US SUPREME COURT

If conservatives are concerned about regulatory overreach, there are better ways to address it than dismantling the administrative state.

The argument at the core of Moore v. Harper, so-called independent state legislature theory, is both unhinged and dangerous.

The justices have grabbed headlines by overturning precedent in major cases. Less noticed is their quiet attack on the executive branch.

Joseph Percoco, a former aide to Andrew Cuomo, is appealing his conviction for fraud in a case that has implications for anyone who influences government.

In overturning Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court didn’t so much address America’s long-running fight over abortion as spread it to statehouses across the country. The court’s June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization repealed constitutional protections for abortions that had been in place since 1973. That gave conservative governors and legislatures the power they had long sought to limit the medical procedure in their states, in some cases severely. Advocates on both side

Debate affirmative action all you want, but please stop using this odious phrase.

For almost as long as affirmative action policies have been used in college admissions, there have been legal battles over whether they should be allowed. The US Supreme Court has weighed in time and again, pushing along the evolution of how race plays into school acceptances. Now, more than 40 years after first considering the matter, the court is hearing cases that could mean the end altogether of racial considerations in shaping a student body.

For almost as long as affirmative action policies have been used in college admissions, there have been legal battles over whether they should be allowed. The US Supreme Court has weighed in time and again, pushing along the evolution of how race plays into school acceptances. Now, more than 40 years after first considering the matter, the court is hearing cases that could mean the end altogether of racial considerations in shaping a student body.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority decision in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade, which had established a right to abortion.

Pro-abortion vandals have targeted more than 100 crisis pregnancy centers, pro-life organizations and churches since the Supreme Court leak in May.

Universities have long used race as factor in admissions to try to engineer representative freshman classes. What happens after that’s illegal?

The Supreme Court recently overturned a 2002 law that capped personal campaign loan repayments. Some warn it could lead to corruption.

Universities have long used race as factor in admissions to try to engineer representative freshman classes. What happens after that’s illegal?

The speech comes a month out from the midterm elections where Democrats are at risk of losing control of one or both houses of Congress.

When the World Wide Web opened for public use in 1991, its enthusiasts proclaimed a new era of unfiltered free expression. That was before the internet in general, and social media platforms in particular, proved to be such effective places to spread misinformation about important matters such as Covid-19 and vaccines, disinformation (intentional falsehoods) about politics and elections, plus all manner of conspiracy theories and hate speech. Social media platforms have faced enormous scrutiny o

A scientific journal claimed that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court threatens the validity of scientific policies in a news feature on Wednesday.

18-to-20-year-olds in Texas will be able to carry a handgun in the first change in gun law since a Supreme Court ruling in June.

The US is unique in tormenting its citizens abroad with tax obligations. But the justices could show mercy.

With abortion access no longer a constitutional right, Americans are rethinking where they live and work.

Anti-abortion Gen-Z activists think their fight isn't at odds with the generational theme.

Summer break is over. With fewer than 100 days until the general election, the final rounds of 2022 midterms primaries will come fast and furious over the next six weeks, beginning with a busy Tuesday featuring key contests around the...

Opposing sides are in a close race to decide whether women in Kansas have the right to abortion.

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

In more than a dozen states, legal fights are underway over abortion bans and other laws that greatly limit the procedure after the US Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to an abortion on June 24.

History shows that the justices can undermine their legitimacy with decisions that block popular measures like the New Deal, but not when they cede authority to policy makers.

In an interview, a political scientist discusses the Supreme Court’s misreadings of the history of gun regulation.

Thomas called the city's ban "highly suspect because it broadly prohibits common semiautomatic firearms used for lawful purposes."

Both the politicians and the public are wary of judicial meddling.

Biden will meet with Democratic governors including New York's Kathy Hochul and California's Gavin Newsom to discuss abortion access.

Biden said he would support a suspension to the Senate filibuster rule to codify the right to an abortion established in Roe v. Wade.

The move comes in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The pills are meant to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or if a birth control method fails.

The question is, did the coach’s behavior coerce children to join in and thus impede their parents’ right to determine their education?

‘Banning abortion doesn’t prevent abortions, it prevents safe abortions,’ writes model

Dave Portnoy said that his comments criticizing the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade don't "reflect Barstool."

A history of corruption along the docks of New York and New Jersey are at the root of a long-simmering dispute. But it’s really just a contract case.

In a country without Roe v. Wade, any state that wants to offer abortion services to non-residents needs to take a proactive policy position.

As recently as 2018, more than half of Americans couldn’t name a single one of the nine members of the Supreme Court. Why is that changing now?

As recently as 2018, most Americans couldn’t name a single one of the nine members of the Supreme Court. Why is that changing now?

A conversation with social scientist Sydney Calkin of Queen Mary University of London on how the advent of medication abortion shifted politics and activism.

Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are raising alarms about a restrictive abortion ban put in place in 1931 before the US Supreme Court's 1973 landmark decision in Roe v. Wade.

Mary Trump criticized longtime activist and actress Susan Sarandon, who has become increasingly critical of the Democratic Party.

Ohio's legislature is weighing a "trigger law" that seeks to outlaw abortion should the Supreme Court strike down Roe v. Wade.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about the Biden administration's latest attempt to end a Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" immigration policy.

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the top court, is set to appear Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Ex-President Donald Trump's DHS reinterpreted when a non-U.S. citizen is likely to become a 'public charge' and therefore ineligible for permanent residency.

The statement came after a report said that Gorsuch refused to wear a mask, despite a request from Chief Justice John Roberts for all justices to do so.

Supreme Court issues opinion on Texas abortion law challenges

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said codifying abortion rights into law "may well be" the answer as the Supreme Court hears a case that could gut Roe v. Wade.

Anti-abortion petitioners in the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health argue that Roe v. Wade should be overturned.

A US death row inmate is fighting for a last rite. What rights to the condemned have around the world?

A man from Saint Clair County in Michigan was arrested in Washington after Capitol Police said he parked illegally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and wouldn’t move his vehicle.

"I can't change Texas's law, but you can," Sotomayor said of a recently enacted Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s top three elected officials are asking for the disbarment of four attorneys who they say pushed a false narrative of widespread election fraud in legal proceedings before multiple judges and courts including the nation’s highest judicial body, the US Supreme Court. The lawsuit, King v. Whitmer, went before the US Supreme Court and is being deemed frivolous by the three. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office on Thursday filed motions for sanctions in federal court against the same four lawyers, Michigan attorneys Greg Rohl, Scott Hagerstrom and Stefanie Junttila, along with Texas attorney Sidney Powell. AdRead: Michigan AG officially requests sanctions against attorneys behind 2020 election lawsuitsOn Monday, Nessel joined with Gov. AdRead More: Michigan leaders move for sanctions against GOP attorneys in Trump election lawsuits

Attorney General nominee Judge Merrick Garland speaks during an event with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. During a live event on Jan. 7, Biden called the pro-Trump rioters’ invasion of the U.S. Capitol “an assault on the rule of law” just before formally nominating Judge Merrick Garland as Attorney General. More: Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that’s shaken USA federal appeals court judge serving since 1997, Garland is widely known for his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in 2016. Biden also nominated Thursday Lisa Monaco as Deputy Attorney General, Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General and Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. In solemn tones, Biden said the actions Trump has taken to subvert the nation’s democratic institutions throughout his presidency led directly to the mayhem in Washington.

DETROIT – Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Rep. Rashida Tlaib announced Wednesday they’re preparing to challenge the result of the 2020 Census. City and state officials argued that more time was needed to count due to the hurdles posed by COVID-19. The city of Detroit is in a lawsuit against the federal government to prove it counted Detroit properly. It is basically preemptively challenging the Census Bureau into proving Detroit was properly counted and thereby forcing congressional oversight over the Bureau. Click here to learn more about the U.S. CensusClick here to see more national and state census response data

WASHINGTON – The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court before Election Day, handing President Donald Trump a political victory. She was confirmed to the Supreme Court with a 52-48 vote on Monday night. Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox also released a statement regarding the Senate confirmation of Barrett. “President Trump promised Americans that he would appoint rule of law justices to the Supreme Court, who would protect and defend our constitution. Tonight’s confirmation of his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, is a fulfillment of this promise.

The deadline to complete the 2020 Census has been shifting back and forth due to the coronavirus pandemic and numerous court rulings. Each Michigan resident counted in the census accounts for $3,000 in federal funding provided to the state. However, federal funding for states are based on the entire state’s census response rate, not just the response from individual communities. States are essentially competing against one another for federal funding associated with the census. The 2020 Census is a 9-question survey designed to count the population across the country and five U.S. territories.

WASHINGTON – The coroniavirus reached further into Republican ranks on Saturday, forcing the Senate to call off lawmaking as a third GOP senator tested positive for COVID-19. “The Senate’s floor schedule will not interrupt the thorough, fair and historically supported confirmation process,” McConnell wrote Saturday. Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who like McConnell is running for reelection, added that senators can attend the hearings remotely. Republicans in the Senate who had attended GOP events began announcing that they too had tested positive. The news about Covid's march into the White House didn't let up and wasn't flattering after months of complaints that Republicans weren't approaching the pandemic in a serious or organized way.

President Donald Trump has nominated Barrett to take the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an abortion rights supporter who died last month. White House spokesperson Judd Deere said Barrett already has distinguished her personal views from her responsibility as a judge. “As Judge Barrett said on the day she was nominated, ‘A judge must apply the law as written. In July, the Supreme Court did, in fact, throw out the panel’s ruling and ordered a new look at the case. Last year, the Supreme Court reinstated the fetal remains law, but not the ban on abortions for race, sex and developmental disabilities.

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden gives a speech on the Supreme Court at The Queen Theater, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants voters to see Republicans’ push for a speedy Supreme Court confirmation as an end-run of Congress and the 2010 health care law. “She's gonna be a great justice” who will “rule (based on) the law,” Trump said of Barrett. Justices are scheduled on Nov. 10, a week after Election Day, to hear another challenge of the 2010 health care law. “Prior to going on the bench, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law,” Biden noted.

– Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivered remarks Sunday on the U.S. Supreme Court following President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ginsburg, a liberal icon. Supreme Court decisions affect our everyday lives, and the Constitution was designed to give voters a voice on who makes those decisions. A judge on the federal appeals court based in Chicago, Barrett and her ideologies significantly contrast those of the late Justice Ginsburg. President Trump and former Vice President Biden are slated to debate on Tuesday night in Ohio.

Planned Parenthood's Anita Murphy works in the new Illinois facility ahead of its mid-October opening. (CNN) - As Missouri teeters on the brink of becoming the first state with no abortion clinics, a new Planned Parenthood center just across the Illinois border could help take patients who can't get abortions back home. Planned Parenthood said it is opening a new 18,000-square-foot health center in Fairview Heights, Illinois -- just 15 miles from Missouri. "We are thrilled to be able to better serve our patients through this new center, both in Southern Illinois and around the region," said Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri. It could see an influx of patients from Missouri, which this year passed a law that bans most abortions after eight weeks.