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Supreme Court says government can’t refuse disparaging trademarks. And the...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a law that prohibits the government from registering trademarks that “disparage” others violates the First Amendment, a decision that could impact the...
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Supreme Court sides with religious institutions in a major church-state decision
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court concluded its work for this session on Monday siding with religious institutions in a major church-state decision. The court ruled 7-2 that religious institutions may not...
View ArticleActive-duty military members sue Trump over transgender ban
Five active-duty service members sued President Donald Trump Wednesday over his intentions to ban transgender personnel from serving in the military. “The directive to reinstate a ban on open service...
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The spurned gay couple, the Colorado baker and the years spent waiting for...
WASHINGTON – The incident took only moments. The journey through the Colorado legal process lasted years. And then the Supreme Court took its own sweet time. Almost a year passed from the date the...
View ArticleTrump administration sides with Colorado baker who refused to make wedding...
In a major upcoming Supreme Court case that weighs equal rights with religious liberty, the Trump administration on Thursday sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a...
View ArticleSupreme Court asked to consider Mississippi’s use of Confederate image
When Carlos E. Moore became a part-time municipal judge in Clarksdale, Mississippi, his first order of business was to remove the state flag from his courtroom. The banner, adopted in 1894 and retained...
View ArticleSupreme Court postpones hearing on Trump’s travel ban
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has postponed for now a hearing on President Donald Trump’s power to ban immigrants from certain countries while it considers whether a new order issued Sunday night...
View ArticleGorsuch gives speech at Trump’s D.C. hotel, drawing protesters
WASHINGTON – The controversy remained outside Trump International Hotel on Thursday afternoon. Inside, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered a tribute to civility and free speech to a...
View ArticleSupreme Court takes up Wisconsin as first test in partisan gerrymandering claims
WASHINGTON — Opponents of political gerrymandering had reason for optimism at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with Justice Anthony Kennedy, the likely swing vote, appearing more in sync with liberal...
View ArticleSupreme Court allows enforcement of Trump travel ban while legal challenges...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s request that his revised travel ban be enforced fully while legal challenges to it proceed in lower courts. The justices...
View ArticleShould wanting to see the Supreme Court require nights on the sidewalk?
WASHINGTON – Before we get too far away from the event, let’s reflect on the fact that – once again – folks had to sleep on the sidewalk for days to see or hear the Supreme Court at work. Some of those...
View ArticleChief Justice Roberts says courts will examine protections against sexual...
WASHINGTON – Chief Justice John Roberts announced an initiative Sunday to ensure there are proper procedures in place to protect law clerks and other court employees from sexual harassment, saying it...
View ArticleSupreme Court to rule on Trump’s powers to ban foreign travelers
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Friday said it will review whether President Donald Trump has the authority to ban travelers from certain countries in the name of national security, and will rule by...
View ArticleSupreme Court says whistleblowers must alert government to get legal protections
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that whistleblower protections passed by Congress in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 apply only when those alleging corporate...
View ArticleIn travel ban case, Supreme Court considers “the president” vs. “this president”
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s final oral argument of the term will be one of its most important and potentially far-reaching, an examination of the president’s authority to protect the country by...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court won’t take up challenge to restrictive Arkansas abortion law
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a challenge to a restrictive Arkansas law that for now will end the use of medication abortions in the state and could close two of the state’s...
View ArticleA more conservative Supreme Court could step, not lurch, to the right
President Trump’s choice of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is intended to move what is already one of history’s most conservative courts to even...
View ArticleSupreme Court declines to review rulings that blocked efforts to end Planned...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court declined Monday to review lower-court decisions that blocked state efforts to cut off public funding for Planned Parenthood, a move that suggests a majority of the court...
View ArticleGinsburg misses Supreme Court arguments for 1st time as she recovers from cancer
WASHINGTON – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be on the bench Monday when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments, the first time in her career she has missed a session. Ginsburg, who joined the...
View ArticleSupreme Court allows Trump restrictions on transgender troops to go into...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump’s broad restrictions on transgender people serving in the military to go into effect while the legal battle continues in lower...
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