Nov 21 Lawmakers urge action after report of 2014 Supreme Court leak By Associated Press The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman is among those urging action in response to a report that a former anti-abortion leader knew in advance the outcome of a 2014 Supreme Court case involving health care coverage of contraception. Continue reading
Nov 21 Supreme Court turns away school’s appeal of sexual assault case By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn't be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band trip. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: CIA director meets with Russian counterpart In our news wrap Monday, CIA Director William Burns met with his Russian intelligence counterpart to convey the consequences if Moscow were to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, police arrested a Syrian woman suspected of carrying out the bombing… Continue watching
Nov 14 Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 panel to obtain Arizona GOP leader’s phone records By Associated Press Kelli Ward and her husband, Michael Ward, were presidential electors who would have voted for Trump in the Electoral College had he won Arizona. Both signed a document falsely claiming they were Arizona’s true electors, despite Biden’s victory in the… Continue reading
Nov 08 LISTEN: Supreme Court likely to uphold adoption law intended to protect Native American families By Associated Press The justices heard more than three hours of arguments in a broad challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act, enacted in 1978 to address concerns that Native children were being separated from their families and placed in non-Native Homes. Continue reading
Nov 04 The Supreme Court is more diverse than ever, the lawyers who argue before it less so By Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The Supreme Court looks more like America than it ever has. The lawyers who argue at the nation's highest court? Not so much. Continue reading
Nov 02 Abortion rights protesters briefly interrupt Supreme Court arguments By Associated Press It was the first courtroom disruption since the court’s decision in June that stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. Continue reading
Nov 01 Supreme Court lifts hold on Sen. Graham testimony in 2020 election investigation By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has lifted a temporary hold on Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony in a Georgia investigation of possible illegal interference in the 2020 election by then-President Donald Trump and his allies in the state. Continue reading
Nov 01 Supreme Court Justice Roberts puts handover of Trump tax returns to Congress on hold By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Roberts' order gives the Supreme Court time to weigh the legal issues in Trump's emergency appeal to the high court, filed Monday. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 5:01 What’s at stake in the Supreme Court affirmative action cases On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases seeking to overturn decades-old precedents that have allowed colleges to factor race into admissions decisions in order to create diverse student bodies. Opponents of the practice say that… Continue watching