Justice Gorsuch wants to strip power from lower courts to help Trump
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is making it clear he does not like national injunctions.
By Lisa Needham - January 30, 2020Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is making it clear he does not like national injunctions.
By Lisa Needham - January 30, 2020Immigrants, who make up just a small portion of those receiving benefits, will no longer be granted permanent residence if they use Medicaid, food stamps, or housing vouchers.
By Associated Press - January 27, 2020The court’s refusal to review an invasive Kentucky abortion restriction says a lot about conservative’s purported support of free speech.
By Lisa Needham - January 16, 2020Trump’s own scientific advisers object to the plan which they say is ‘in conflict with established science.’
By Emily Singer - January 15, 2020A new report shows just how pervasive — and influential — dark money has become in state courts.
By Lisa Needham - January 09, 2020If the justices did take the case, it would mark the third Supreme Court review of the health law.
By Associated Press - January 04, 2020Republican lawmakers told the Supreme Court the landmark abortion case is ‘unworkable’ and ‘should be reconsidered.’
By Emily Singer - January 02, 2020There are several ongoing disputes between Trump and House lawmakers and others sitting in court, some related to impeachment.
By Associated Press - December 05, 2019The law no longer exists, but Republicans hope the case will help them fight gun control efforts anyway.
By Associated Press - December 02, 2019The Supreme Court ruled that families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can sue the manufacturer of the gun used in the deadly attack.
By Associated Press - November 12, 2019Trump made the false smear against DACA recipients as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the legality of the program.
By Emily Singer - November 12, 2019Trump could appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
By Emily Singer - November 04, 2019Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the winner of the $1 million Berggruen Prize for philosophy and culture.
By Associated Press - October 23, 2019The Trump administration is seeking citizenship information for the 2020 Census via state driver’s license records.
By Associated Press - October 19, 2019Two Supreme Court cases that will be heard this week could drastically undermine protections for LGBTQ workers.
By Lisa Needham - October 07, 2019The court struck down a nearly identical law three years ago, but with Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, things could be very different.
By Associated Press - October 04, 2019Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed the latest allegations against Kavanaugh as ‘Groundhog Day.’
By Josh Israel - September 16, 2019If anyone ever does or says something he doesn’t like, Trump’s answer is to sue.
By Josh Israel - September 16, 2019As confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual assault of a fellow student emerges, leading Democrats are calling for his impeachment.
By Lisa Needham - September 16, 2019Yet again, the Supreme Court gives in to what the Trump administration wants.
By Lisa Needham - September 12, 2019Thanks to Chief Justice John Roberts’ dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, polling places are disappearing from minority communities all across the South.
By Lisa Needham - September 11, 2019A wedding venue in Mississippi won’t let interracial marriages happen there because the owner’s ‘Christian race’ prohibits it.
By Lisa Needham - September 03, 2019Mitch McConnell wants to keep the Supreme Court under Republican control no matter who holds the White House.
By Lisa Needham - August 30, 2019Collins has faced strong opposition in Maine since she decided to back Kavanaugh.
By Oliver Willis - August 26, 2019The Trump administration is going to court to get trans people fired and force women to dress like Christian conservatives think they should.
By Lisa Needham - August 19, 2019The House Judiciary Committee is seeking tens of thousands of documents from Kavanaugh’s time in the George W. Bush White House.
By Lisa Needham - August 07, 2019Trump has hit a major roadblock in his attempt to go around the Supreme Court and add a racist citizenship question to the 2020 census.
By Oliver Willis - July 09, 2019The Supreme Court ruled blocked Trump from trying to rig elections for Republicans, at least for now.
By Emily Singer - June 28, 2019McConnell has no shame about changing the rules when it suits him.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 28, 2019Trump said he asked his lawyers whether he can delay the census long enough to add the racist ‘citizenship question.’
By Emily Singer - June 27, 2019