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The Supreme Court will not consider a challenge to an affluent Chicago suburb’s ban on semi-automatic assault rifles that accept large-capacity magazines, the court announced Monday.
US President Joe Biden says that the Supreme Court's decision on Donald Trump's criminal immunity for his actions as president set a "dangerous precedent". "Today's decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits what the President can do," he says. SOUNDBITE
Nikki Haley seeks to warn Republican voters away from rival Donald Trump after he defeated her in the New Hampshire primary, saying nominating the controversial former US president would spell victory for Joe Biden in November. "The worst kept secret in politics is how badly the Democrats want to run against Donald Trump," she tells a watch party in Concord after US networks projected she would lose the primary. "A Trump nomination is a Biden win," she says. SOUNDBITE
The UK Supreme Court rejects a government plan to send migrants to Rwanda, upholding a lower court ruling that it was unlawful, in a major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. SOUNDBITE
The President of Britain's Supreme Court, Lord Robert Reed, announces the court's ruling that the Scottish Parliament cannot unilaterally legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence without the backing of the Westminster-based government of the United Kingdom, in a set-back for the Scottish National Party and those supporting a repeat of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. SOUNDBITE
"The president has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court and certainly stands by that," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says, as several US news media outlets report that US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire. SOUNDBITE
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