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A U.S. Supreme Court decision may limit the authority of federal departments like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration. The “Chevron Doctrine” gives power to federal agencies to interpret vague laws like the Clean Air Act.
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The U.S. Postal Service cites the late Supreme Court justice's legacy of "important majority opinions advancing equality and strong dissents on socially controversial rulings."
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship. The court passed up an invitation to overturn a series of decisions dating back to 1901 known as the Insular Cases, replete with racist and anti-foreign rhetoric.
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New York's attorney general says her office will appeal a federal judge's ruling that halted key provisions of the state's new rules on guns.
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Only one application for a concealed gun carry license has been approved in Hawaiʻi after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanded gun rights across the nation. Hawaiʻi has strict gun laws, and it has traditionally been practically impossible to obtain permission to carry a loaded gun in public. The Maui Police Department says it approved one application.
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The U.S. Supreme Court says gun cases involving restrictions in Hawaiʻi, California, New Jersey and Maryland deserve a new look following its major decision in a gun case last week.
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A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision may have an impact on Hawaiʻi's gun laws. HPR's Casey Harlow spoke with gun rights and gun control advocates to get their thoughts on the ruling.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade, the court's five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an abortion.
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Reece Jones, the chair of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Geography and the Environment, explores race and America's immigration policy in his new book, "White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall."
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A U.S. District Court judge said Maui County must get permits to operate injection wells that environmental groups said are polluting the ocean.