Jan 18 North Carolina Republicans don't have to redraw maps by next week, Supreme Court rules By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court has delayed a lower-court order that would have forced North Carolina Republican lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts by next week because of excessive partisan bias in current lines. Continue reading
Jan 12 Supreme Court to hear appeal over Texas redistricting By Associated Press The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear Texas' appeal to preserve congressional and legislative districts that a lower court struck down as racially discriminatory. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 8:32 Why Ohio's way of purging voter rolls is at the Supreme Court By PBS News Hour A case challenging the removal of hundreds of thousands of people from voter rolls in Ohio went to the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Special correspondent Karen Kasler of Ohio Public Radio reports what's at stake in the Buckeye State, and… Continue watching
Jan 08 Justices won't step into legal fight over gay rights in Mississippi By Associated Press The Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in a legal fight over a Mississippi law that lets government workers and private business people cite their own religious beliefs to deny services to LGBT people. Continue reading
Jan 07 Told their treehouse must go, owners appeal to Supreme Court By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Local authorities are fighting a Florida couple who constructed a treehouse on their property overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. But unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the treehouse must be torn down. Continue reading
Jan 07 Water fight between Florida, Georgia lands at Supreme Court By Gary Fineout and Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court hears argument Monday in the long-running dispute between Florida and neighboring Georgia over the flow of water in the Apalachicola River. Continue reading
Jan 05 Analysis: Voting rights and search and seizure heat up January's Supreme Court term By Marcia Coyle Justices will return to, among other things, an issue that continues to roil national politics: voting rights. Continue reading
Dec 25 The simmering racial tensions behind the Supreme Court's canceled Christmas party of 1947 By Marcia Coyle Seventy years ago, seven of the nine Supreme Court justices gathered in their conference room to discuss a simmering racial controversy triggered by their law clerks' request for a Christmas party. Continue reading
Dec 06 States ask Supreme Court to leave in place order requiring disclosure of DACA documents By Associated Press Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice last week told the high court that the order by U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup in San Francisco was too broad and would require the administration to turn over protected and nonpublic… Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 10:30 Justices weigh religion, discrimination and dignity in Colorado wedding cake case One of the Supreme Court's biggest cases this term probes whether the religious beliefs of a Colorado baker override the rights of a couple who were refused a wedding cake because they are gay. Marcia Coyle of The National Law… Continue watching