Feb 26 Watch 8:50 Supreme Court hears cases involving free speech rights on social media By Amna Nawaz, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens The Supreme Court heard arguments in highly consequential cases navigating First Amendment protections on social media. Tech companies are taking on state laws, decrying conservative censorship online. A decision could fundamentally change the use of speech on the internet. Amna… Continue watching
Feb 26 LISTEN: Supreme Court casts doubt on efforts to regulate social media in Florida, Texas By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The cases are among several this term in which the justices could set standards for free speech in the digital age. Continue reading
Feb 22 Planned Parenthood asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to find 1849 abortion law unconstitutional By Todd Richmond, Associated Press The organization filed a petition Thursday asking the high court to find the law unconstitutional without letting any lower courts rule first. Liberals hold a 4-3 majority on the Supreme Court, and one justice has repeatedly declared her support for… Continue reading
Feb 21 Supreme Court seems skeptical of EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ rule on power plant pollution By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The "good neighbor" rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution. Continue reading
Feb 20 Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos can be considered ‘children’ under state law By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Justices issued the ruling Friday in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic. Continue reading
Feb 12 Trump asks Supreme Court to put off his election interference trial, affirm he has presidential immunity By Associated Press Trump's lawyers filed an emergency appeal with the court on Monday, just four days after the justices heard Trump's separate appeal to remain on the presidential ballot despite attempts to kick him off because of his efforts following his election… Continue reading
Feb 12 Monday is Trump’s final chance to ask Supreme Court for trial delay extension By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court’s decision on what to do, and how quickly it acts, could determine whether Trump stands trial before this year's election in November on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 8:59 What Supreme Court justices signaled in hearing on removing Trump from Colorado ballot By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman The Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark election case looking at whether Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 should disqualify him from appearing on Colorado's ballot. The justices scrutinized an obscure provision in the 14th Amendment at the center… Continue watching
Feb 08 What we learned from the landmark Supreme Court arguments about Trump and the insurrection clause By Marcia Coyle In one of the most important political and election law cases in at least two decades, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency under a key section of the… Continue reading
Feb 08 A quick guide to the Supreme Court case on Trump’s ballot eligibility By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The case against former President Donald Trump has already broken new legal ground. Continue reading