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Critics say the immunity ruling is flawed for reasons similar to those the court gave for overturning Roe, which had established a right to abortion. In the month since the [...]

As the Supreme Court veered to the right, David D. Cole oversaw hundreds of lawsuits against the Trump administration and helped secure more wins than losses before the justices. It [...]

The junior member of the court’s six-justice conservative supermajority often questioned its approach and wrote important dissents joined by liberal justices. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, 52, is the youngest member [...]

The court, which issued two major decisions on guns in the term that ended Monday, does not seem ready to return to the subject. The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday [...]

Amid signs of dysfunction and disarray, Chief Justice John Roberts reasserted his authority, while the influence of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito waned. Former President Donald J. Trump had [...]

Listen and follow The DailyApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald J. Trump is entitled to broad immunity [...]

The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are at least 18, was challenged on First Amendment grounds. The Supreme [...]

Three justices dissented in the case, which could affect more than two dozen youths sentenced to die in prison. Over the dissents of its three liberal members, the Supreme Court [...]

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., rejecting calls for their disqualification, participated in the decision on the scope of former President Donald J. Trump’s immunity from prosecution. Experts [...]

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that former President Donald J. Trump is entitled to substantial immunity from prosecution, delivering a major statement on the scope of presidential power. The [...]

The practical effect of the ruling raises the likelihood of further delay of the case against the former president on charges of plotting to subvert the 2020 election. The Supreme [...]

The justices unanimously returned two cases, which concerned state laws that supporters said were aimed at “Silicon Valley censorship,” to lower courts. Critics had said the laws violated the sites’ [...]

El tribunal determinó que el expresidente tiene presunta inmunidad en sus conductas oficiales, y que toca a los tribunales de primera instancia distinguirlas de las no oficiales. https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaYKhdv5q08fphYVt40M La Corte [...]

After taking aim at abortion and affirmative action, the conservative legal movement set its sights on a third precedent: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/467/837. The 1984 decision, one of the most cited in American [...]

Common in executive agencies, such tribunals hear enforcement actions without juries — a practice the court’s conservative supermajority said violated the Constitution. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected one of [...]

Sylvia Gonzalez, a Texas city councilwoman, said officials violated the First Amendment by arresting her after she criticized the city manager. A former Texas city councilwoman may pursue a lawsuit [...]

The decision was unanimous but fractured in rationale, with several justices objecting to the majority’s use of a history-based test. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a California lawyer’s attempt [...]

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., once close allies, have embraced starkly different conceptions of the judicial role. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. [...]

The justices will soon decide whether to hear a case that could affect more than two dozen youths sentenced to die in prison. The U.S. Supreme Court has https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/15-8366 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/us/politics/supreme-court-death-penalty-arizona.html [...]

Donald Trump’s promise to seek retribution challenges long-established norms. The election could hinge in part on what kind of justice system the country believes it has now and wants in [...]

Legal ethicists welcomed the fact that the justice gave reasons for staying on two Jan. 6 cases, a break from court tradition. But they said his rationale was open to [...]

“My wife is fond of flying flags,” the justice wrote in a letter to members of Congress who had demanded he step down from two cases related to the Jan. [...]

In a new memoir, a retired federal appeals court judge who was once a leading candidate for the Supreme Court reflects on candor and independence. Had Al Gore won the [...]

The case concerned a constitutional puzzle: how to distinguish the roles of race and partisanship in drawing voting maps when Black voters overwhelmingly favor Democrats. The Supreme Court https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-807_3e04.pdf on [...]

A decision against the agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, could have cast doubt on all of its regulations and enforcement actions. The Supreme Court https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-448_o7jp.pdf on Thursday to the [...]

A federal appeals court condemned the “stark and egregious” violation of Damon Landor’s religious freedom. But it said he could not sue the prison officials. Damon Landor is a Rastafarian. [...]

In a commencement ceremony at a Catholic university, the justice said that fundamental principles were in peril at universities and American society. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. warned on Saturday [...]

In a public interview at a judicial conference, the justice used historical parallels and sports analogies to sketch out his views on the Supreme Court’s past and future. As the [...]

The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are 18, was challenged on First Amendment grounds. The Supreme Court https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/043024zr_8oka.pdf [...]

Oral arguments serve a crucial role at the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts said last week at Georgetown University. But they are not always what they seem. Just hours [...]

Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct. Before the Supreme Court https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-immunity-case.html on former [...]

In https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/520/681 in 1997, the Supreme Court unanimously allowed a sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton to proceed while he was in office, discounting concerns that it would distract [...]

Arguments heard in late April almost always yield decisions near the end of the court’s term, in late June or early July. The justices heard arguments in the immunity case [...]

In a Supreme Court brief, Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting the former president urged the justices to reject his claim of absolute immunity. Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting [...]

In 1982, in https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/457/731, the Supreme Court ruled that former President Richard M. Nixon had absolute immunity from civil lawsuits — ones brought by private litigants seeking money — for [...]

Former President Donald J. Trump used his main filing in the case to https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-939/303418/20240319150454815_23-939%20-%20Brief%20for%20Petitioner.pdf to rule that he was absolutely immune from criminal charges stemming from his attempts to subvert [...]

An exchange during an appeals court argument in January about a hypothetical political assassination tested former President Donald J. Trump’s claim that he is absolutely immune from prosecution for his [...]

Such a ruling would probably send the case back to a lower court and could delay any trial until after the November election. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/01/us/trump-immunity-supreme-court The Supreme Court’s conservative majority https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-939_f204.pdf [...]

Now that the arguments are complete, the justices will cast tentative votes at a private conference in the coming days. The senior justice in the majority will then assign the [...]

After the justices hear arguments on Thursday, how they decide may be just as important as what they decide. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/25/us/trump-immunity-supreme-court Most legal experts say that former President Donald J. Trump [...]

The Supreme Court temporarily revived the regulations in August by a 5-to-4 vote after lower courts blocked them. The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a challenge to the [...]

The Biden administration has taken a middle position in the case, filing https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-175/302264/20240304183726571_23-175npUnitedStates.pdf “in support of neither party.” It has entrusted the delicate task of navigating the charged issues to [...]

Now that the arguments are complete, the justices will cast tentative votes at a private conference in the coming days. The senior justice in the majority will then assign the [...]

The law that is the subject of Tuesday’s argument requires prosecutors to prove the defendant acted “corruptly.” But the meaning of that word is disputed. Indeed, even the judges in [...]

La decisión del tribunal podría interrumpir los enjuiciamientos de cientos de involucrados en el ataque al Capitolio. La Corte Suprema escuchará el martes los argumentos en un caso que podría [...]

The provision at issue in the case is part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a 2002 law enacted after the collapse of Enron, a giant energy company, after the exposure of [...]

The provision at issue in the case, from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has two parts. The question for the justices is how they interact. And that depends on the [...]

The question for the Supreme Court is whether a 2002 law prompted by white-collar fraud applies to the obstruction of the congressional proceeding on Jan. 6, 2021. The Supreme Court [...]

The question for the justices was whether a federal law prohibits not only before-the-fact bribes but also after-the-fact rewards. The Supreme Court seemed ready on Monday to limit the reach [...]

Three Supreme Court briefs from former military leaders and intelligence officials explore whether presidents may be prosecuted for ordering unlawful killings. “It is clear that as president, I will be [...]