President-elect Donald Trump is considering nominating Republican presidential rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as Defense secretary, according to two people familiar with the situation. DeSantis…
<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/OCT-2023-Banner-2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Former Roberts clerk appointed to argue deportation case" title="Former Roberts clerk appointed to argue deportation case" style="float:right;" decoding="async" />The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed a former clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts to defend a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in an immigration case after the Biden administration declined to do so. The announcement that the court...</p>
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<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-5-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Justices weigh Holocaust survivors’ right to sue Hungary for compensation" title="Justices weigh Holocaust survivors’ right to sue Hungary for compensation" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-5-570x570.jpg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-5-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-5-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />A long-running dispute reached the Supreme Court again on Tuesday over efforts by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust to receive compensation for property that was seized by the Hungarian government during its extermination campaign in collaboration with the Nazis. The survivors and their heirs brought...</p>
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<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-4-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Supreme Court to hear challenge to ban on transgender health care for minors" title="Supreme Court to hear challenge to ban on transgender health care for minors" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-4-570x570.jpg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-4-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-4-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender teens. The dispute could be one of the most significant decisions of the term. And with similar laws in 23...</p>
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BRUSSELS ― Frédéric Bernard, the head of cabinet of former European Council President Charles Michel, is to become Belgian ambassador to the United States, according…
<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Justices debate IRS’s claim on pre-bankruptcy tax payments" title="Justices debate IRS’s claim on pre-bankruptcy tax payments" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-3-570x570.jpg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-3-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/supremecourt-3-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Typically, in bankruptcy proceedings a creditor must return payments made shortly before the debtor filed for bankruptcy. At Monday’s argument in United States v. Miller, the justices were asked to decide whether that same rule applies to the Internal Revenue Service. Although Section 106 of...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/12/justices-debate-irss-claim-on-pre-bankruptcy-tax-payments/">Justices debate IRS’s claim on pre-bankruptcy tax payments</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>
South Korea’s president declared martial law Tuesday in a surprise late-night televised address, accusing the political opposition of siding with North Korea. President Yoon Suk…