Supreme Court asks Justice Department to weigh in on climate change suits
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether the climate change lawsuits filed by California and two dozen…
Opinion: The Supreme Court’s lack of accountability is worse than you think
The well-documented ethical failings of Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas are all the more troubling because the Supreme Court has become seriously…
Supreme Court discloses book advances, including $900,000 for Jackson
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices reported Friday that they are receiving big-money advances for writing books about themselves or the law, often shortly after arriving…
Oil industry asks Supreme Court to block climate change suits
WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies are asking the Supreme Court to block dozens of high-powered lawsuits from California to Massachusetts seeking to hold the industry…
Opinion: Alito and Thomas taint the Supreme Court’s Jan. 6 decisions
America, we have a(nother) constitutional crisis on our hands. Amid all the well-warranted attention to Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who refuses to recuse himself…
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit…
Supreme Court gives National Rifle Assn. a 1st Amendment win
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Assn., best known for advocating for gun rights under the 2nd Amendment, won an unusual 1st Amendment free-speech decision from the…
The newest election battlefield for abortion: State supreme courts
As presidential candidates and state legislators campaign over the future of abortion in America, elections for the third branch of government have largely escaped scrutiny…
Why Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s lapse is different
Another day, another ethics crisis at the Supreme Court. When I first read about the upside-down American flag that flew at the Virginia home of…
Supreme Court OKs shift of Black voters to shore up GOP district
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state’s mapmakers may shift tens of thousands of Black voters to a different district if they were…
Iran’s Supreme Leader leads funeral prayers for president | Religion
NewsFeedIran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led funeral prayers for the country’s president and foreign minister at a funeral ceremony in Tehran. Ebrahim Raisi…
Flag controversy is the latest for Supreme Court Justice Alito
WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the Supreme Court’s most predictable conservative of late, is again battling complaints that some of his actions demand that…
Just how long should a Supreme Court justice stay around?
WASHINGTON — In late June, around the time the U.S. Supreme Court wraps up its current term, Justice Sonia Sotomayor will turn 70. Is that old…
Sen. Dick Durbin calls for Supreme Court’s Alito to step aside from Trump cases
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito faces a call from Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin to step down from cases related to the 2020 presidential…
Supreme Court rejects payday lenders’ challenge to Obama-era consumer protection bureau
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the U.S. consumer protection agency that was created under President Obama and congressional Democrats to protect Americans from…
Opinion: Supreme Court’s conservatives unplugged, unrepentant
It’s that time of year when the life-tenured denizens of America’s imperial court, otherwise known as the Supreme Court, come down from their bench to…
U.S. Supreme Court restores Louisiana voting map with second majority-Black district
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily cleared the way for Louisiana to use a voting map with two majority-Black districts in this year's election, as the…
Supreme Court upholds a new Black-majority district in Louisiana
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a decision by two Trump-appointed judges in Louisiana and restored a state election map that may allow…
Supreme Court rejects California immunity in prison COVID deaths
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from California prison officials who sought immunity from lawsuits for having transferred inmates with COVID-19…
Supreme Court’s embrace of states’ rights could aid California in its battle with the Trump administration
Reporting from Washington — The Supreme Court decision upholding states’ rights to offer sports betting was backed mostly by conservative justices, but it may also give…