A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign
Read full article: A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaignWhen he was president, Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court with three nominees, and in the process shifted the court's ideological balance to the conservative right.
Alaska man charged with sending graphic threats to kill Supreme Court justices
Read full article: Alaska man charged with sending graphic threats to kill Supreme Court justicesAn Alaska man accused of sending graphic threats to injure and kill six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members has been released from custody after being indicted on federal charges.
Trial date set for man accused of trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh
Read full article: Trial date set for man accused of trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice KavanaughA trial is scheduled to start in June 2025 for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.
Kamala Harris is now Democratic presidential nominee, will face off against Donald Trump this fall
Read full article: Kamala Harris is now Democratic presidential nominee, will face off against Donald Trump this fallVice President Kamala Harrisā coronation as the Democrats' standard-bearer for the 2024 presidential election is now official after the Democratic National Committee announced the formal results of the online voting by delegates on Monday night.
What Usha Vance's rise to prominence means to other South Asian and Hindu Americans
Read full article: What Usha Vance's rise to prominence means to other South Asian and Hindu AmericansUsha Chilukuri Vance has entered the spotlight this week as the wife of JD Vance, former President Trumpās running mate in the 2024 presidential election.
Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness
Read full article: Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessnessThe Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump wonāt stand trial before the November election.
The Supreme Court nears the end of another momentous term. A decision on Trump's immunity looms
Read full article: The Supreme Court nears the end of another momentous term. A decision on Trump's immunity loomsIn the last 10 days of June, on a frenetic pace of its own making, the Supreme Court has touched a wide swath of American society in decisions on abortion, guns, the environment, health, the opioid crisis, securities fraud and homelessness.
What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators
Read full article: What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulatorsExecutive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety and other issues under a far-reaching decision Friday by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
Read full article: The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue PharmaThe Sackler family members who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma say they're disappointed in the Supreme Court's rejection of a nationwide settlement that would've shielded them from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic.
Supreme Court overturns ex-mayorās bribery conviction, narrowing the scope of public corruption law
Read full article: Supreme Court overturns ex-mayorās bribery conviction, narrowing the scope of public corruption lawThe Supreme Court has overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor, the latest in a series of decisions narrowing the scope of federal public corruption law.
The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interests
Read full article: The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interestsThe Supreme Court has upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests.
Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by donor Harlan Crow, Senate panel reveals
Read full article: Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by donor Harlan Crow, Senate panel revealsSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional luxury trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by donors as part of the panelās ethics investigation into the Supreme Court.
Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over
Read full article: Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not overThe Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in the majority of U.S. abortions, though abortion opponents say the ruling wonāt be the last word in the fight over mifepristone.
The Latest | The US Supreme Court rules to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone
Read full article: The Latest | The US Supreme Court rules to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristoneThe U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to preserve access to mifepristone, the drug most commonly used in medication abortions.
Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
Read full article: Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medicationA unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of abortions in the U.S. last year.
3 Nixon justices helped end his presidency. Will the 3 Trump appointees force him to stand trial?
Read full article: 3 Nixon justices helped end his presidency. Will the 3 Trump appointees force him to stand trial?Fifty years ago, three of the justices Richard Nixon appointed to the Supreme Court joined in an 8-0 decision in the Watergate tapes case that effectively ended his presidency.
Thomas acknowledges more travel paid for by Harlan Crow. Colleagues report six-figure book payments
Read full article: Thomas acknowledges more travel paid for by Harlan Crow. Colleagues report six-figure book paymentsJustice Clarence Thomas is belatedly acknowledging more travel paid for by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, while several colleagues reported six-figure payments as part of book deals.
Supreme Court sides with Native American tribes in health care funding dispute with government
Read full article: Supreme Court sides with Native American tribes in health care funding dispute with governmentThe Supreme Court is siding with Native American tribes who said they faced increased costs after taking over management of their own health care programs from the federal government.
Supreme Court gives homeowners another chance in escrow dispute with Bank of America
Read full article: Supreme Court gives homeowners another chance in escrow dispute with Bank of AmericaThe Supreme Court has given homeowners another chance to force Bank of America and other large banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts.
Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
Read full article: Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at GuantanamoThe Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanamo detainee who was seeking to wipe away his war crimes convictions, including for killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.
Justice Kavanaugh says unpopular rulings can later become 'fabric of American constitutional law'
Read full article: Justice Kavanaugh says unpopular rulings can later become 'fabric of American constitutional law'Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says U_S_ history shows court decisions unpopular in their time later can become part of the āfabric of American constitutional law.ā.
Supreme Court sides with music producer in copyright case over sample in Flo Rida hit
Read full article: Supreme Court sides with music producer in copyright case over sample in Flo Rida hitThe Supreme Court has sided with a music producer in a copyright case, allowing him to seek more than a decade's worth of damages over a sample used in a Flo Rida song.
Divided Supreme Court rules no quick hearing required when police seize property
Read full article: Divided Supreme Court rules no quick hearing required when police seize propertyA divided Supreme Court has ruled that authorities do not have to provide a quick hearing when they seize cars and other property used in drug crimes, even when the property belongs to so-called innocent owners.
Key moments from landmark Supreme Court arguments on Trump's immunity claims
Read full article: Key moments from landmark Supreme Court arguments on Trump's immunity claimsThere was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential ruling āfor the agesā and of the Founding Fathers, too.
What to know in the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump
Read full article: What to know in the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President TrumpThe core issue being debated before the Supreme Court on Thursday boils down to whether a former president is immune from prosecution for actions taken while in office.
Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
Read full article: Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbersThe Supreme Court has agreed to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that was struck down by lower courts.
Supreme Court casts doubt on GOP-led states' efforts to regulate social media platforms
Read full article: Supreme Court casts doubt on GOP-led states' efforts to regulate social media platformsThe Supreme Court has cast doubt with state laws that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users.
Supreme Court seems skeptical of EPA's 'good neighbor' rule on power plant pollution
Read full article: Supreme Court seems skeptical of EPA's 'good neighbor' rule on power plant pollutionThe Supreme Courtās conservative majority appears skeptical of the federal governmentās argument that the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution rule in 11 states.
The Supreme Court wrestles with major challenges to the power of federal regulators
Read full article: The Supreme Court wrestles with major challenges to the power of federal regulatorsConservative Supreme Court justices have voiced support for weakening the power of federal regulators, but it's unclear whether a majority would overturn a major 40-year-old decision.
A little fish at the Supreme Court could take a big bite out of regulatory power
Read full article: A little fish at the Supreme Court could take a big bite out of regulatory powerBusiness and conservative interest groups hoping to limit the power of regulators believe they have a winner in the Atlantic herring and the boats that sweep the modest fish into their holds by the millions.
The Supreme Court will decide if Donald Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballots
Read full article: The Supreme Court will decide if Donald Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballotsThe Supreme Court will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 presidential ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss that culminated in the U.S. Capitol attack.
Trump transformed the Supreme Court. Now the justices could decide his political and legal future
Read full article: Trump transformed the Supreme Court. Now the justices could decide his political and legal futureThe Supreme Court is being thrust into the middle of two cases carrying enormous political and legal implications just weeks before the first votes in in the Iowa caucuses.
The Supreme Court rejects an appeal over bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children
Read full article: The Supreme Court rejects an appeal over bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ childrenThe Supreme Court has refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.
Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts
Read full article: Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courtsOhioās new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them.
Political violence threatens to intensify as the 2024 campaign heats up, experts on extremism warn
Read full article: Political violence threatens to intensify as the 2024 campaign heats up, experts on extremism warnExperts on extremism fear that the threat of politically motivated violence will intensify as the 2024 presidential campaign heats up.
The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement
Read full article: The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcementThe new Supreme Court code of conduct agreed to by all nine justices does not appear to impose any significant new requirements on them.
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victims
Read full article: The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victimsThe Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.
Billions in TV revenue, athletes as employees on the line as college sports faces more legal threats
Read full article: Billions in TV revenue, athletes as employees on the line as college sports faces more legal threatsAs the NCAA works to find a way to manage the way athletes are compensated for name, image and likeness, other threats are gathering.
The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl
Read full article: The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirlThe Supreme Court is returning to a new term with familiar topics such as guns and abortion, as well as concerns about ethics swirling around the justices.
Christine Blasey Ford, who testified against Justice Brett Kavanaugh, will release a memoir in 2024
Read full article: Christine Blasey Ford, who testified against Justice Brett Kavanaugh, will release a memoir in 2024The California professor who testified that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had assaulted her while they were in high school has written a memoir.
Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh predicts 'concrete steps soon' to address ethics concerns
Read full article: Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh predicts 'concrete steps soon' to address ethics concernsU.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has told attendees at a judicial conference in Ohio that addressing recent ethics concerns can increase public confidence in the institution.
Rising political threats take US into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms
Read full article: Rising political threats take US into uncharted territory as 2024 election loomsThis weekās confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man who threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden was just the latest example of how violent rhetoric has created a more perilous political environment across the U.S. Threats against public officials have been steadily climbing in recent years, creating new challenges for law enforcement, civil rights and the health of American democracy.
Supreme Court reinstates regulation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
Read full article: Supreme Court reinstates regulation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbersThe Supreme Court is reinstating a regulation aimed at reining in the proliferation of firearms without serial numbers, called ghost guns.
Supreme Court won't block a ruling favoring a Native American man cited for speeding in Tulsa
Read full article: Supreme Court won't block a ruling favoring a Native American man cited for speeding in TulsaThe Supreme Court has left in place a lower court ruling that invalidated a speeding ticket against a Native American man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, because the city is located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation.
Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisan
Read full article: Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisanJustice Brett Kavanaugh points to the mixed decisions that emerged from the U_S_ Supreme Court this term as he seeks to dispel notions of a partisan high court, He told a judicial conference in Minnesota on Thursday that the high court is āan institution of law, not of politics, not of partisanship.ā.
Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act
Read full article: Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights ActThe Supreme Court has issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, rejecting a Republican-led effort to weaken a landmark voting rights law.
Supreme Court sharply limits federal government's ability to police pollution into certain wetlands
Read full article: Supreme Court sharply limits federal government's ability to police pollution into certain wetlandsThe Supreme Court has sharply limited the federal governmentās authority to police water pollution into certain wetlands.
Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett
Read full article: Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney BarrettA nominee to the Connecticut Supreme Court has told state lawmakers that she would not have signed a 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett for a federal appeals court position if she knew Barrett would later vote to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion protections as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
DeSantis visits Florida aviation school as he deals with video leak
Read full article: DeSantis visits Florida aviation school as he deals with video leakGov. Ron DeSantis is visiting a technical school in Brooksville on Monday after a visit to Wisconsin for a Republican event and amid a controversial video leak.
Supreme Court to decide important case on government power
Read full article: Supreme Court to decide important case on government powerThe Supreme Court says it will decide whether or not to overrule a decades-old decision that has been a frequent target of conservatives and, if overruled, could make it harder to sustain governmental regulations.
Justices OK overtime pay for $200,000-a-year oil rig worker
Read full article: Justices OK overtime pay for $200,000-a-year oil rig workerThe Supreme Court has ruled that an energy company employee who earned more than $200,000 a year still qualified for overtime pay under a federal law meant to protect blue-collar workers.
Supreme Court wrestles with lawsuit shield for social media
Read full article: Supreme Court wrestles with lawsuit shield for social mediaIn its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seems unlikely to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter who was killed in a terrorist attack.
Bill over abortion court leak struck down in North Dakota
Read full article: Bill over abortion court leak struck down in North DakotaMonths after the unprecedented leak of the U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, lawmakers in North Dakota have struck down a bill to criminalize court leaks.
Justices skeptical of elections case that could alter voting
Read full article: Justices skeptical of elections case that could alter votingThe Supreme Court seems skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked when making rules for elections for Congress and the presidency.
The AP Interview: Whitmer has 'no interest in going to DC'
Read full article: The AP Interview: Whitmer has 'no interest in going to DC'In an Associated Press interview, Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she will remain focused on her post and not on growing national speculation she could mount a future presidential run.
Justices cheered at conservative group's anniversary dinner
Read full article: Justices cheered at conservative group's anniversary dinnerFour of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion showed up at the conservative Federalist Societyās black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary.
Justices seem to favor most of Native child welfare law
Read full article: Justices seem to favor most of Native child welfare lawThe Supreme Court appears likely to leave in place most of a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children.
Police: Pelosi suspect wanted to break speaker's knees
Read full article: Police: Pelosi suspect wanted to break speaker's kneesFederal prosecutors say the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told police he wanted to hold the speaker hostage and ābreak her kneecaps.ā.
Murkowski faces Tshibaka and Chesbro in Alaska Senate debate
Read full article: Murkowski faces Tshibaka and Chesbro in Alaska Senate debateRepublican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Alaskans want results, not āpartisan political rhetoric,ā as she faced her Donald Trump-backed Republican rival Kelly Tshibaka in a televised debate Thursday.
Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice
Read full article: Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justiceThe Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a new justice on the bench, the public back in the courtroom and a spirited debate in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights.
Yeshiva University halts clubs amid high court LGBTQ ruling
Read full article: Yeshiva University halts clubs amid high court LGBTQ rulingYeshiva University has abruptly suspended student club activity in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this week that ordered the school to recognize for now an LGBTQ student group.
Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump case
Read full article: Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump caseA little-known federal judge appointed to the bench two years ago by Donald Trump is in the spotlight this week over her decision to hand the former president a major procedural win.
After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws
Read full article: After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun lawsThe Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over issues including age limits and bans on AR-15-style guns.
Feds: Kavanaugh plotter sought to alter court 'for decades'
Read full article: Feds: Kavanaugh plotter sought to alter court 'for decades'Federal officials say that a California man accused of plotting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh had a more expansive goal to change the makeup of the Supreme Court in discussions he had online.
Supreme Court leak probe: So many questions, so few answers
Read full article: Supreme Court leak probe: So many questions, so few answersLess than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that overturned Roe v_ Wade, Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation into what he called an āegregious breach.ā.
High court marshal seeks enforcement of anti-picketing laws
Read full article: High court marshal seeks enforcement of anti-picketing lawsThe marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court has asked Maryland and Virginia officials to enforce laws she says prohibit picketing outside the homes of the justices who live in the two states.
After abortion ruling, critics renew blasts at Sen. Collins
Read full article: After abortion ruling, critics renew blasts at Sen. CollinsSen. Susan Collins is being criticized for the Supreme Court ruling allowing states to ban abortion because the moderate Republican voted to confirm two of the justices who were in the majority opinion.