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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.
Roberts: Rule of law is strong at time of rising concerns
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. expressed faith that the nation’s founding charters and key principles are proving resilient.
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal darling, dies at 85
Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should fight amid turmoil in nation’s legal system
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation’s legal system.
Chief Justice Roberts: Judicial independence is key to checking Congress, president
Chief Justice John Roberts defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive.”
Md. chief judges press for law removing home addresses from internet
Maryland’s chief judges urged the General Assembly to pass legislation to require the removal from the Internet of the home addresses and phone numbers of judicial officers.
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.
Roberts’ Supreme Court defies easy political labels
WASHINGTON — Just hours after Chief Justice John Roberts handed Republicans a huge victory that protects even the most extreme partisan electoral districts from federal court challenge, critics blasted him […]
Census, redistricting decisions due on high court’s last day
Two issues that could determine the distribution of political power for the next decade await resolution on the Supreme Court's final day of decisions before a long summer break.
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 […]
Roberts’ 1980s views on racial remedies remain unchanged: biography
In her stirring biography The Chief, veteran Supreme Court journalist Joan Biskupic makes a compelling case that the past is prologue when interpreting the jurisprudence of Chief Justice John Roberts. […]
