Mar 15 Supreme Court rules public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking critics on social media By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the court Friday, saying officials who use personal accounts to make official statements may not be free to delete comments about those statements or block critics altogether. Continue reading
Mar 15 Supreme Court declines to intervene in a dispute over drag shows at a public university in Texas By Associated Press The high court had previously refused to allow Florida to enforce its law targeting drag shows, while lower federal courts in a Montana, Tennessee and Texas blocked state bans from being implemented. Continue reading
Mar 14 Denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a Japanese high court says By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press The Sapporo High Court ruling said that not allowing same-sex couples to marry and enjoy the same benefits as straight couples violates their fundamental right to equality and freedom of marriage. Continue reading
Mar 12 WATCH: Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor and Barrett discuss political polarization and civics education By News Desk On March 12, Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett addressed the Civic Learning Week National Forum at The George Washington University. Continue reading
Mar 05 Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court By Claire Rush, Associated Press In 2018, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it was unconstitutional to punish people who for sleeping outside if there are not enough shelter beds. Many Western officials say it has prevented them from addressing homeless encampments. Continue reading
Mar 04 Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants By Acacia Coronado, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Justice Samuel Alito on Monday issued an order that temporarily halts Texas' immigration law from going into effect until next week so the full court can decide what steps to take next. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 5:21 Supreme Court says only Congress, not states, can remove Trump from presidential ballots By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that individual states cannot remove former President Donald Trump from their ballots based on the 14th Amendment. In an unsigned opinion, the court said only Congress, not states, can disqualify presidential candidates under the… Continue watching
Mar 04 Read the Supreme Court ruling keeping Trump on the 2024 presidential ballot By Dan Cooney 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. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 3:26 Supreme Court agrees to decide if Trump is immune from election interference prosecution By William Brangham, Matt Loffman The Supreme Court says it will hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The justices set oral arguments for the week of April 22. Trump’s pending trial in… Continue watching
Feb 28 How bump stocks ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court By Russ Bynum, Associated Press The U.S. government initially concluded that the devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire faster didn't violate a federal ban on machine guns. That changed after a gunman with bump stock-equipped rifles killed 60 people in Las Vegas in 2017. Continue reading