David G. Savage has covered the Supreme Court and legal issues for the Los Angeles Times in the Washington bureau since 1986. He has covered the Senate confirmation hearings for all of the current justices. In addition to writing about the court’s work, he has written on the legal battles that have raged in Washington. He joined The Times in 1981 and was an education writer on the Metro staff for five years. He has degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Northwestern University.
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The appeal by the Trump administration came just before the midterm election, and after federal judges rejected the bid to set aside the 20,000 California ballots.
The decision is a rare win for trans rights at the Supreme Court.
The court agreed to hear an appeal from parents in Montgomery County, Md., who were upset by a sharp drop in Asian students at its four magnet schools for gifted students.
The outcome gives Republican candidates an advertising edge in the final weeks of the campaign.
Oil and gas producers hope the Supreme Court will shut down scores of lawsuits over the effects of climate change.
The outcome of the Colorado case could affect California’s 2023 lawsuit against the five largest oil companies and other similar litigation.
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The justices turned down an emergency appeal from Trump’s lawyers, who argued the government needed a new and untested system of unique bar codes to track millions of mailed ballots.