Supreme Court

Supreme Court rebuffs Apple’s court appeal on app payments, threatening billions in revenue

By Mark Sherman, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

The justices rejected Apple's appeal of lower-court rulings that found some of Apple's app store rules for apps purchased on more than 1 billion iPhones constitute unfair competition under California law.

Supreme Court agrees to hear Starbucks appeal in Memphis union case

By Associated Press

Starbucks fired seven employees in Memphis in February 2022, citing safety. But the labor board intervened and asked a federal judge to require Starbucks to reinstate the workers.

The Supreme Court will decide whether local anti-homeless laws are ‘cruel and unusual’

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has agreed to review lower-court rulings that make it harder for cities in the western United States to prevent people from sleeping on the streets when there aren't enough beds in homeless shelters.

Texas is blocking U.S. border agents from patrolling, Biden administration tells Supreme Court

By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

The request Friday sets up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement.

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Democratic administration argued hospitals that receive Medicare funds are required by a federal law to provide emergency care including abortion.

Supreme Court to decide if Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential primary ballots

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The justices Friday agreed to take a Colorado case, inserting themselves in the presidential campaign and acknowledging the need to decide quickly.

Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in 2 states. Can he still run for president?

By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

The decision by Maine's secretary of state to bar former President Donald Trump from the ballot will inevitably increase pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to settle the issue of Trump's eligibility once and for all.

Maine removes Trump from its primary ballot as U.S. Supreme Court set to weigh in on his eligibility

By Nicholas Riccardi, David Sharp, Associated Press

The Civil War-era clause bans those who “engaged in insurrection” from office. It’s the same provision cited recently by the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Trump from the ballot in that state.

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from bringing politics to federal election interference trial

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The motion to preclude Trump from introducing broad categories of arguments is a way for prosecutors to try to set parameters on what information they believe the jury should, or should not, hear when the case reaches trial.

Supreme Court declines to rule on whether Trump can be prosecuted for now

By Mark Sherman, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Smith had pressed the Supreme Court to intervene over concerns that the legal fight over the issue could delay the start of Trump’s trial, now scheduled for March 4, beyond next year’s presidential election.