Nov 13 Ted Olson, conservative lawyer who argued Bush recount and same-sex marriage cases, dies at 84 By Associated Press Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who served two Republican presidents as one of the country’s best known conservative lawyers and successfully argued on behalf of same-sex marriage, died Wednesday. Continue reading
Nov 12 Supreme Court rejects request by ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows to move Georgia case By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Meadows was one of 19 people indicted in Georgia and accused of participating in an illegal scheme to keep then-president Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. Continue reading
Nov 12 Ruling on whether to scrap Trump's conviction in hush money case delayed by judge By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press New York Judge Juan M. Merchan had been set to rule Tuesday. Instead, he told Trump's lawyers Tuesday he'd delay the ruling until Nov. 19. Continue reading
Nov 02 Rejecting GOP plea, Supreme Court lets Pennsylvania count contested provisional ballots By Mike Catalini, Michael Rubinkam, Marc Levy, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaigns vie in the final days before the election in the nation’s biggest battleground… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 5:11 How Virginia's voter roll purge could impact the election By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz, Ian Couzens Just days before the election, the Supreme Court ruled Virginia will be able to continue to purge people from the state’s voter rolls. The state has argued it is part of an effort to remove noncitizens from the rolls, but… Continue watching
Oct 30 Supreme Court's conservative justices allow Virginia to resume purge of voter registrations, 1,600 affected so far By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices acted on the state's emergency appeal after a federal judge found that the state illegally purged more than 1,600 voter registrations in the past two months. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 4:28 How the racial makeup of colleges changed after the affirmative action ruling By Geoff Bennett Universities are disclosing the racial makeup of the first class of students admitted after the Supreme Court overturned affirmative action. The numbers give a detailed look at the impact of the ruling. While there’s variation, analyses show Black enrollment is… Continue watching
Oct 21 Supreme Court rejects Michael Cohen's lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss and ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir. Continue reading
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