Apr 01 Live Updates: Supreme Court considers Trump's order on birthright citizenship By Associated Press Every lower court to have considered the issue has found the order illegal and prevented it from taking effect. A definitive ruling by the nation’s highest court is expected by early summer. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 7:05 Supreme Court sides with therapist challenging Colorado ban on conversion therapy By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz A Colorado law that bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth hit a potentially far-reaching roadblock at the Supreme Court. In an 8-1 decision, the justices sided with a Christian counselor who argued that the law violated her First Amendment rights. Continue watching
Mar 31 Fact-checking Trump on birthright citizenship and birth tourism before Supreme Court hears arguments By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact One of the most important Supreme Court rulings expected this year is whether to uphold the constitutional protection that babies born in the U.S. are citizens. Continue reading
Mar 31 Supreme Court rules against Colorado's ban on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ kids By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. Continue reading
Mar 30 LISTEN: Supreme Court considers constitutionality of Trump's birthright citizenship order By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court is casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by Trump’s unparalleled presence in the courtroom. Continue reading
Mar 25 Supreme Court sides with Cox in copyright battle with record labels By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has sided with internet service provider Cox Communications in its copyright fight with record labels over illegal music downloads. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 6:17 Supreme Court hears mail-in ballot case that could impact the midterms By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz, Leila Jackson The Supreme Court heard a case that could reshape how millions of mail-in ballots are counted in this fall's elections. Some states count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. The… Continue watching
Mar 23 Supreme Court rejects appeal from online citizen journalist over her arrest in Texas By Associated Press The justices left in place a divided federal appeals court ruling that found journalist Priscilla Villarreal, known online as La Gordiloca, could not sue police officers and other officials over her arrest for seeking and obtaining nonpublic information from police. Continue reading
Mar 23 Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed over DNA testing By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Reed was sentenced to death for the 1996 killing of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. Prosecutors have refused to allow for DNA testing of the webbed belt that was used to strangle Stites as she made her way to work at a… Continue reading
Mar 22 LISTEN: Supreme Court considers late-arriving mail ballot laws in case that may affect midterms By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounds skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump. Continue reading