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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.
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Supreme Court seems open to age checks for online porn, though some free-speech questions remain
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography, though the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measure affects adults’ free-speech rights.
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Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
The Supreme Court is declining to hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change.
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Supreme Court to weigh reinstating Obamacare care requirements struck down by lower court
Challengers raised religious and procedural objections to some of the requirements.
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TikTok ban arguments draw line of people to Supreme Court
News4’s Juliana Valencia reports on one of the most important social media cases from outside the Supreme Court.
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Federal courts won't refer Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to attorney general over ethics
The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.
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Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct
A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.
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TikTok asks Supreme Court to block potential ban
TikTok asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a bipartisan-backed law that would ban the social media app in the United States if the company’s Chinese-based owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell the platform to an American owner.
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Conservatives object as Supreme Court ducks case on high school admissions
For the second time since the court ended the consideration of race in college admissions, the justices declined to hear a case challenging a program aimed at bolstering diversity in public schools.
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Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee's ban on medical treatments for transgender minors
The court is considering a challenge to a Tennessee law that bars the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
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Supreme Court grapples with FDA's refusal to approve flavored vapes
As e-cigarettes have flooded the market, the FDA’s role in approving new tobacco products is put under a microscope.
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Supreme Court won't hear challenge to graphic cigarette warning labels
The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.
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South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life
South Carolina has put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection for the fatal shooting of a store clerk in Spartanburg.