Supreme Court won’t halt $656M judgment against PLO and Palestinian Authority
The order signed by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor comes after the high court ruled last year in favor of the victims and their families.
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Trump and DOJ ask Supreme Court to toss $83M defamation verdict in E. Jean Carroll case
The Justice Department wants to invoke the Westfall Act, which shields government employees from being sued for doing their jobs.
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court not rubber stamp for Trump
Kagan told an audience of lawyers and judges that at significant times, on some big issues, “the court has checked the executive branch.”
Supreme Court to hear case of bush pilot who lost plane over 6-pack of beer
The pilot argues that taking his 1969 Cessna would violate the Eighth Amendment’s “Excessive Fines Clause.”
Supreme Court justices tell Congress their safety is at risk and more must be spent on security
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told lawmakers Tuesday that a sharp increase in threats targeting her and other justices is increasingly encroaching on their personal and family lives.
Transgender girls who challenged Trump sports order drop lawsuit after Supreme Court ruling
The cases were dropped based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld state bans on transgender athletes in girls’ sports.
Ex-civil rights agency commissioner fired by Trump drops lawsuit in wake of Supreme Court ruling
Jocelyn Samuels said she was dismissing her lawsuit because the Supreme Court’s ruling in a separate case left her “without a viable path forward to continue contesting [her] termination.”
Supreme Court lets Texas enforce law that restricts app purchases by children
The high court’s brief, unsigned order allows the law to be enforced while a challenge to it plays out in lower court.
Supreme Court’s dramatic moves expected to reshape elections — and give GOP midterm boost
The conservative majority says the series of decisions helps correct an election system that has run afoul of the Constitution.
Supreme Court declines to halt $800-a-day fine for ex-Fox News reporter refusing to divulge sources
The high court rebuffed an emergency appeal from the veteran investigative reporter, who has been held in civil contempt as part of a lawsuit
Analysis: Supreme Court expanded Trump’s power but was unwilling to go as far as he wanted
Legal experts said President Trump’s wins and losses at the Supreme Court reflect a divide in conservative ideology.
High court to consider whether assault-weapons bans violate Second Amendment
Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004, but Democrats have supported renewing it in response to a series of mass shootings.
High court strikes down limits on party spending in federal elections, backing Republican appeal
The 6-3 decision upends congressionally enacted limits on raising and spending money to influence elections.
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
More than one-quarter of a million babies born in the U.S. each year would have been affected by the executive order.
Supreme Court says police need warrant to obtain Google location data
In a vote that scrambled ideological lines, the majority found that a request by police officers for Google to turn over a robbery suspect’s location history constituted a search protected by the Constitution.
Supreme Court says Fed’s Cook can keep her job for now, but upholds other Trump firings
The Supreme Court on Monday dramatically expanded presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the Federal Reserve.
Supreme Court rules mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day can be counted
In an close ruling, the justices turned aside a challenge by Republicans and Libertarians, who argued federal law preempts a statute that allows the counting of such ballots that arrive up to five days after polls close.
Disagreements between Supreme Court justices bubble into public view as major rulings loom
The Supreme Court is handing down major opinions at a rapid clip, but even with some of the biggest decisions yet to come there are signs of tension between the justices.
Supreme Court ruling could impact thousands of Haitians living in Indiana
Estimates on Indiana’s Haitian population vary. Some are as high as 50,000, but most put the number in the low tens of thousands.
Hawaii law requiring permission to carry guns in stores and hotels struck down by high court
The high court’s 6-3 decision means people can carry guns onto privately owned property like shopping malls and gas stations, unless the owners specifically say guns are banned at their establishments.