Nation Nov 10 Justices take up high-profile case over young immigrants The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration's plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation, a case with strong political overtones amid the 2020 presidential election campaign.
Nation Oct 23 Ruth Bader Ginsburg to receive $1 million Berggruen Prize The award honors Ginsburg for her pioneering legal work for gender equality and her support for the rule of law.
Politics Oct 11 Appeals court rules House should be given Trump’s financial documents The list of documents makes no mention of Trump's tax returns, which are the subject of separate legal disputes.
Nation Oct 08 Supreme Court hears cases on LGBT people’s rights The cases Tuesday are the court's first on LGBT rights since Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement and replacement by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Nation Oct 07 Supreme Court begins election year term full of big cases This year, the court will hear high-profile cases about abortions, protections for young immigrants and LGBT rights.
Nation Sep 16 A look at the revived allegations against Justice Kavanaugh A new claim of decades-old sexual impropriety by Justice Brett Kavanaugh is rekindling the controversy that nearly derailed his confirmation to the Supreme Court last year. The allegation was unearthed by two New York Times reporters in their research for…
Nation Jul 16 Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99 Stevens served on the Supreme Court for nearly 35 years and became its leading liberal.
Nation Jul 04 Trump says officials are working holiday to resolve census dispute Trump hopes to find a way to have the 2020 census include a citizenship question even though the government has begun the process of printing the questionnaire without it.
Nation Jun 27 Supreme Court forbids citizenship question on 2020 census The Supreme Court says the Trump administration's explanation for wanting to add the question was "more of a distraction" than an explanation.
Nation Jun 27 Supreme Court says federal courts have no role in policing partisan gerrymandering In a decision that could reshape U.S. politics, the Supreme Court says federal courts have no role in policing partisan redistricting.