Politics Jun 18 Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors The justices' 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump's Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to the…
Nation May 27 Supreme Court rejects plea to block Arizona copper mine on land sacred to Apaches The group Apache Stronghold is vowing to carry on the fight against a massive copper mining project on land the Apaches hold sacred, after a Supreme Court decision that is expected to let the mine proceed.
Nation May 22 Supreme Court 4-4 vote ends Oklahoma’s taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would have been the nation’s first religious charter school. But…
Politics May 16 Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume deporting Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act The high court action is the latest in a string of judicial setbacks for the Trump administration’s effort to speed deportations of people in the country illegally.
Politics May 15 4 things to know about the Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship In Thursday's arguments, the justices will be weighing whether judges have the authority to issue what are called nationwide, or universal, injunctions.
Politics May 14 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship The Supreme Court is weighing whether to allow President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship to temporarily take effect in most of the country, even if they might ultimately be found unconstitutional.
Politics May 09 Former Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a reliably liberal vote on Supreme Court, dies at 85 Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died.
Politics May 08 WATCH: ‘Judicial independence is crucial,’ Chief Justice Roberts says Amid attacks on federal judges who have slowed President Donald Trump's agenda, Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive.”…
Politics Apr 21 LISTEN: Supreme Court signals support for parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools The court seemed likely Tuesday to find the Montgomery County school system could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to them.
Politics Apr 19 Read the Supreme Court order blocking new deportations of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law.