Nation Dec 05 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on website designer refusing services for same-sex couple The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded sympathetic to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that's the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court.
Politics Nov 08 Supreme Court skeptical of overturning civil rights precedent The Supreme Court seems likely to reject a call to overturn decades of precedent and limit the ability of individuals to use federal civil rights law to sue.
Politics Nov 07 Ketanji Brown Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued her first Supreme Court opinion. It was a short dissent Monday in support of a death row inmate from Ohio.
Politics Nov 04 The Supreme Court is more diverse than ever, the lawyers who argue before it less so The Supreme Court looks more like America than it ever has. The lawyers who argue at the nation's highest court? Not so much.
Politics Oct 30 LISTEN: Supreme Court conservatives raise doubts on affirmative action for college admissions Members of the Supreme Court's conservative majority are questioning the continued use of affirmative action in higher education.
Politics Oct 30 The evolution of affirmative action cases, from Bakke to Fisher Earlier cases on affirmation action are each known by a single name: Bakke, Grutter, Gratz and Fisher. Here's a look at what they have done since the Supreme Court made their names synonymous with the issue of race in higher…
Politics Oct 13 Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump plea to step into Mar-a-Lago case The Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump's plea to step into the legal fight over the FBI search of his Florida estate.
Nation Oct 12 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments over copyright of an Andy Warhol image of musician Prince The case affects artists, authors, filmmakers, museums and movie studios. Some amount of copying is acceptable under the law as “fair use,” while larger scale appropriation of a work constitutes copyright infringement.
Politics Oct 11 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on animal welfare in pork industry and death penalty case The Supreme Court is weighing a California animal cruelty law that pork producers say could upend their industry and raise the cost of pork products nationwide.
Politics Aug 09 Appeals court rules Congress can get Donald Trump’s tax records A three-judge appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Congress has broad authority to request Trump's tax records and that the Treasury Department should provide them.