Supreme Court rejects push to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from ballot in two swing states
Kennedy wanted to get off the ballot in Wisconsin and Michigan after dropping his independent bid and endorsing Republican Donald Trump in the tight contest.
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A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign
The nation’s highest court has a lower profile than it did in the past two presidential campaigns despite an early summer ruling on presidential immunity.
Supreme Court won’t revive Michael Cohen’s lawsuit against Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss and ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir.
Supreme Court allows rule limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in effect
The justices rejected a push from Republican-led states and industry groups to block the Environmental Protection Agency rule, marking the third time this month the conservative majority has left an environmental regulation in place for now.
Supreme Court tosses out decision letting 18-year-olds carry guns during emergencies in Pennsylvania
The case comes amid major shifts in the firearm legal landscape following an influential Supreme Court decision in 2022 that expanded gun rights. The high court said any firearm restrictions must have a strong basis in history.
US Supreme Court opens door to Texas online journalist’s lawsuit over her 2017 arrest
The justices tossed out the ruling of a divided federal appeals court that found journalist Priscilla Villarreal, known online as La Gordiloca, could not sue police officers and other officials over her arrest for seeking and obtaining nonpublic information from police.
Supreme Court seems open to upholding regulations on ghost guns, hard to trace weapons used in crime
The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to uphold a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons found at crime scenes in increasing numbers.
Supreme Court rejects Republican-led challenge to Biden effort to ease voter registration
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge from Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania to a Biden administration executive order that is intended to boost voter registration.
Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.
Supreme Court taking the bench with ghost guns, a capital case and transgender rights on the docket
The Supreme Court is taking the bench again on Monday, ready to hear cases on ghost guns, a death sentence and transgender rights.
Appellate court reverses denial of Hendricks County man’s motion to dismiss child porn charges
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a Hendricks Superior Court’s order that had denied a man’s motion to dismiss two charges of child pornography possession, with the appellant court citing U.S. Supreme Court precedent as part of its decision.
Sweeping bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices
The legislation by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is one of the most ambitious proposals to remake a high court that has suffered a sharp decline in its public approval after a string of contentious decisions and ethics scandals in recent years.
Supreme Court justices have a job for life, but some left to make their mark
Legislation pending in Congress would end life tenure on the Supreme Court, though there is little chance term limits will become law anytime soon.
Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore multibillion-dollar student debt plan
The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.
A Florida man set to be executed this week appeals to the US Supreme Court for a stay
A Florida man scheduled to be put to death on Thursday is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to delay his execution so that his challenge to Florida’s lethal injection procedures can be heard.
Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced.
Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling votes to ban camping except in some areas
The small Oregon city at the heart of a recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows cities to enforce outdoor sleeping bans has voted to prohibit camping but establish certain areas where homeless people can go.
US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds
The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access.
Supreme Court shuts down Missouri’s long shot push to lift Trump’s gag order in hush-money case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York. The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to sue New York after the justices granted […]
Americans are ‘getting whacked’ by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new book
Gorsuch said in an Associated Press interview that Americans’ rights are threatened by the explosion of laws and regulations in recent decades