https://www.reuters.com/world/us/suspended-texas-attorney-general-paxton-wont-testify-impeachment-trial-2023-07-04/
Suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not testify in his upcoming impeachment trial in the state Senate, his lawyer said late on Monday, indicating Paxton would fight efforts that may aim to compel a testimony from him.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-sidesteps-acquitted-conduct-cases-now-2023-06-30/
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday decided - for now - not to weigh in on the legality of judges increasing prison sentences for criminal defendants based on charges for which they were acquitted - a practice that critics have said violates basic constitutional rights.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-courts-liberals-warn-lgbt-rulings-ripple-effects-2023-06-30/
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative-majority ruling letting certain businesses refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages could impact an array of customers beyond LGBT people, according to the court's liberal justices. But experts were divided over how far this ripple effect could spread.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-announce-new-actions-protect-student-loan-borrowers-source-2023-06-30/
Thwarted by the conservative-leaning court, Biden told reporters that his administration would pursue student loan relief through a different avenue, the Higher Education Act.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-decide-fate-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-2023-06-30/
The justices ruled in a 6-3 decision favoring states that objected to the policy. The action dealt a blow to the 26 million U.S. borrowers who applied for relief after Joe Biden announced the plan in August 2022 and marks a political setback for the president.
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