Supreme Court backs suits over discriminatory job transfers
The justices unanimously ruled Wednesday that people suing under the main federal job-bias law don’t have to show a transfer caused them a significant disadvantage.
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Supreme Court questions obstruction charges brought against Jan. 6 rioters and Trump
The justices heard arguments over the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding in the case of Joseph Fischer, a former Pennsylvania police officer who has been indicted for his role in disrupting Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory over Trump.
Charges against Trump and Jan. 6 rioters at stake as Supreme Court hears debate over obstruction law
The court will consider whether the obstruction law can be used against those who disrupted Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory over Trump.
Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court
In the small, Oregon mountain town of Grants Pass, a fierce fight over park space has become a battleground for a much larger, national debate on homelessness that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prosecutors urge Supreme Court to reject Trump’s immunity claims in election subversion case
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Judge rejects Trump request to dismiss classified documents prosecution
A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted the former president to retain the sensitive records after he left office.
Should college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice
When the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in higher education, it left the college essay as one of few places where race can play a role in admissions decisions. For many students of color, instantly more was riding on the already high-stakes writing assignment.
Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone
In nearly 90 minutes of arguments, a consensus appeared to emerge that the abortion opponents who challenged the FDA’s approval of the medication, mifepristone, and subsequent actions to ease access to it lack the legal right, or standing, to sue.
Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication
The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy.
Rokita, other GOP state attorneys push back on Biden’s proposed diversity rules for apprenticeship programs
A Biden administration plan to promote diversity and equity in workplace apprenticeship programs is facing pushback from Republican attorneys general in Indiana and nearly two dozen other states who assert it amounts to race-based discrimination.
Supreme Court appears receptive to NRA free-speech lawsuit against a former New York state official
The NRA is suing former New York State Department of Financial Services superintendent Maria Vullo, who the group says used her regulatory power to economically punish the group for its gun-rights stance in violation of the First Amendment.
UPDATE: Supreme Court seems favorable to Biden administration efforts to combat social media posts
The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security.
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack
The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots.
Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot
The justices are expected to decide at least one case Monday, with signs strongly pointing to resolution of the case from Colorado that threatens to kick Trump off some state ballots. Any opinions will post on the court’s website beginning just after 10 a.m.
Rokita: Op-ed: SCOTUS must protect Trump’s right to be on ballot
If courts disqualify Donald Trump from state ballots, then democracy in America is lost.
Supreme Court casts doubt on GOP-led states’ efforts to regulate social media platforms
The Supreme Court cast doubt Monday on state laws that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users.
Supreme Court seems skeptical of EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ rule on power plant pollution
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday as the Environmental Protection Agency sought to continue enforcing an anti-air-pollution rule in 11 states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country.
Supreme Court leaves in place admissions plan at elite Virginia public high school
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that some parents claimed discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.
SCOTUS rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals from three Republican U.S. House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021.
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Trump-allied lawyers over 2020 election lawsuit in Michigan
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Sidney Powell and other lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump over $150,000 in sanctions.