The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the nearly 160-year-old federal ban on distilling alcohol in private homes, a case that could reshape Americans' ability to make their own spirits. The court will review an April ruling by the conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found the ban unconstitutional and an overreach of Congress' taxing power.
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, to restore plea agreements that would have spared him and two co-defendants the death penalty. The denial keeps capital punishment on the table as the case proceeds toward a military trial scheduled for June 2028.