The U.S. Supreme Court

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A freed man faces life back in prison after a Supreme Court ruling on the First Step Act

Two years after his release from prison, Patrick Dewayne Smith spends Sundays with his family in a modest brick church with a white steeple in rural Tennessee. He works two jobs. He goes to ball games to cheer for nieces and nephews he had never met. After serving 13 years for a nonviolent drug conviction, he is trying to rebuild his life. Read More.

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• 🧑‍⚖️ The Supreme Court, siding with the Trump administration, agreed to hear arguments in a watchdog's lawsuit seeking public records about Elon Musk's DOGE. Go deeper.

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Supreme Court agrees to review a Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes more than 150 years ago.

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-distilling-spirits-reconstruction-ban-51131151865ded86093a99ec56451465?

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• Supreme Court agrees to review a Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes