Author: Richard Wolf, USA TODAY

Voting rights groups told the Supreme Court that Florida’s system amounts to a “poll tax” that violates the 24th Amendment to the Constitution.

Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance called the ruling a “tremendous victory” and emphasized he will follow the law and the facts “wherever they may lead.”

Political groups wanted the original law declared unconstitutional, while the government wanted both the ban and the government-debt exception upheld.

The program, created by President Barack Obama in 2012, allows nearly 700,000 immigrants to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation.

Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal, have both criticized the doctrine of “qualified immunity.”

The dramatic oral arguments may lead to landmark rulings on a president’s immunity from investigation while in office and Congress’ oversight powers.

The dispute between religious schools and fired teachers is the third major case religious freedom case the high court is considering this year.

Even as impeachment dominates Congress and the Supreme Court looks into his tax returns, Trump’s real estate holdings will get a hard look this week.

The Supreme Court appeared likely to side with the Trump administration in its effort to end the DACA program for 660,000 undocumented immigrants.

The Supreme Court refused to shield Remington Arms Co. from potential liability for the 2012 school shooting that left 26 dead in Newtown, Conn.