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Supreme Court Weighs Arguments on Parents’ Rights

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on April 22 in Mahmoud v. Taylor. This case asks whether the constitutional rights of parents in Maryland were infringed when they were denied the ability to opt their children out of instruction about… Read More

Trump Felony Convictions Imperiled

Manhattan prosecutors agreed on July 2 to delay the sentencing of Donald Trump for his conviction in New York on 34 felony counts relating to allegedly fraudulent characterizations of hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. Pending consideration by trial judge… Read More

Weekly Snapshot: Tree of Life

Welcome to LNGenZ’s round up of the week’s top news stories. Charles Darwin’s Notebooks Mysteriously Returned after 20 Years Missing for two decades, it is still a mystery who took the scientist’s notebooks. When you check out a book from… Read More

Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Business Vaccine Mandate

As part of his plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden last year ordered some rules on vaccination – but the Supreme Court has stopped one of them from taking effect. In September 2021, the president declared that… Read More

What Is Court-Packing?

Article III of the Constitution created the United States Supreme Court, but it didn’t give much detail about how the Court should actually operate. Many of the rules are decided by the court itself, but the number of justices is… Read More

Amy Coney Barrett: The Newest Supreme Court Justice

Soon after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on September 18, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his pick for Justice Ginsburg’s successor: Amy Coney Barrett. Who is she, and how did she come to be nominated as a Supreme… Read More

The Supreme Court – What it Does

The United States Supreme Court is the ultimate decision-maker for legal disputes in the United States. Judges on the Court are called “Justices.” It is made up of the Chief Justice of the United States, and eight lesser, or “Associate… Read More

The Spill: Wildfires and Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers and Wildfires: A Necessary Combination The wildfires that have been burning up the West Coast have done millions of dollars in damage and cost some people their lives. The tragedy has been all over the news and social media,… Read More

Supreme Court Joins the Livestream Age

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States judiciary branch. The nine judges (justices) of the court hear some of the most important legal cases in the country. For the first time ever, the public can now… Read More

Supreme Court Decides Trump Can Build Wall

A major question in politics today is who should be allowed to enter and live in the United States. Immigration has become a key issue, with the population divided over whether America should open its borders to everyone or maintain… Read More