Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money.
Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, has asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.
The dissent of Judge Richard G. Taranto, a nominee of President Barack Obama, could now become a guide for the Supreme Court justices, should the majority decide to back Mr. Trump.
Container ships in the Port of Los Angeles. In April, President Trump expanded the tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China to include goods from more than 100 trading partners.
The Liberty Justice Center led by Sara Albrecht is better known for backing right-leaning causes, but it filed the tariff case that will be heard by the Supreme Court this week.
The justices face a so-called legitimacy dilemma as they deal with a tricky legal dispute and a president who has made clear he would view defeat as a personal insult.
Experts say the case is a tossup that poses difficult considerations for the justices, made all the more tense by President Trump’s efforts to personalize the dispute.
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