Supreme Court

Unusually agreeable justices end term with conservative wins

By Jessica Gresko, Mark Sherman, Associated Press

An unusually agreeable Supreme Court term has ended with conservative-driven decisions on voting rights and charitable-donor disclosures. They offer a glimpse of what the coming years of the right's dominance could look like for the nation's highest court.

Supreme Court says no right to bond hearing for some immigrants

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has ruled that the government can indefinitely detain certain immigrants who say they will face persecution or torture if they are deported to their native countries.

Supreme Court rejects appeal to reinstate Virginia school’s transgender bathroom ban

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has rejected a Virginia school board's appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban. Over two dissenting votes, the justices on Monday left in place lower court rulings that found the policy unconstitutional.

Supreme Court sides with Alaska Natives in COVID-19 relief money case

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The question for the court was whether Alaska Native corporations, which are for-profit companies that provide benefits and social services to more than 100,000 Alaska Natives, count as "Indian tribes." The high court answered yes.

High court limits when police can enter home without warrant

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The high court ruled that when officers are pursuing someone suspected of a misdemeanor, a less serious crime, they cannot always enter a home without a warrant if a suspect enters.

Supreme Court rules in favor of cheerleader who published critical social media post in First Amendment case

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Pennsylvania public school wrongly suspended a cheerleader over a vulgar social media post.

High court sides with ex-athletes in NCAA compensation case

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court has decided unanimously that the NCAA cannot enforce rules limiting education-related benefits that colleges offer to student athletes.

Supreme Court backs Nestle, Cargill in child slave labor suit

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The companies had been sued by a group of six adult citizens of Mali that claimed they were taken from their country as children and forced to work on cocoa farms in neighboring Ivory Coast.

WATCH: Pelosi calls Supreme Court ACA decision a ‘landmark victory’

By Associated Press

The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire law intact in ruling that Texas, other GOP-led states and two individuals had no right to bring their lawsuit in federal court.

High court sides with Catholic agency in same sex family foster care dispute

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the city of Philadelphia violated the Constitution by limiting its relationship with a Catholic foster care agency over the group's refusal to certify same-sex couples as foster parents.