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Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics

Chief Justice John Roberts says there is more the Supreme Court can do to โ€œadhere to the highest standardsโ€ of ethical conduct.

COVID emergency orders are among `greatest intrusions on civil liberties,' Justice Gorsuch says

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says emergency measures taken during the COVID-19 crisis that killed more than 1 million Americans were perhaps โ€œthe greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country.โ€.

Why are firing squads for US executions being debated?

The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison into the chest of a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era.

Supreme Court rules for Arizona inmate in death penalty case

The Supreme Court has ruled for a man on Arizonaโ€™s death row who wants a new sentencing hearing because jurors in his case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence him to death.

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices yet to decide any cases

The Supreme Court is off to a historically slow start in failing to resolve any cases in which it has heard arguments since early October.

Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled 'Lovely One'

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir.

Chief justice: Judges' safety 'essential' to court system

Chief Justice John Roberts is praising programs that protect judges, saying that โ€œwe must support judges by ensuring their safety.โ€.

Supreme Court skeptical of rejecting civil rights precedent

The Supreme Court seems likely to reject a call to overturn decades of precedent and limit the ability of individuals to use federal civil rights law to sue.

Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinion

New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued her first Supreme Court opinion.

High court to hear water dispute between Navajo, government

The Supreme Court will hear a water dispute involving the U.S. government and the Navajo Nation.

Supreme Court more diverse than lawyers who argue before it

The Supreme Court looks more like America than it ever has.

High court told jurors were misled in Arizona death row case

A lawyer for a man on Arizonaโ€™s death row has told the U.S. Supreme Court that jurors in the case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure the man would never walk free was to sentence him to death.

Justicesโ€™ past affirmative action views, in their own words

A Supreme Court that is the most diverse in history will hear two cases Monday challenging the use of affirmative action in higher education.

Justice Kagan: 'Time will tell' if court finds common ground

Justice Elena Kagan says โ€œtime will tellโ€ whether the Supreme Court can get back to โ€œfinding common groundโ€ after a term in which the courtโ€™s six conservatives and three liberals split over major issues including abortion and gun rights.

56 influential Hispanic-Americans: In photos

Hispanic Heritage Month is a great time to learn more: For some, more about your own heritage, or for others, perhaps another culture.

Court rejects Black Texas death row inmate's race bias claim

A divided Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Black Texas death row inmate who argued he didnโ€™t get a fair trial because jurors who convicted him objected to interracial marriage.

Supreme Court's new 'class photo' includes number of firsts

The Supreme Courtโ€™s nine members have posed for their first formal group photo following the addition of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice

The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a new justice on the bench, the public back in the courtroom and a spirited debate in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights.

Justice Jackson says she has 'a seat at the table'

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she has โ€œa seat at the table now and Iโ€™m ready to work,โ€ leaning into her history-making role as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court keeping live audio as it opens again to public

The Supreme Court says it will continue providing live audio broadcasts of arguments in cases.

Yeshiva University halts clubs amid high court LGBTQ ruling

Yeshiva University has abruptly suspended student club activity in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this week that ordered the school to recognize for now an LGBTQ student group.

Justices side with LGBTQ group at Jewish university, for now

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for an LGBTQ group to gain official recognition from a Jewish university in New York, though that may not last.

Justice Sotomayor visits Bronx for bronze bust unveiling

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor returned Thursday to the Bronx community where she grew up to see the unveiling of a bronze bust of the 68-year-old justice at a shopping center in the heart of the community.

High court's Sotomayor, Barrett try to persuade each other

Two of the Supreme Court justices who disagree most often on the outcomes of cases say they both still try hard to persuade each other, and sometimes succeed.

AP-NORC poll: 2 in 3 in US favor term limits for justices

About 2 in 3 Americans say they favor term limits or a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices.

Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case

The Supreme Court has taken a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions.

Supreme Court won't let Biden implement immigration policy

The Supreme Court wonโ€™t allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the U.S. illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.

Soledad O'Brien show makes impression in off-hours time slot

The Soledad O'Brien hosted show โ€œMatter of Fact'' is making an impression as a weekend syndicated news program despite hours that are an insomniac's dream.

Mexican art of mariachi takes center stage on US stamps

The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating the release of a new series of stamps honoring the traditional Mexican genre of mariachi.

'Revolutionary' high court term on abortion, guns and more

Abortion, guns, religion.

Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism's conservative wing

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority.

Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nationโ€™s highest court.

Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires from Supreme Court

The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is set to be sworn in as the court's 116th justice on Thursday.

Supreme Court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison terms

The Supreme Court has made it easier for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan 2018 federal law aimed at reducing racial disparities in prison terms for cocaine crimes.

Roe ruling shows complex relationship between court, public

The Supreme Court ruling to overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is unpopular with a majority of Americans โ€” but did that matter.

What GOP-named justices had said about Roe to Senate panel

The nine justices of the Supreme Court made clear in their landmark ruling Friday whether they stand on abortion.

Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings

Sweeping Supreme Court rulings on guns and abortion this past week have sent an unmistakable message.

Lawmakers react to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade

Here of some of their statements and tweets.

After Supreme Court gun decision, whatโ€™s next?

The Supreme Court issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more than a decade Thursday.

Supreme Court rules for GOP lawmakers in voter ID case

The Supreme Court is giving Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win in an ongoing fight over the stateโ€™s latest photo identification voting law.

Justices rule for American woman in bitter custody dispute

The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for an American woman who is involved in a bitter international custody dispute with her Italian husband over their young son.

Justices rule against detained immigrants seeking release

The Supreme Court has ruled against immigrants who are seeking their release from long periods of detention while they fight deportation orders.

Kavanaugh incident could lead to more security for judges

A man armed with a machete once broke into Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyerโ€™s vacation home in the Caribbean and took $1,000.

Justice Barrett's $425K tops among Supreme Court's authors

Supreme Court financial disclosures reveal that the justices took in $800,000 in book royalties last year, a lucrative supplement to their judicial salaries.

High court limits suing officials over rights violations

The Supreme Court is limiting when someone can sue for a violation of their rights by a federal official.

Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorship

A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.

Supreme Court rules against inmates in right-to-counsel case

The Supreme Court has ruled along ideological lines against two Arizona death row inmates who had argued that their lawyers did a poor job representing them in state court.

Justices hold 1st meeting since leak of draft Roe opinion

The Supreme Courtโ€™s nine justices met in private for the first time since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v.

Supreme Court leak shakes trust in one more American pillar

It's been clear in recent years that people in the United States don't have much faith in their institutions.

Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to Breyer

The fertile mind of Justice Stephen Breyer has conjured a stream of hypothetical questions through the years that have, in the words of a colleague, โ€œbefuddledโ€ lawyers and justices alike.

AP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmation

More Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jacksonโ€™s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided.

Spain museum confident it can keep painting stolen by Nazis

A leading Spanish museum says it's confident U.S. courts will again rule that a valuable French impressionist painting taken from a Jewish family by the Nazis belongs to the museum and not to the family's descendants.

Court upholds Puerto Ricans' exclusion from benefits program

The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program thatโ€™s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

High court won't hear New York City teacher vaccine dispute

The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a lawsuit filed by four New York City public school employees over a policy that they be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Cheers for Jackson, who declares, 'We've made it, all of us'

Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.

Jackson will join more diverse and conservative high court

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will join a Supreme Court that is both more diverse than ever and more conservative than itโ€™s been since the 1930s.

Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice

The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.

Graham says he'll vote 'no' on Jackson for Supreme Court

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says he wonโ€™t vote for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Justices cast doubt on Texas immunity claim in vet's lawsuit

The Supreme Court is casting doubt on Texasโ€™ claim that it canโ€™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.

Justice Thomas joins arguments remotely after hospital stay

Justice Clarence Thomas participated in arguments at the Supreme Court via telephone on Monday following a hospital stay of nearly a week.

Supreme Court nominee's 'empathy' is flashpoint for Senate

Empathy is not a quality many Republican senators want to see in the next Supreme Court justice.

High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race case

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson says that if confirmed to the Supreme Court sheโ€™d sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over Harvardโ€™s admission policies because she sits on the board of her college alma mater.

Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps

The Supreme Court has thrown out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the stateโ€™s Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsinโ€™s top court, a win for Republicans that also makes it unclear what boundaries will be in place for the fall election.

RBG, writs and recusals: Court nomination viewer's guide

Itโ€™s become almost commonplace viewing, seeing a woman nominated for the Supreme Court appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

How to get on the Supreme Court? Smile a lot, speak a little

When presidents nominate a candidate to serve on the Supreme Court, they often ask an experienced Washington hand to help shepherd that candidate through the Senate confirmation process.

A closer look at the women whoโ€™ve served on the Supreme Court

In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyerโ€™s retirement announcement in January, President Joe Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to be his replacement.

Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experience

The judge President Joe Biden has chosen to fulfill his historic pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people charged with crimes.

EXPLAINER: What's ahead for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

President Joe Bidenโ€™s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has launched what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process for the courtโ€™s first Black woman.

High court wades into clash over Trump-era immigration rule

The Supreme Court is wading into a political clash between the Biden administration and Republican-led states seeking to defend a signature Trump-era immigration rule that the new administration has abandoned.

Being the 1st: What itโ€™s like to make Supreme Court history

Just being the newest member of the Supreme Court can be a momentous adjustment for a justice.

Whisper campaigns grow as Biden nears choice for high court

The whispers and chatter about top contenders for the Supreme Court are growing as President Joe Biden zeroes in on a nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

For high court nominees 'When's your birthday?' matters

If President Joe Bidenโ€™s search for a nominee to the Supreme Court could be summed up by a Help Wanted ad it might read: โ€œSeeking a well-respected liberal jurist.

Spring training threatened, MLB asks for federal mediator

Major League Baseball has asked a federal mediator to intervene in stalled labor negotiations that likely will put off the start of spring training.

Media barred from Justice Gorsuch talk to Federalist Society

Justice Neil Gorsuch is speaking this weekend to the conservative legal group that boosted his Supreme Court candidacy.

Supreme Court shouldn't be covered in Ivy, 2 lawmakers say

Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham say it'd be good if the person named to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesnโ€™t have an Ivy League degree.

At least 3 judges eyed as Biden mulls Supreme Court pick

President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Biden: Ready for 'long overdue' pick of Black female justice

President Joe Biden has strongly affirmed that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Abortion opponents eye priorities as high court ruling looms

Opponents of abortion rights insist their work won't end even if the Supreme Court decides to dismantle the Roe v.

In kids' book, Sotomayor asks: Whom have you helped today?

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is out with a new childrenโ€™s book that challenges kids to ask how they can help at home and in their communities.

Supreme Court won't speed challenge to Texas abortion limits

In the latest setback for abortion rights in Texas, the Supreme Court has refused to speed up the ongoing court case over the stateโ€™s ban on most abortions.

Court bolsters defendant's right to cross-examine witnesses

The Supreme Court has bolstered a criminal defendantโ€™s right to cross-examine prosecution witnesses.

Sotomayor, Gorsuch deny report they were at odds over masks

Two Supreme Court justices say a media report they were at odds over the wearing of masks during the surge in coronavirus cases is false.

High court hears case involving painting stolen by Nazis

The Supreme Court has heard arguments from lawyers for a California man and a Spanish museum locked in a dispute over an impressionist masterpiece stolen by the Nazis.

MLB talks resume after 42-day gap, little evident progress

Labor talks to end the baseball lockout have resumed for the first time in 1 1/2 months with little evident progress during a bargaining session that lasted about an hour, jeopardizing a timely start to spring training.

Supreme Court skeptical of Biden's workplace vaccine rule

The Supreme Courtโ€™s conservative majority appears skeptical of the Biden administrationโ€™s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nationโ€™s large employers.

High court won't say whether justices have received booster

The Supreme Court is refusing to say whether the nine justices have received COVID-19 vaccination booster shots.

If Roe falls, some fear ripple effect on civil rights cases

If the Supreme Court decides to overturn or gut the decision that legalized abortion, some fear that it could undermine other precedent-setting cases, including civil rights and LGBTQ protections.

Justices signal they may toss Roe, allow new abortion limits

After hours of public arguments, the Supreme Court's justices will now embark on a private debate over what to do about possibly drastic abortion limits for pregnant women in the U.S. The justices will talk it over this week and hold a preliminary vote.

Justices' abortion remarks: Is it time to overturn Roe?

The Supreme Court has been asked in arguments to overturn a nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.

MLB owners lock out players, 1st work stoppage since 1995

Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sportโ€™s collective bargaining agreement expired and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day.

Court seems reluctant to sweep Puerto Rico into SSI program

The Supreme Court appears reluctant to rule for a resident of Puerto Rico who claims itโ€™s unconstitutional to be excluded from a welfare program thatโ€™s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

High court seems ready to strike down New York gun law

The Supreme Court seems ready to strike down a restrictive New York gun permitting law.

Supreme Court rejects appeal over secretive court's work

The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal over whether the public should have access to opinions of the secretive court that reviews bulk email collection, warrantless internet searches and other government surveillance programs.

EXPLAINER: Texas abortion law gets Supreme Court arguments

The Supreme Court has allowed a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in effect for now.

Supreme Court doesn't block Texas abortion law, sets hearing

The Supreme Court is allowing the Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in place for now, but has agreed to hear arguments in the case on Nov. 1.

EXPLAINER: Texas abortion law again on path to high court

The Biden administration is looking to the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to halt a restrictive Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Don't stand so close to us

Get tested.

A look at high court's top cases in new term starting Monday

Abortion, guns and religion top the Supreme Court's new term.

What's old is new again: Justices back at court for new term

The Supreme Court has returned to the courtroom for the start of a momentous new term, after a nearly 19-month absence because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Losing can 'get frustrating' says liberal Justice Sotomayor

Justice Sonia Sotomayor is encouraging citizens to work to change laws they may disagree with, such as a recent Texas law that limits access to abortions.

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