The Supreme Court today hears a challenge to the EPA’s authority to regulate air quality. Three GOP-led states want the court to freeze a plan that limits air pollution that crosses state borders. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has vowed to stay in the presidential race through Super Tuesday. But Saturday’s primary in her home state is shaping up to be another decisive victory for former President Donald Trump. What’s her case for staying in the race? And Alabama’s Supreme Court rules that fertilized eggs have the same rights as children.
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