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Governor Gavin Newsom issues revised COVID-19 mitigation guidelines for churches after the U.S. Supreme Court lifts the state's ban on indoor worship in areas hardest hit by the pandemic. The new guidelines limit indoor services to 25 percent of the church's capacity in hard-hit areas and restricts indoor singing and chanting.
2021-02-6

The United States Supreme Court allows states to collect sales taxes from online retailers that do not have a "physical presence" in that state.
2018-06-21

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirms previous rulings that Texas' 2011 voter ID law is discriminatory and does not comply with the Voting Rights Act, and orders a lower court to resolve the problem in time for the November elections.
2016-07-20

The United States Supreme Court ruled in "Montgomery v. Louisiana" (2016) that its prohibition of mandatory life sentences for juveniles convicted of murder (under "Miller v. Alabama" (2012)), had to be applied retroactively, potentially affecting 1300 to 2300 cases nationally.
2016-01-25

The United States Supreme Court holds in a 6–3 decision that the first-sale doctrine applies to the domestic sale of foreign copies of copyrighted work lawfully made abroad.
2013-03-19

The United States Supreme Court announces that it won't hear a much-noted dispute on the width of the "first sale" doctrine in copyright law.
2011-10-3

The United States Supreme Court decides to delay the execution of Troy Davis, superseding the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles rejection of the request for death row clemency.
2011-09-21

The Governor of Arizona Jan Brewer asks the United States Supreme Court to overturn a ruling putting parts of its 2010 Immigration Law on hold.
2011-05-9

The United States Supreme Court, in ruling on "United States v. Stevens", strikes down a law outlawing videos that depict animal cruelty.
2010-04-20

The United States Supreme Court reverses a decision by the Philadelphia Court of Appeals that had blocked the execution of former Black Panther Party member Mumia Abu-Jamal.
2010-01-19