Supreme Court rejects RNC bid to stop provisional option for some Pennsylvanians

Supreme Court tosses decision that shielded officers who arrested citizen journalist

A Texas citizen journalist was arrested after she published two news stories to her Facebook page that included information she sought from a police source.

Politics - CBS News - October 15

Supreme Court Leans Toward Truck Driver Fired Over Drug Test

The driver, Douglas Horn, sued the maker of a product said to be free of THC under a federal racketeering law, saying he had suffered a business injury.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 15

Nebraska Supreme Court says people with felony records can register to vote

Nebraska state Supreme Court rules that people with felony records can register to vote.

Supreme Court declines to block Biden's climate rule for power plants — for now

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block a Biden administration rule setting climate standards for power plants — but hinted it could take up the case at a later time. The high court ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Supreme Court Allows E.P.A. to Limit Power Plant Emissions

It was a provisional victory for the Biden administration, whose climate initiatives have been stymied. A challenge to the rule at issue is still moving through a lower court.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 17

New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice charged with interference in criminal investigation

Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi is facing felony charges of attempt to commit improper influence and criminal solicitation of improper influence.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 16

Supreme Court allows EPA to enforce power plant emission limits

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it will allow the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce new greenhouse gas emissions limits for power plants. Michael Gerrard, a professor at Columbia ...

Water Dispute Before Supreme Court Gives Rise to Unusual Alliances

The justices heard arguments on Wednesday in a long-simmering dispute between San Francisco and the E.P.A. over regulation of water pollution.

Business - The New York Times - October 16

Texas Supreme Court halts execution in 'shaken baby syndrome' death

Texas is preparing to put Roberson to death Thursday in what would be the nation's first execution involving a case of "shaken baby syndrome."

'Shaken baby syndrome' execution on hold after Texas Supreme Court decision

Robert Roberson was sentenced to death based on the largely discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis.

Texas Supreme Court Halts Execution in Shaken Baby Case

Robert Roberson had been set to be executed on Thursday night for the death of his 2-year-old child. But after a bipartisan intervention by Texas lawmakers, the Supreme Court issued a stay.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 18

Harris warns of Supreme Court immunity ruling leaving Trump with 'no guards'

During a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., Vice President Kamala Harris said the stakes of the election "are even higher" in the wake of the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling.

Politics - NBC News - October 18

Texas supreme court blocks execution of man in late-night ruling

Robert Roberson, 57, who has long claimed innocence over death of daughter, has for now been spared. The Texas supreme court has blocked the execution of a man on death row in a late-night ruling ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

A ‘New Day’? Justices Step Back, Slightly, From an Aggressive Climate Stance.

The Supreme Court’s decision to not temporarily block an E.P.A. rule this week signals ‘rising influence’ of Justice Barrett, one analyst said.

World - The New York Times - October 18

A Writer Sees Leniency in the Supreme Court’s Approach to Public Corruption

A Georgetown law professor argues that five rulings by the justices in recent years have allowed behavior that is “sketchy as hell” and meant to make the judiciary look good by contrast.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

Supreme Court won't hear challenge to Consumer Product Safety Commission

The dispute raised separation of powers concerns arising from the president's ability to remove members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Supreme Court turns away challenge to consumer safety agency’s structure

The Supreme Court announced Monday it won’t take up a case that could have delivered another blow to federal agencies. Two conservative groups sought to challenge the structure of the Consumer ...

Politics - The Hill - October 21

Supreme Court won’t revive Michael Cohen retaliation suit against Trump

The Supreme Court will not wade into Michael Cohen’s long-waged war against former President Trump, declining Monday to revive his lawsuit seeking damages for retaliation during his prison ...

Politics - The Hill - October 21

Supreme Court won’t revive Cohen's Trump lawsuit claiming retaliatory imprisonment

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing that Cohen said was retaliation for writing a tell-all ...

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Job Protections at U.S. Consumer Watchdog

The conservative court declined to take a case that could have led to the weakening of limits on a president’s power to fire some federal agency leaders.

Business - Inc. - October 22

Georgia Supreme Court won't step in to reinstate controversial election rules

The rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board included one that would require ballots be hand-counted.

Battle over abortion access stretches to state supreme court races

Voters in at least 30 states will decide who will fill 69 state supreme court seats in judicial elections in November.

RFK Jr. asks Supreme Court to take him off Wisconsin’s ballot

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Supreme Court for an injunction taking him off Wisconsin’s presidential ballot in an emergency request docketed Wednesday. Since suspending his independent ...

Politics - The Hill - October 23

Virginia asks Supreme Court to greenlight 1,600 voter roll removals

Virginia asked the Supreme Court on Monday to greenlight the removals of more than 1,600 people from the state’s voter rolls. State officials say the individuals are noncitizens, but the Justice ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Virginia seeks Supreme Court's intervention in challenge to voter roll purge

Exactly 90 days before Election Day, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a systematic program to remove from voter rolls people unable to verify their citizenship to the DMV.

Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge voter rolls ahead of the election

The Supreme Court allowed Republican officials in Virginia to revive a plan aimed to removing noncitizen voters from the rolls ahead of next week’s election.

Supreme Court reinstates Youngkin’s voter purge order in Virginia

Virginia can cancel more than 1,600 voter registrations the state claims are held by noncitizens in advance of next week’s election, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The emergency decision marks ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

How the Supreme Court has ruled on 2024 election-related cases

A majority of Supreme Court justices ruled to allow Virginia to proceed with removing roughly 1,600 alleged noncitizens from its voter rolls. This comes just days before the Nov. 5 election and as ...

Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations

The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing Virginia to leave in place its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who aren't U.S. citizens from voting

What to know about the Supreme Court's voter decision before Election Day

The Supreme Court decided to let Virginia remove around 1,600 alleged noncitizens from its voter registration rolls less than a week before Election Day. CBS News Supreme Court and legal producer ...

8 Supreme Court Justices in Mexico to Resign Ahead of Contentious Election

All but three of the country’s Supreme Court justices announced they would quit rather than partake in the controversial elections mandated by a judicial overhaul.

World - The New York Times - Yesterday

Mexico’s Supreme Court seeks compromise in clash over elected judges

Justice Juan Luis González Alcántara tells Financial Times he has issued draft opinion in bid to head off constitutional crisis

World - Financial Times - Yesterday

Thousands of ballots are at stake as the Supreme Court considers Pennsylvania voting rules

Pennsylvania’s mail balloting policies have been the focus of intense litigation since the 2020 election.

Trump makes latest bid at moving hush money case to federal court

Former President Trump’s attorneys on Monday made their latest bid at moving his hush money criminal case to federal court, telling an appeals panel that a lower judge’s refusal to do so was ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

Special counsel urges judge to reject Trump's bid to toss Jan. 6 obstruction charges

Special counsel Jack Smith is urging the judge in Donald Trump's Jan. 6 case to reject an effort by Trump's attorneys to throw out the case's obstruction-related charges.

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