Latest Supreme Court of the United States News

Trump will address influential evangelicals who back him but want to see a national abortion ban

Jun. 22, 2024 00:16 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is set to speak Saturday to a group of politically influential evangelicals who fiercely support him but would like to see the presumptive Republican presidential nominee promise to do more to restrict abortion. Trump’s stated opposition to signing...

The Supreme Court rejects a settlement in a water dispute between New Mexico and Texas

Jun. 21, 2024 17:04 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers. In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that the water-sharing deal between Texas and New Mexico can't go through because the...

The Supreme Court rules against California woman whose husband was denied entry to US

Jun. 21, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled against a California woman who said her rights were violated after federal officials refused to allow her husband into the country, in part, because of the way his tattoos were interpreted. The 6-3 decision along ideological...

The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims

Jun. 21, 2024 15:10 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence. In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people...

Trump ally Bannon asks the Supreme Court to delay his 4-month prison sentence on contempt charges

Jun. 21, 2024 13:11 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, asked the Supreme Court on Friday to delay his prison sentence while he fights his convictions for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on U.S. Capitol. The...

What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? Here’s the list.

Jun. 21, 2024 10:40 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is headed into its final week with about a quarter of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law on everything from abortion to social media. The justices are also still weighing whether former President Donald Trump is...

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US

Jun. 21, 2024 09:57 AM EDT

Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The June 24, 2022, ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization sparked legislative...

New Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments churns old political conflicts

Jun. 20, 2024 21:07 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom in public schools and colleges — and stirs the long-running debate over the role of religion in government institutions. Under...

McCormick's running mate has conservative past, Goodin says he reversed ideas on abortion, marriage

Jun. 20, 2024 19:16 PM EDT

Indiana's Democratic nominee for governor, Jennifer McCormick, on Thursday chose as her running mate a former state lawmaker who spent much of his introductory speech apologizing for past votes against abortion and same-sex marriage and promising he's changed his mind. Terry Goodin,...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Jun. 20, 2024 16:36 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 15 The Washington Post on SCOTUS, Congress and bump stock regulation It has been almost seven years since a gunman began firing from his hotel window in Las Vegas, wreaking fear and...