Mar 04 Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants By Acacia Coronado, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Justice Samuel Alito on Monday issued an order that temporarily halts Texas' immigration law from going into effect until next week so the full court can decide what steps to take next. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 5:21 Supreme Court says only Congress, not states, can remove Trump from presidential ballots By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that individual states cannot remove former President Donald Trump from their ballots based on the 14th Amendment. In an unsigned opinion, the court said only Congress, not states, can disqualify presidential candidates under the… Continue watching
Mar 04 Read the Supreme Court ruling keeping Trump on the 2024 presidential ballot By Dan Cooney The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 3:26 Supreme Court agrees to decide if Trump is immune from election interference prosecution By William Brangham, Matt Loffman The Supreme Court says it will hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The justices set oral arguments for the week of April 22. Trump’s pending trial in… Continue watching
Feb 28 How bump stocks ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court By Russ Bynum, Associated Press The U.S. government initially concluded that the devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire faster didn't violate a federal ban on machine guns. That changed after a gunman with bump stock-equipped rifles killed 60 people in Las Vegas in 2017. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 8:50 Supreme Court hears cases involving free speech rights on social media By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens The Supreme Court heard arguments in highly consequential cases navigating First Amendment protections on social media. Tech companies are taking on state laws, decrying conservative censorship online. A decision could fundamentally change the use of speech on the internet. Amna… Continue watching
Feb 26 LISTEN: Supreme Court casts doubt on efforts to regulate social media in Florida, Texas By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The cases are among several this term in which the justices could set standards for free speech in the digital age. Continue reading
Feb 22 Planned Parenthood asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to find 1849 abortion law unconstitutional By Todd Richmond, Associated Press The organization filed a petition Thursday asking the high court to find the law unconstitutional without letting any lower courts rule first. Liberals hold a 4-3 majority on the Supreme Court, and one justice has repeatedly declared her support for… Continue reading
Feb 21 Supreme Court seems skeptical of EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ rule on power plant pollution By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The "good neighbor" rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution. Continue reading
Feb 20 Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos can be considered ‘children’ under state law By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Justices issued the ruling Friday in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic. Continue reading