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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed to her conservative colleagues' willingness to upend decades-old precedents when asked Wednesday night about sagging public confidence in the court. “I think my court would probably gather more public support if it went a little more slowly in undoing precedent,” Sotomayor said during an appearance in Louisville. The conservative-led court — reshaped by three justices nominated by Republican President Donald Trump — overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nationwide protections for abortion rights. And it struck down affirmative action in college admissions, effectively overturning cases reaching back decades. Sotomayor, a...

Donald Trump's tax returns will be made public at midday after a nearly four-year-long fight that saw the former president fight tooth-and-nail to shield his financial statements from public view. The Democrat-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted last Tuesday evening to release the returns, in a debate that lasted more than three hours behind closed doors. The final vote was 24 to 16. All Democrats voted in favor of the action while all Republicans on the panel voted against.... ...Six years' worth of Trump's most recent tax returns will be covered, as well as documents from eight of his...

A lawyer for the NYPD cop who allegedly engaged in mile-high group sex with a hooker paid for by a shady businessman said his client is no more guilty than the former secretary of state, who was cleared by the feds. “It’s similar to what the FBI said about Hillary Clinton and why she wasn’t charged,” said John Meringolo, a lawyer for James Grant, who pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court Wednesday morning. “She was unaware she was committing a crime. Here there is no crime whatsoever.”

Why Is a Good Marine Charged With Murder for Doing His Job? Lieutenant Illario Pantano, 33, faces charges of premeditated murder that could cost him his life on the word of one disgruntled member of his command. The case could be a disaster for future combat operations if the charges aren't dropped. Lt. Pantano faces these charges because he shot two suspected terrorists during a mission in Iraq. During April's bloody siege of Fallujah, Lt. Pantano was leading his troops in raiding a house full of weapons. The terrorists emerged from the house, got in an SUV and tried to...

California has not exactly been the prime target for terrorists but that process could be speeded up with help from a judge who is sending the wrong message on a case of domestic terrorism. Kathleen Soliah was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a group fond of assassinating innocent civilians such as Marcus Foster, the first black school superintendent in Oakland. They also robbed banks and Soliah was on the scene in 1975 when the SLA hit a bank near Sacramento and gunned down Myrna Opsahl, a 42-year old mother of four depositing church collections. The SLA gunners wrote...