Supreme Court

Supreme Court sides with Texas man on death row who’s seeking DNA testing

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The 6-3 decision in favor of Ruben Gutierrez gives him a potential path to have evidence tested that his lawyers say would help prove he was not responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery…

Supreme Court ruling allows states to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The court split 6-3 in the opinion, with the three liberal justices dissenting.

Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants to locations that are not their home countries

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The high court majority did not detail its reasoning in the brief order, as is typical on its emergency docket. All three liberal justices dissented.

Supreme Court revives lawsuits by US victims of terrorism attacks against Palestinian authorities

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The justices Friday upheld a 2019 law enacted by Congress to allow the victims' lawsuits to go forward against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.

What to know about the Supreme Court’s ruling on transgender care for youth

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

The case is sure to resonate nationally. Twenty-six other states have passed similar laws, and nearly all of them are also facing legal challenges.

Nuclear waste can be temporarily stored in Texas and New Mexico, Supreme Court rules

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed a federal appeals court ruling that invalidated the license granted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to a private company for the facility in southwest Texas.

Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The justices' 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump's Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to the…

Toy maker challenges Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court for quick decision in long shot bid

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The company argues the president illegally imposed tariffs under an emergency powers law rather than getting approval from Congress.

Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The justices Monday agreed to consider an appeal from First Choice Women's Resource Centers, which wants to block a 2023 subpoena from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin seeking information about donors, advertisements and medical personnel.

Southern Baptist delegates call for reversal of Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage

By Peter Smith, Associated Press

Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.