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…
Supreme Court poised to enter debate over transgender care for minors
WASHINGTON — After steering clear of the divisive issue for months, the Supreme Court may be on the verge of deciding whether to jump into the…
California Supreme Court to rule on high-stakes fight over taxes
The battle between business and labor is headed for a high-stakes showdown at the California Supreme Court this week over a ballot measure that would…
Supreme Court immunity arguments show Trump is a master of corruption
I have badly underestimated Donald Trump. Thursday was the day that his justices — it turns out that they are indeed his justices on the…
How the Supreme Court left less hope for a Trump Jan. 6 trial
For those rightly concerned about the timing of Donald Trump’s federal Jan. 6 trial, Thursday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court gave plenty of reasons…
Supreme Court to pregnant women: Good luck with that
Happy Thursday. There are 193 days left until the election and we are back in the Supreme Court — last time for a while, I…
Trump in N.Y. for hush money trial while Supreme Court hears his immunity case
NEW YORK — A reluctant Donald Trump returned to a New York City courtroom Thursday as his hush money trial resumed at the same time that…
Will Supreme Court make Trump immune from Jan. 6 prosecution?
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear former President Trump’s claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his “official acts”…
West Virginia to appeal ruling against transgender athlete ban to U.S. Supreme Court
1 of 2 | West Virginia plans to appeal a recent ruling against the state's transgender athlete ban to the U.S. Supreme Court, the state…
Supreme Court wary of Idaho’s ban on some emergency abortions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices voiced doubt Wednesday about a strict Idaho law that would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion…
Supreme Court hears case of L.A. man denied visa in part over tattoos
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in the case of a Los Angeles man who was denied a green card after marrying…
Supreme Court to take up legal fight over ‘ghost guns’
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck…
Supreme Court split on homeless encampments case
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices sounded sharply split Monday over whether to give cities in the West more authority to restrict homeless encampments on sidewalks and…