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Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation. The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. kAm%9@D6 CF=6D 925 366? :?
Bannon wins Supreme Court order likely to lead to dismissal of contempt of Congress conviction
WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, on Monday won a Supreme Court order that is expected to lead to the dismissal of his criminal conviction for refusing to testify to Congress. Prodded by the Trump administration, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol.
Supreme Court allows new California congressional districts favoring Democrats
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a last-ditch plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration. No justices dissented from the brief order denying the appeal without explanation, which is common on the court's emergency docket.
Supreme Court seems inclined to keep Lisa Cook on Fed board despite Trump attempt to fire her
The justices heard arguments over Trump’s effort to fire Cook based on allegations she committed mortgage fraud, which she denies. No president has fired a sitting governor in the 112-year history of the Fed, which was structured to be independent of day-to-day politics. kAmp==@H:?8 r@@<VD 7:C:?8 E@ 8@ 7@CH2C5 QH@F=5 H62<6?[ :7 ?@E D92EE6C[ E96 :?56A6?56?46 @7 E96 u656C2= #6D6CG6[” D2:5 yFDE:46 qC6EE z2G2?2F89[ @?6 @7 E9C66 %CF>A 2AA@:?E66D @?
The Supreme Court weighs Trump's bid to fire independent agency board members
Lawyers for the administration are defending President Donald Trump's decision to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter without cause and calling on the court to jettison the unanimous 1935 decision in Humphrey's Executor. kAmpC8F>6?ED 2C6 E2<:?8 A=246 |@?52J]k^Am kAm%96 4@FCEVD D:I 4@?D6CG2E:G6 ;FDE:46D 2=C625J 92G6 D:8?2=65 DEC@?8 DFAA@CE 7@C E96 25>:?:DEC2E:@?VD A@D:E:@?[ @G6C E96 @3;64E:@?
Supreme Court to review policy used to turn away asylum seekers at US border
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a policy used under past administrations to deny migrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until space opened up to process claims. The justices will hear the Trump administration's appeal of lower court rulings that struck down the practice known as metering, in which U.S. border agents capped the number of people seeking asylum at border crossings by prohibiting migrants from setting foot in the U.S. kAm%96 25>:?:DEC2E:@?
New Supreme Court term confronts justices with Trump's aggressive assertion of presidential power
WASHINGTON (AP) — A monumental Supreme Court term begins Monday with major tests of presidential power on the agenda along with pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people. The court's conservative majority has so far been receptive, at least in preliminary rulings, to many of President Donald Trump's aggressive assertions of authority.
Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship
The appeal, shared with The Associated Press on Saturday, sets in motion a process at the high court that could lead to a definitive ruling from the justices by early summer on whether the citizenship restrictions are constitutional. kAm{@H6C\4@FCE ;F586D 92G6 D@ 72C 3=@4<65 E96> 7C@> E2<:?8 67764E 2?JH96C6] %96 #6AF3=:42? 25>:?:DEC2E:@? :D ?@E 2D<:?8 E96 4@FCE E@ =6E E96 C6DEC:4E:@?D E2<6 67764E 367@C6 :E CF=6D]k^Am kAm%96 yFDE:46 s6A2CE>6?EVD A6E:E:@? 92D 366?
Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed board
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. The Republican administration turned to the high court after an appeals court refused to go along with ousting Cook, part of President Donald Trump's effort to reshape the Fed’s seven-member governing board and strike a blow at its independence. kAm%96 (9:E6 w@FD6 42>A2:8? E@ F?D62E r@@< >2C<D 2?
Takeaways from the Supreme Court's term: largely good news for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has been very good to President Donald Trump lately. Even before he won a new term in the White House, the court eliminated any doubt about whether Trump could appear on presidential ballots, then effectively spared him from having to stand trial before the 2024 election on criminal charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election.
Supreme Court upholds reverse discrimination claim in Ohio case
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight. The justices’ decision affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where, until now, courts had set a higher bar when members of a majority group, including those who are white and heterosexual, sue for discrimination under federal law. kAmyFDE:46 z6E2?;: qC@H?
Supreme Court may block Trump's birthright citizenship order
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on maintaining a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders. It was unclear what such a decision might look like, but a majority of the court expressed concerns about would happen if the Trump administration were allowed, even temporarily, to deny citizenship to children born to people who are in the United States illegally.
Roberts might hold key Supreme Court vote over first publicly funded religious charter school
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts appears to hold the key vote over whether the Supreme Court will allow the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school in Oklahoma. Roberts was the only justice whose vote seemed in doubt after the court heard more than two hours of arguments Wednesday in a major culture-war clash involving the separation of church and state. kAm%96 4@FCE D66>65 @E96CH:D6 566A=J 5:G:565]k^Am kAmu@FC @E96C 4@?D6CG2E:G6 ;FDE:46D D66>65 7:C>=J @?
Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law
The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.” kAmyFDE:46D r=2C6?46 %9@>2D 2?5 $2>F6= p=:E@ 5:DD6?E65]k^Am kAm%96 9:89 4@FCE 24E65 :? 2? 6>6C86?4J 2AA62= 7C@> E96 p>6C:42? r:G:= {:36CE:6D &?:@? 4@?E6?5:?8 E92E :>>:8C2E:@?
Trump increasingly asks the Supreme Court to overrule judges blocking key parts of his agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — As losses mount in lower federal courts, President Donald Trump has returned to a tactic that he employed at the Supreme Court with remarkable success in his first term. Three times in the past week, and six since Trump took office a little more than two months ago, the Justice Department has asked the conservative-majority high court to step into cases much earlier than usual.
The 'state secrets privilege' sounds mysterious. Here's what it is and how it works
The Justice Department said in court papers Monday that it was invoking the “state secrets privilege” in refusing to provide details demanded by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg about flights that carried the migrants to El Salvador earlier this month. kAm%96 4=2:> @7E6? 7F?4E:@?D 2D 2 AC6G2:=:?8 =682= 2FE9@C:EJ E92E 92D 366? FD65 E@ =:>:E @C 7:=6 =2HDF:ED 282:?DE E96 8@G6C?>6?E H96? :E D2JD >:=:E2CJ @C ?2E:@?2= D64FC:EJ :?E6C6DED 2C6 2E C:D<]k^Am kAmx?
Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, according to documents obtained Sunday that would mark the first appeal to the justices since President Donald Trump took office.
Supreme Court that Trump helped shape could have the last word on his aggressive executive orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the many actions he has taken in just the first few weeks of his second White House term. But even a conservative majority with a robust view of presidential power might balk at some of what the president wants to do. kAm%96 4@FCE 82G6 %CF>A >2;@C G:4E@C:6D =2DE J62C E92E 96=A65 4=62C 2H2J A@E6?E:2= @3DE24=6D E@ 9:D C66=64E:@?[ A@DEA@?:?8 9:D 4C:>:?2= EC:2= :?
Trump offering federal workers buyouts with about 8 months' pay in effort to shrink government
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S. government at breakneck speed. A memo from the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s human resources agency, also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and ominously warned of future downsizing.
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge that also has been brought against former President Donald Trump. The justices ruled 6-3 that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding, enacted in 2002 in response to the financial scandal that brought down Enron Corp., must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents. Only some of the people who violently attacked the Capitol on Jan.
Supreme Court has a lot of work to do and little time to do it with a sizeable case backlog
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is headed into its final few weeks with nearly half of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law on everything from guns to abortion to social media. The justices are also still weighing whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in the election interference case against him, more than a month after hearing arguments.
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next - Local News 8
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here’s what’s next By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences. The high court will consider whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in case that could restrict access to abortion medication - Local News 8
Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in case that could restrict access to abortion medication By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. At stake in Tuesday’s arguments is the ease of access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
Supreme Court weighs how far federal officials can go to combat controversial posts on hot topics - Local News 8
Supreme Court weighs how far federal officials can go to combat controversial posts on hot topics By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics like COVID-19 and election security.
The Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers - Local News 8
The Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era bipartisan criminal justice overhaul.
Supreme Court rules public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking critics on social media - Local News 8
Supreme Court rules public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking critics on social media By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking their critics on social media, an issue that first arose for the high court in a case involving then-President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civility - Local News 8
Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civility By MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Supreme Court’s approval hovering near record lows, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it.
The Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot - Local News 8
The Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump could learn Monday whether the Supreme Court will let him appear on this year’s ballot as he tries to close in on the Republican presidential nomination.
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next - Local News 8
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here’s what’s next By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision to consider whether Donald Trump can face prosecution in his federal 2020 election interference case injects immediate uncertainty into the legal and political calendar over the next several months.
Supreme Court wrestles with state laws regulating social media
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with state laws that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users. The cases are among several this term in which the justices could set standards for free speech in the digital age. In nearly four hours of arguments, several justices questioned aspects of laws adopted by Republican-dominated legislatures and signed by Republican governors in Florida and Texas in 2021.
Supreme Court rebuffs Apple’s Court appeal on app payments, threatening billions in revenue
By MARK SHERMAN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a court order to take effect that could loosen Apple’s grip on its lucrative iPhone app store, potentially siphoning billions of dollars away from one of the world’s most profitable companies., 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...
Supreme Court to decide Trump’s fate on ’24 ballots
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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor paved a path for women on the Supreme Court
The first — and for 12 years, the only — woman on the high court saw three women in black robes among the nine justices. Recalling that day, O’Connor said she “saw a woman on the far right end of the bench, one on the far left end and one near the middle. That was pretty amazing.” O’Connor lived to see four women serve at the same time on the Supreme Court. What was once a novelty when she was the first woman to sit on the high court has become almost commonplace.
Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court's first female justice, dies at 93
You have permission to edit this article. Close FILE - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is shown before administering the oath of office to members of the Texas Supreme Court, Jan. 6, 2003, in Austin, Texas. O'Connor, who joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice, has died at age 93. FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor poses for a photo in 1982.
O'Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93
WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93. O’Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court said in a news release. Chief Justice John Roberts mourned her death.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is beginning its new term, welcoming the public back to the courtroom and hearing arguments for the first time since issuing a landmark ruling stripping away women’s constitutional protections for abortion. Monday's session also is the first time new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court's first Black female justice, will participate in arguments.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The invisible line dividing two of Alabama's congressional districts slices through Montgomery, near iconic sites from the civil rights movement as well as ones more personal to Evan Milligan. There’s the house where his grandfather loaded people into his station wagon and drove them to their jobs during the Montgomery Bus Boycott as Black residents spurned city buses to protest segregation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled against immigrants who are seeking their release from long periods of detention while they fight deportation orders. In two cases decided Monday, the court said that the immigrants, who fear persecution if sent back to their native countries, have no right under a federal law to a bond hearing at which they could argue for their freedom no matter how long they are held.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with a machete once broke into Stephen Breyer's vacation home in the Caribbean and took $1,000. Ruth Bader Ginsburg had her purse snatched on a Washington street. David Souter was assaulted by several men while jogging. Supreme Court justices have not been immune to violent crime.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices took in $800,000 in book royalties last year, a lucrative supplement to their judicial salaries, according to financial reports released Thursday. By far the largest payment went to Justice Amy Coney Barrett, $425,000 for a yet-to-be-released book and likely the first installment on a reported $2 million deal she signed soon after joining the court in 2020.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the counting of some mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, an order that could affect the tight Republican Senate primary between former hedge fund CEO David McCormick and celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz. An order from Justice Samuel Alito paused a lower-court ruling in a lawsuit over a disputed 2021 local court election that would have allowed the counting of mail-in ballots that lacked a handwritten date.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative political activist, urged Republican lawmakers in Arizona after the 2020 presidential election to choose their own slate of electors, arguing that results giving Joe Biden a victory in the state were marred by fraud.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled that federal courts are powerless to review immigration officials' decisions in some deportation cases, even when they have made what a dissenting justice called “egregious factual mistakes.” The court ruled 5-4 against Georgia resident Pankajkumar Patel, who checked a box indicating he was a U.S. citizen when renewing his Georgia driver’s license in 2008.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cast doubt on Texas' claim that it can't be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq. The justices heard arguments in a dispute over a federal law that was enacted in 1994 in the wake of the Persian Gulf war to strengthen job protections for returning service members.
Jackson faces pointed questions at Senate hearing
1 of 18 Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson listens during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, March 21, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Joe Biden is nominating federal appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Marshall, 1st Black justice, faced down Senate critics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court is likely to face questioning at her Senate hearing that would have been familiar to Thurgood Marshall, the first Black man who served on the high court. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination has come before the Senate during what Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has called a national crime wave.
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