SCOTUS rejects Biden’s plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loans
A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loans for millions of Americans.
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The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples
In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
California’s historic work on possible Black reparations moves to the Legislature
Members of California’s Black reparations task force handed off their historic two-year report to state lawmakers Thursday, beginning the next chapter in the long struggle to compensate the descendants of slavery.
Court says Tulsa can’t give a Choctaw man a ticket because the Oklahoma city is on reservation land
Tulsa lacks the jurisdiction to prosecute a Native American man cited by police for speeding because the city is located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, a federal appeals court ruled.
Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling leaves colleges looking for new ways to promote diversity
The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity.
Supreme Court solidifies protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday used the case of a Christian mailman who didn’t want to work Sundays to solidify protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations.
SCOTUS strikes down affirmative action in college admissions; Biden ‘strongly’ disagrees
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Indiana man confessed to murders of Delphi teen girls in phone call with wife, documents say
An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls from Delphi confessed multiple times to the murders in a phone call to his wife while in prison, according to court documents released Wednesday.
Indiana state trooper struck and killed by fleeing vehicle, officials say
An Indiana state trooper was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle being chased by police in suburban Indianapolis, officials said.
Former Muncie police sergeant gets 19 months for filing false report covering up excessive force
A judge sentenced a former Muncie police sergeant to 19 months in prison Tuesday for obstructing justice by filing a false report in 2018 to cover up excessive use of force by other officers under his command.
Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory but leaves door open for 2024 election challenges
The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a controversial legal theory that could have changed the way elections are run across the country but left the door open to more limited challenges that could increase its role in deciding voting disputes in 2024.
The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says
More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog.
Misconduct by federal jail guards led to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide, Justice Department watchdog says
Jeffrey Epstein was left alone in his jail cell with a surplus of bed linens the night he killed himself. Nearly all the surveillance cameras on his unit didn’t record. One worker was on duty for 24 hours straight. And he wasn’t checked on regularly.
SCOTUS rules state courts can play role in policing federal elections
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.
Supreme Court makes it more difficult to convict someone of making a threat
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to make it more difficult to convict a person of making a violent threat. The case could make it harder for prosecutors to convict certain people who threaten elected officials, including the president.
SCOTUS won’t let North Carolina charter school force girls to wear skirts to school
The Supreme Court on Monday left in place an appellate ruling barring a North Carolina public charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts to school.
Supreme Court dismisses case in which Democratic lawmakers sued over Trump hotel lease
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case it had planned to hear about limits on lawsuits filed by members of Congress against the federal government in a dispute that involved the former Trump International Hotel in Washington.
Prosecutors seek death penalty against man accused of slaying 4 University of Idaho students
Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year.
SCOTUS unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost power of Black voters
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana political remap case, increasing the likelihood that the Republican-dominated state will have to redraw boundary lines to create a second mostly Black congressional district.
Supreme Court lets lawsuits over team doctor’s sexual abuse proceed against Ohio State
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss.