Oct 15 An online journalist tried to sue over her 2017 arrest. The Supreme Court just ordered another look at her case By Associated Press The high court directed the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the lawsuit by journalist Priscilla Villarreal, known online as La Gordiloca. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 3:52 How an Oklahoma death penalty case reached the Supreme Court By Amna Nawaz, Adam Kemp, Saher Khan The Supreme Court heard arguments in a death row case from Oklahoma. Justices looked at whether the due process rights of death row inmate Richard Glossip were violated when the state suppressed information about its star witness who committed the… Continue watching
Oct 09 3 big takeaways from this Supreme Court death penalty case By Adam Kemp Supreme Court justices weighed Wednesday whether to grant a new trial to Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man whose death row case has now come twice before the high court. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 6:31 Supreme Court appears open to upholding regulations on ghost guns By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan, Marcia Coyle The Supreme Court kicked off a new term of arguments with a major case focused on federal regulations of ghost guns. The justices weighed whether the government can regulate the firearms assembled at home with a kit with the same… Continue watching
Oct 07 LISTEN: Justices appear open to upholding rule on hard-to-trace 'ghost guns' By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press In arguments that ranged from classic cars to Western omelets, key conservative justices seemed open to the government's argument that kits allowing people to make nearly untraceable guns at home can be regulated like other firearms. Continue reading
Oct 07 A new Supreme Court term begins in the shadow of a presidential election By Marcia Coyle The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term on the eve of an intense, historic election in which the justices may be called on to play a key role in the results. Continue reading
Oct 07 Supreme Court declines singer R. Kelly's appeal for child sex crimes conviction By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer was found guilty in 2022 of three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex. Continue reading
Oct 04 Supreme Court steps into fight over nuclear waste storage in rural Texas and New Mexico By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Political leaders in both states oppose the facilities. Continue reading
Sep 24 Supreme Court rejects final request to halt execution of Marcellus Williams By David Lieb, Jim Salter, Associated Press A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to proceed with its plan to execute him. Continue reading
Sep 20 Supreme Court leaves Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein off Nevada's ballot By Associated Press The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Nevada's Green Party seeking to include presidential candidate Jill Stein on the ballot in the battleground state. The court's order allows ballot preparation and printing to proceed in Nevada without Stein and other… Continue reading