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Justice Sotomayor defends ‘fearlessly independent' judiciary amid Trump attacks
Remarks by the liberal justice came as President Donald Trump and his allies have harshly criticized judges for blocking his agenda.
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Supreme Court upholds Biden's ghost gun regulations
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden administration regulation on the nearly impossible-to-trace weapons called “ghost guns.”
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Supreme Court hears FCC case that could weaken power of federal agencies
A case about a Federal Communications Commission program that subsidizes telecommunications in underserved areas raises big legal questions for the executive branch.
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Trump officials sent war plans to a magazine editor
Top national security officials texted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat that included The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief.
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Louisiana puts man to death in its first nitrogen gas execution, his lawyer says
Four states — Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma — specifically authorize execution by nitrogen hypoxia
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Chief justice rebukes Trump's call to impeach judge
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement Tuesday rebuking President Donald Trump and his allies for calling to impeach judges who have ruled against his administration.
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Chief Justice Roberts pushes back against calls to impeach judges who rule against Trump
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a statement following President Donald Trump’s call for a judge to be impeached for ruling against the administration.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to partly allow birthright citizenship restrictions
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out.
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MAGA world turns on Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
The Trump-appointed justice has shifted the court to the right, but she has angered some in MAGA world by voting against some Trump priorities.
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Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges
The decision is the latest in which conservative justices have reined in pollution control efforts.
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Supreme Court leans toward reviving straight woman's reverse discrimination claim
Marlean Ames sued Ohio officials claiming she was treated unfairly at work because she is straight.
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Supreme Court dismisses Oklahoma death row inmate's conviction over flawed trial
In an unusual case, death row inmate Richard Glossip was backed by the state’s Republican attorney general, who agreed the conviction was unsound.
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Supreme Court maintains pause on Trump bid to immediately fire watchdog agency head
The Supreme Court on Friday for now prevented President Donald Trump from firing the head of a watchdog agency in the first legal showdown to reach the justices over the administration’s efforts to dramatically remake the federal government.
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Supreme Court to hear church-state fight over bid to launch first publicly funded religious charter school
An attempt to authorize the Catholic school was challenged as a violation of the First Amendment, which limits government involvement in religion.
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Supreme Court rules for female Oklahoma death row inmate over sex-shaming claim
Brenda Andrew, convicted of murdering her husband, can pursue claim that prosecutors inappropriately focused on her sex life at trial.
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Supreme Court will hear case of MD parents who object to LGBTQ books in classes
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from parents in suburban Washington who want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters. The justices said Friday they will review an appeals court decision that went against parents in Montgomery County, Maryland. The parents claim the policy violates their constitutional religious rights by...
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A TikTok ban is just days away. Here's a list of other apps available
The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Jan. 19 unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, ByteDance.
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TikTok can be banned in US as Supreme Court upholds federal law
The Supreme Court upheld a federal law that President Joe Biden signed in April that will shut the popular social media app down on Jan. 19, the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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Supreme Court upholds a law that would ban TikTok in the United States
The law in question requires China-based TikTok owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company, arguing U.S. national security concerns.
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Income, community, purpose: Here's what DMV TikTok creators say they'll lose when the app is banned
The Supreme Court upheld a law passed by Congress in April 2024 saying that TikTok’s owner ByteDance must sell the app, or see it banned. Here’s how two DMV area creators say a ban will change their lives.