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Former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-W.Va) and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) recently proposed an amendment limiting ...

The Supreme Court decides on and interprets material related to the five core tenets of American political development: ...

The justice spoke to President-elect Donald Trump on the phone hours before Trump asked the Supreme Court to stop his ...