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TikTok asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to block a US ban unless it's sold

Dec. 16, 2024 17:06 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it. Lawyers for the company and China-based ByteDance...

Supreme Court leans toward Utah oil railway plan, but may not make broad environmental ruling

Dec. 10, 2024 15:22 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed to favor a Utah oil railroad expansion in arguments on Tuesday, but appeared more skeptical of putting strict new limits on a key national environmental law. The justices were weighing a multibillion-dollar project that could quadruple...

Supreme Court rejects appeal challenging Hawaii gun licensing requirements under Second Amendment

Dec. 09, 2024 13:23 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Hawaii's gun-licensing law on Monday, though three justices expressed a willingness to hear arguments over the issue later. The majority did not explain their reasoning in a brief order declining to take the case. But...

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on transgender health care ban: Conservatives skeptical

Dec. 04, 2024 18:10 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court heard the most high-profile case of its term on Wednesday, weighing Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender minors. Similar laws have been passed by other conservative-leaning states. Challengers say they deprive kids of...

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee's ban on medical treatments for transgender minors

Dec. 04, 2024 16:37 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by another 25 states...

Supreme Court Latest: Majority of justices appear likely to uphold state ban on transgender care

Dec. 04, 2024 15:07 PM EST

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in just its second major transgender rights case, a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. The nation’s top court will weigh whether Tennessee’s law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th...

Recess appointments could put Trump at odds with conservatives on the Supreme Court

Dec. 01, 2024 07:43 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will control the White House and both houses of Congress come January. But President-elect Donald Trump's intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation with the Senate, which has the constitutional responsibility for...

Supreme Court seems open to upholding regulations on ghost guns, hard to trace weapons used in crime

Oct. 08, 2024 15:00 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to uphold a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons found in increasing numbers at crime scenes. In arguments that ranged from classic cars to Western omelets, key conservative justices...

Supreme Court takes the bench with ghost guns, a capital case and transgender rights on the docket

Oct. 07, 2024 12:27 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court took the bench again on Monday, ready to hear cases on ghost guns, a death sentence and transgender rights. Seated in front of the courtroom's sweeping marble columns, Chief Justice John Roberts announced the formal end of the court's previous...

The Supreme Court opens its new term with election disputes in the air but not yet on the docket

Oct. 05, 2024 08:43 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Transgender rights, the regulation of “ghost guns” and the death penalty highlight the Supreme Court's election-season term that begins Monday, with the prospect of the court's intervention in voting disputes lurking in the background. The justices are...