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An unusual announcement from the court provided a strong hint that the justices will act the day before the primaries on Super Tuesday. The Supreme Court announced on Sunday that [...]

Byline: Adam Liptak The legal issues are novel and tangled, experts said, and the justices may be wary of knocking a leading presidential candidate off the ballot. The Supreme Court, [...]

The legal issues are novel and tangled, experts said, and the justices may be wary of knocking a leading presidential candidate off the ballot. The Supreme Court, battered by ethics [...]

The legal issues are novel and tangled, experts said, and the justices may be wary of knocking a leading presidential candidate off the ballot. The Supreme Court, battered by ethics [...]

The party's petition urged the justices to review a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court, which said the former president had engaged in insurrection and is ineligible to hold office. [...]

The case will instead first be heard by a federal appeals court, which has put it on a fast track, scheduling arguments for Jan. 9. The Supreme Court declined on [...]

In the 22 years since she worked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer, whom she replaced last month, the court has become polarized and predictably conservative. Less than two hours after [...]

In her first day of responding to senators' questions, the judge gave few hints about her judicial philosophy but spoke forcefully about public safety and terrorism. WASHINGTON -- Judge Ketanji [...]

In her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week, the judge will draw on her earlier experiences and those of her predecessors. Follow the latest updates on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's [...]

Challengers say vaccination-or-testing requirements at large employers and for health care workers were not authorized by Congress. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said on Wednesday evening that it would hold [...]

Byline: Adam Liptak A comprehensive look at references to the press in justices' opinions revealed 'a marked and previously undocumented uptick in negative depictions.' WASHINGTON - Last month, in a [...]

A handful of rogue electoral votes, if allowed, could tip the next presidential election. The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether members of the Electoral College may cast their [...]

A year after the retirement of a prominent appeals court judge accused of sexual harassment, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote on Monday that the federal judicial system must [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- In the shadow of a titanic confirmation fight, the Supreme Court will return to the bench on Monday with a docket that offers an opportunity [...]

When Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh introduced himself to the American people on Monday, with a beaming President Trump beside him, he had a lot to say about his mother, a [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- Bakeries are the new civil rights battlegrounds, and not just in the United States. In a few months, Britain's Supreme Court will hear arguments on [...]

WASHINGTON -- In his final day of questioning at his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch continued to answer with practiced generalities on Wednesday, frustrating Democrats who seemed [...]

WASHINGTON -- Judge Neil M. Gorsuch's road to a Supreme Court nomination included stops at a fancy law firm conference room, the dreary basement of a government office building, President [...]

WASHINGTON -- Judge Neil M. Gorsuch's first taste of rough-and-tumble Washington politics was bitter and lingering. He was 15 years old and his mother was a high-ranking official in the [...]

WASHINGTON -- Pledging to move quickly to fulfill what he has called the most important promise of his campaign, President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he would name [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- Conservatives thought this United States Supreme Court term would be different. Still reeling from losses last year in major cases on health care and same-sex [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin, handing supporters of affirmative action a major victory. [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it had deadlocked in a case challenging President Obama's immigration plan, effectively ending what Mr. Obama had hoped would become one [...]

WASHINGTON -- As the Supreme Court term enters the homestretch, just hours before an internal deadline on Wednesday for circulating all draft majority opinions, two justices made an unusual joint [...]

Byline: SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- Merrick B. Garland, a Harvard-educated lawyer and classic overachiever, was working in a lucrative private practice at Arnold & Porter in [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK and VINDU GOEL WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court has refused to review an appeals court's determination that Apple had conspired with book publishers to raise [...]

WASHINGTON -- President Obama's Wednesday morning post on Scotusblog was more notable for the forum than for its message, which we have heard before as he considers a nominee to [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK The United States Supreme Court has ruled that federal regulators may encourage electricity users like schools, hospitals and shopping centers to reduce consumption at peak times in [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court has heard arguments in a pair of consequential cases in which the thorny legal issues obscured how much was at [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- When the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether unhappy customers of DirecTV could band together in a class action, the court's purpose seemed clear: to [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- The world will be watching when the Supreme Court hears arguments this month about same-sex marriage. But will the court be watching the world? Two [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- There are nine justices on the United States Supreme Court. It takes four votes to hear a case, but it takes five to stay an [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Constitution is not a math problem, but numbers can play a role in the Supreme Court's calculations. When the court struck down bans on interracial marriage in [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court let stand appeals court rulings allowing same-sex marriage in five states, a major surprise that could signal the inevitability of [...]

The article focuses on Special Counsel Jack Smith urging the Supreme Court to reject Donald J. Trump's request to put the case involving charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election on hold while pursuing appeals, emphasizing the unique national importance of resolving the charges.

The article focuses on former President Donald J. Trump's request to the Supreme Court to halt an appeals court ruling that rejected his claim of absolute immunity from criminal charges related to his efforts to subvert the 2020 election.

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- Two very different group portraits of the Supreme Court have emerged this term, one familiar and one unexpected. The familiar was on display Monday in [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court has ruled that requiring family-owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act violated a [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK and EMILY STEEL WASHINGTON -- Aereo made an all-or-nothing bet. The digital start-up threatened to upend the media industry and transform the way people watch television. It [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK and EMILY STEEL WASHINGTON -- In a decision with far-reaching implications for the television industry, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Aereo, a start-up [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court has handed Argentina two major defeats in cases brought by bondholders who refused to accept reduced payments after the country's [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of a voter initiative to ban racial preferences in admissions to Michigan's public universities, a step that could [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- The United States Supreme Court struck down some of the most important remaining limits on federal campaign contributions on Wednesday in a way that is [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- In a case with the potential to reshape the software industry, the United States Supreme Court seems poised to issue fresh limits on patents for [...]

Byline: ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON -- The recent spate of trial-court rulings striking down bans on same-sex marriage is a lesson in judicial physics. A decision last June from the Supreme [...]

WASHINGTON -- Within days, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a series of decisions that could transform three fundamental social institutions: marriage, education and voting. The extraordinary run of [...]

WASHINGTON -- In back-to-back arguments about drug-sniffing dogs, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to limiting their use outside homes but not near cars. The first argument concerned Franky, [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal of a ruling that the placement of crosses on the side of Utah highways to honor fallen state [...]

WASHINGTON -- It has been almost 60 years since the Supreme Court last had a hard look at the state secrets privilege, which can allow the government to shut down [...]