U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to hear arguments in North Carolina redistricting case

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly increase the power of state lawmakers over elections for Congress and the presidency.

Supreme Court skeptical of overturning civil rights precedent

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court seems likely to reject a call to overturn decades of precedent and limit the ability of individuals to use federal civil rights law to sue.

LISTEN: Supreme Court conservatives raise doubts on affirmative action for college admissions

By Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

Members of the Supreme Court's conservative majority are questioning the continued use of affirmative action in higher education.

The evolution of affirmative action cases, from Bakke to Fisher

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

Earlier cases on affirmation action are each known by a single name: Bakke, Grutter, Gratz and Fisher. Here's a look at what they have done since the Supreme Court made their names synonymous with the issue of race in higher…

Supreme Court Justice Barrett rejects appeal over Biden student debt plan

By Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has rejected an appeal from a Wisconsin taxpayers group seeking to stop the Biden administration's student debt cancellation program.

Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump plea to step into Mar-a-Lago case

By Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump's plea to step into the legal fight over the FBI search of his Florida estate.

Supreme Court grapples with animal welfare in a challenge to a California law requiring pork to be humanely raised

By David Favre, The Conversation

Should Californians be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals that are raised in other states if products from those animals are to be sold in California? The U.S. Supreme Court will confront that question when it hears…

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate.

Justices mull latest challenge to landmark voting rights law

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Some of the Supreme Court's conservative justices seem sympathetic to Alabama's arguments in a case seeking to force the state to create a second Black majority congressional district. It's the latest showdown over the landmark Voting Rights Act.

WATCH: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Supreme Court debut in brief ceremony

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has made her first appearance on the Supreme Court bench in a brief courtroom ceremony three days before the start of the high court's new term.