Jun 17 Supreme Court preserves Obamacare, dismissing latest challenge By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. Continue reading
Jun 07 Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary protected status By Mark Sherman, Associated Press A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents. Continue reading
May 17 Watch 4:04 Is the Supreme Court looking to overturn Roe v. Wade? Here’s what one expert thinks By John Yang, Kate Grumke The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear arguments in a major abortion case that could roll back limits on abortion laws cemented by the landmark reproductive rights case Roe v. Wade. In its term beginning October, the court will… Continue watching
May 17 Supreme Court to weigh rollback of abortion rights By Associated Press The court’s order sets up a showdown over abortion, probably in the fall, with a more conservative court seemingly ready to dramatically alter nearly 50 years of rulings on abortion rights. Continue reading
May 04 Watch 6:40 Looking back at a year of Supreme Court cases tried over the phone By John Yang, Alex D'Elia Few institutions are as tradition-laden as the U.S. Supreme Court, but the pandemic brought changes. Justices dialed in to hear their final oral argument of the term Tuesday- a case about sentencing reductions for low-level crack-cocaine offenses. Their final call… Continue watching
Apr 29 Biden announces 2nd round of diverse federal judiciary picks By Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden announced on Thursday another diverse group of candidates for his second round of judicial nominations, a day after some in his first slate of picks went before a Senate committee. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 5:32 Student free speech makes it to the Supreme Court in former high school cheerleader’s case By John Yang, Alex D'Elia The social media platform Snapchat, the "F-word," and cheerleading made its way to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a battle over student free speech. The Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that public schools could punish disruptive student speech in school,… Continue watching
Apr 28 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears oral arguments over free speech rights for students By Mark Sherman, Associated Press A wary Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether public schools can discipline students for things they say off campus, worrying about overly restricting speech on the one hand and leaving educators powerless to deal with bullying on the other. Continue reading
Apr 26 LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears arguments in 2 cases By News Desk At 10 a.m. ET, the justices will hear Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rodriquez. At 11 a.m. ET, arguments will be presented in Guam v. the United States. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch 11:28 Brooks and Capehart on police shootings, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including police shootings of people of color, and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Continue watching