Politics Nov 21 Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts The justices could say as soon as Monday whether they will hear President Donald Trump's appeal of lower court rulings that have uniformly struck down the citizenship restrictions. They have not taken effect anywhere in the United States.
Politics Nov 10 Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target ahead of midterms Mississippi is among 18 states and the District of Columbia that accept mailed ballots received after Election Day as long as the ballots are postmarked on or before that date, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Politics Nov 10 Supreme Court rejects call to overturn decadeold same-sex marriage decision The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Politics Oct 06 The Supreme Court begins a new term that will examine Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda.
Politics Oct 03 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants The justices issued an emergency order, which will last as long as the court case continues, putting on hold a lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco that found the administration had wrongly ended temporary protected status for…
Politics Sep 19 DOJ asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 300,000 Venezuelan migrants The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing it to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants.
Politics Sep 09 Chief justice keeps Trump funding freeze in place for now Chief Justice John Roberts acted on the Trump administration's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in a case involving billions of dollars in congressionally approved aid.
Education Aug 25 DC school year starts with parents on edge over Trump’s armed patrols As schools opened across the capital city, parental social media groups and listservs were buzzing with reports and rumors of checkpoints and arrests.
Nation Aug 14 Supreme Court allows Mississippi to enforce social media age verification law The Supreme Court has refused to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children.
Nation Jul 11 Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind behind 9/11 attacks The decision by a panel of the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical troubles.