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the opinion of the court and said there was an issue with the separation of powers between the branches. The…

U.S.|Supreme Court Rules Nearly Half of Oklahoma Is Indian ReservationThe 5-to-4 decision could reshape criminal justice in eastern Oklahoma by preventing state authorities from prosecuting Native Americans.The Supreme Court ruled on a case Thursday that asked if much of eastern Oklahoma is an Indian reservation.Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New York TimesJuly 9, 2020Updated 2:16 p.m.…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said it will announce the last of the decisions from its current term on Thursday, which almost certainly means the court will reveal its rulings on whether Congress and a New York state prosecutor can get access to President Donald Trump's business records, including his tax returns.The Trump rulings will…

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a huge swath of Oklahoma is Native American land for certain purposes, siding with a Native American man who had challenged his rape conviction by state authorities in the territory. The 5-4 decision, with an opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, endorsed the claim of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to…

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Trump’s assertion that he enjoys absolute immunity while in office, allowing a New York prosecutor to pursue a subpoena of the president’s private and business financial records.In a separate case, the court sent a fight over congressional subpoenas for the material back to lower courts because of “significant…