Jun 17 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. Continue reading
Jun 17 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. Continue reading
Jun 17 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. Continue reading
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