Supreme Court

WATCH: Biden says first Black woman justice on Supreme Court 'long overdue'

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

He praised retiring Justice Stephen Breyer as a model public servant and promised a nominee by the end of February. Breyer joined Biden at the White House, a day after news broke of the 83-year-old’s upcoming retirement.

As Biden considers Supreme Court justice replacement, three contenders emerge as frontrunners

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Mike Balsamo, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire

By Mark Sherman, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, two sources told the Associated Press on Wednesday, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court.

Supreme Court rejects challenge from House Republicans over pandemic proxy voting

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to the proxy voting system that Democrats put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Supreme Court refuses to speed up ongoing challenge to Texas abortion limitations

By Associated Press

Over dissents from the three liberal justices, the court declined to order a federal appeals court to return the case to a federal judge who had temporarily blocked the law's enforcement. The court offered no explanation for its action.

Supreme Court makes ruling strengthening a defendant's right to cross-examine witnesses

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

By an 8-1 vote, the justices held that defendant Darrell Hemphill's constitutional rights were violated when a judge allowed jurors to read another man's testimony that prosecutors used to undermine Hemphill's defense.

LISTEN: The Supreme Court hears cases on religious expression and a Picasso stolen by the Nazis

By Associated Press

Arguments at the high court appeared to unite justices on the left and right in favor of Harold Shurtleff, a conservative activist. Shurtleff wanted to fly a white banner with a red cross on a blue background in the upper left…

Supreme Court halts Biden policy creating COVID-19 vaccine or test rules for U.S. businesses

By Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.

Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of documents to Jan. 6 committee

By Mark Sherman, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

After Supreme Court abortion case, a new look at baby 'safe haven' laws

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

Safe haven laws drew attention this month when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett questioned the role they play in the debate around abortion rights.