Feb 24 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case about a Texas man on death row suing for access to DNA testing By Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn’t kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago. Continue reading
Feb 21 Supreme Court temporarily blocks Trump from firing head of whistleblower office By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda. Continue reading
Feb 18 Supreme Court should keep head of whistleblower agency in place, lawyers say in reply to Trump By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The legal fight over the administration's move to oust Hampton Dellinger as the leader of the Office of Special Counsel is the first to reach the Supreme Court of an anticipated steady stream of pleas from lawyers for President Donald… Continue reading
Feb 11 What to know about state proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek to end pregnancies By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Lawmakers in some states are pushing measures to crack down on abortion pills or penalize women who obtain abortions. Continue reading
Feb 07 How the courts have (so far) pushed back on Trump's attempts to expand presidential power By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Now the question is whether the court rulings are a mere speed bump or an insurmountable roadblock for the Republican president. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 8:35 The history and legacy of birthright citizenship in the U.S. By Stephanie Sy, Maea Lenei Buhre On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order to end universal birthright citizenship and limit it at birth to people with at least one parent who is a permanent resident or citizen. A federal judge put… Continue watching
Jan 17 Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban if not sold by Chinese, Trump has promised a solution By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The court held Friday the risk to national security posed by TikTok's ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the U.S. A sale does not appear imminent. Continue reading
Jan 17 Read the full Supreme Court ruling upholding ban on TikTok if not sold by Chinese parent company The court’s decision Friday means new users won’t be able to download the app and updates won’t be available, but it won’t disappear from users’ phones. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 6:01 The clock is ticking on TikTok with potential ban coming this weekend By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins The clock is ticking on a potential ban on TikTok. In April, Congress and President Biden gave the app’s Beijing-based parent company 270 days to find a new owner or face a shutdown. They argued that Chinese control of the… Continue watching
Jan 15 Supreme Court seems open to age checks for online porn, though some free-speech questions remain By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Texas argues that technology has improved significantly in the last 20 years, allowing online platforms to quickly and easily check users' ages with a quick picture, making it more like ID checks at traditional stores that were upheld by the… Continue reading