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Supreme Court upholds FCC fine system in clash with wireless carriers
The U.S. Supreme Court backed the FCC's system for levying fines, ruling against wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon.
For aging US Supreme Court justices, the politics of retirement looms large
Retirement discussions grow for aging US Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas amid political timing and upcoming elections.
SCOTUS allows soldier to sue contractor over suicide bombing
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a soldier seriously wounded while attempting to thwart a suicide bombing in Afghanistan to sue a contractor that the military found was negligent in the incident.
Baltimore, Big Oil wage Supreme Court battle over climate change lawsuit
An attorney for about two dozen fossil fuel companies urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to have Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against Big Oil litigated in federal rather than […]
Justices reject end to protections for young immigrants
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign.
Supreme Court must decide whether to press on with gun case
As the nation renews debate over gun control, the Supreme Court must decide whether to press ahead with a Second Amendment case it has accepted for the coming term, its […]
Supreme Court tosses black man’s murder conviction over racial bias
The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because of a prosecutor's efforts to keep African Americans off the jury.
Supreme Court says 1 state can’t be sued in another’s courts
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decided Monday that one state cannot unwillingly be sued in the courts of another, overruling a 40-year precedent and perhaps, foreshadowing an argument over the […]
Justice Clarence Thomas’ moment may finally have arrived
WASHINGTON — Clarence Thomas has been a Supreme Court justice for nearly three decades. It may finally be his moment. Many Americans know Thomas largely from his bruising 1991 confirmation […]
ABA’s civic literacy survey yields ‘troubling’ results
John Roberts might need a better press agent. Less than half of the American public knows Roberts is chief justice of the United States, a position he has held since […]
When Thomas speaks, people remember
News reports that Justice Clarence Thomas ended three years of silence during oral arguments Wednesday reminds me of the story of the 5-year-old boy who had yet to speak a word.
Senators grapple with accusation against Kavanaugh, denial
WASHINGTON — Nowhere is gender politics thicker in the election season air than in the mannerly U.S. Senate as it considers what President Donald Trump‘s choice for the Supreme Court, Brett […]
