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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent federal laws in ruling that anyone born in the country, with very limited exceptions, is a citizen.
Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls, women from school athletic teams
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court’s conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, ruled that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don’t violate the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education.
Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction in case of Etan Patz, missing New York City boy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict. The three liberal justices dissented. Prosecutors had been preparing to try the man, Pedro Hernandez, for a third time. His first trial ended in a mistrial.
Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of congressional map helping GOP, despite racial bias ruling
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Supreme Court seems inclined to allow police to use geofence warrants to identify criminal suspects
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday seemed inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes. The justices heard nearly two hours of arguments in an appeal from Okello Chatrie, who pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in a suburb of Richmond, Virginia. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
US attack on an Iranian warship did not violate international law, experts say
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. submarine's deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law, though it's not yet clear whether the sub took sufficient measures to rescue nearly three dozen survivors, legal experts said. Legal questions are swirling about the underpinnings for the entire U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran, and the aftermath of the torpedo attack on the IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean, the experts said. kAmt:89EJ\D6G6?
Supreme Court takes up politically charged case with independence of the Federal Reserve at stake
The court is hearing arguments Wednesday over Trump's effort to oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook based on allegations she committed mortgage fraud, which she denies. kAm}@ AC6D:56?E 92D 7:C65 2 D:EE:?8 u65 8@G6C?@C :? E96 286?4J’D ``a\J62C 9:DE@CJ]k^Am kAm%96 ECF6 >@E:G2E:@?[ %CF>AVD 4C:E:4D D2J[ :D E96 #6AF3=:42? AC6D:56?EVD 56D:C6 E@ HC6DE 4@?EC@= @7 &]$] :?E6C6DE C2E6 A@=:4J] %CF>A H2?ED :?E6C6DE C2E6D E@ 72== D92CA=J D@ E96 8@G6C?>6?E 42? 3@CC@H >@C6 4962A=J 2?5 p>6C:42?D 42?
Supreme Court will hear appeal by maker of popular Roundup weedkiller to block thousands of lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal from global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer. The justices will consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of the Roundup weedkiller without a cancer warning should rule out the state court claims. kAm%96 %CF>A 25>:?:DEC2E:@? 92D H6:8965 :? @? q2J6CVD 3692=7[ C6G6CD:?8 E96 q:56?
Supreme Court hears Alabama's appeal to execute a man found to be intellectually disabled
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could make it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled. The justices are taking up an appeal from Alabama, which wants to put to death a man who lower federal courts found is intellectually disabled and shielded from execution. kAm%96 $FAC6>6 r@FCE AC@9:3:E65 6I64FE:@? @7 :?E6==64EF2==J 5:D23=65 A6@A=6 :? 2 =2?5>2C< CF=:?8 :? a__a]k^Am kAmy@D6A9 r=:7E@?
Supreme Court weighs longshot appeal to overturn decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
WASHINGTON (AP) — A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide is on the agenda Friday for the justices' closed-door conference. Among the new cases the justices are expected to consider is a longshot appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. kAms2G:D 925 366? ECJ:?8 E@ 86E E96 4@FCE E@ @G6CEFC?
Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is taking up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the civil rights movement, that could gut a key provision of the law that prohibits racial discrimination in redistricting. The justices on Wednesday are hearing arguments for the second time in a case over Louisiana's congressional map, which has two majority Black districts.
The Supreme Court begins a term that will examine Trump's expansive claims of presidential power
Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda. On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments over bans passed by nearly half of U.S. states on therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Shooter still at large after Charlie Kirk was assassinated
OREM, Utah (AP) - Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed at a Utah college event in what the governor called a political assassination. Authorities say Kirk was killed with a single shot from a rooftop on Wednesday. Whoever fired the gun then slipped away amid the chaos of screams and students fleeing the Utah Valley University campus.
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 asks Supreme Court for OK to cut teacher-training money as part of anti-DEI push
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is at the Supreme Court with a new emergency appeal Wednesday, this time seeking approval to go ahead with cuts of hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training. A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the cuts, finding they were already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage. A federal appeals court turned away a plea from the administration to allow them to resume.
Divided Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's push to rebuke judge over foreign aid freeze
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions of dollars in foreign aid. By a 5-4 vote, the court told U.S. District Judge Amir Ali to clarify his earlier order that required the Republican administration to release nearly $2 billion in aid for work that had already been done.
The Supreme Court keeps on hold efforts in Texas and Florida to regulate social media platforms
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday kept a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users. The justices returned the cases to lower courts in challenges from trade associations for the companies.
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday limited a federal obstruction law that has been used to charge hundreds of Capitol riot defendants as well as 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 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.
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: 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 could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot
Former President Donald Trump could learn Monday whether the Supreme Court will let him appear on this year’s ballot as the leading Republican presidential candidate tries to close in on his party’s nomination. The justices are expected to decide at least one case Monday, with signs strongly pointing to resolution of the case from Colorado that threatens to kick Trump off some state ballots because of his efforts to overturn his election loss in 2020.
Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump could learn Monday whether the Supreme Court will let him appear on this year’s ballot as the leading Republican presidential candidate tries to close in on his party’s nomination. The justices are expected to decide at least one case Monday, with signs strongly pointing to resolution of the case from Colorado that threatens to kick Trump off some state ballots because of his efforts to overturn his election loss in 2020.
The Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump could learn Monday whether the Supreme Court will let him appear on this year’s ballot as the leading Republican presidential candidate tries to close in on his party’s nomination. The justices are expected to decide at least one case Monday, with signs strongly pointing to resolution of the case from Colorado that threatens to kick Trump off some state ballots because of his efforts to overturn his election loss in 2020.
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