U.S. Supreme Court opens new term, with an ill Justice Thomas absent
The Supreme Court resumes oral arguments at the start of its new term./ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday debated the insanity defense in criminal prosecutions and delivered a potential setback to gun control advocates as it opened its new term on Monday with a flurry of activity on a day when its longest-serving justice, Clarence Thomas, was absent due to illness. The conservative-majority court returned after a three-month break to launch its new nine-month term with arguments in a trio of cases. The court hears the ...
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