The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a victory by making it easier to detain noncitizens with criminal records.
Author: Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
Supreme Court vacates appeals court gender-neutral pay ruling written by a deceased judge
The Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court decision on gender-neutral pay for a simple reason: It was filed after the judge who wrote it had died.
Supreme Court strikes blow against states that raise revenue by hefty fines, forfeitures
The Supreme Court ruled that state and local governments cannot impose excessive court fees, fines and forfeitures as a means of raising money.
Challenge to abortion clinic restrictions in Louisiana will test Supreme Court’s new conservative majority
Three years after handing downa major ruling in favor of abortion rights in a Texas case, the Supreme Court is faced with a nearly identical one.
Supreme Court’s conservatives appear poised to expand Second Amendment gun rights
An obscure New York City restriction on gun owners may give the Supreme Court reason to expand Second Amendment rights more broadly.
Supreme Court agrees to wade into politically explosive issue of election maps drawn for partisan advantage
The Supreme Court agreed to re-enter the explosive debate about the way congressional and state legislative districts are drawn.
Supreme Court tackles ‘double jeopardy’ exception that allows federal, state prosecutions for same crime
A coalition of liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices may stop the U.S. and states from prosecuting suspects twice for the same crime.
President Trump’s conservative court shift may slow down as liberal judges avoid retirement
President Donald Trump’s record pace at filling federal appeals court vacancies over the past two years may be approaching a roadblock.
Supreme Court allows trial on Census citizenship query, giving Trump administration a loss
The Supreme Court refused to delay a trial challenging the Trump administration’s intention to add a question about citizenship tothe 2020 Census.
Supreme Court’s latest church-state conundrum: Must a ‘peace cross’ memorial to World War I vets come down?
The Supreme Court will decide if a 93-year-old World War I memorial must be removed from public land in Maryland because it’s shaped like a cross.