Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark
One of the allures of being a Supreme Court justice is that the job has lifetime tenure.
Americans are 'getting whacked' by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new book
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is out with a new book in which he says ordinary Americans are โgetting whackedโ by too many laws and regulations.
Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court's new ethics code
Justice Elena Kagan says the U.S. Supreme Court should bolster its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it.
Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term
Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court have gotten most of what they wanted this term โ from substantial help for Trumpโs political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the administrative state they revile.
Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness
The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump wonโt stand trial before the November election.
Sotomayor's dissent: A president should not be a 'king above the law'
The Supreme Court is allowing a president to become a โking above the law,โ in the use of official power, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a biting dissent that called the majority opinion on immunity for former President Donald Trump โutterly indefensible.โ.
The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision
The Supreme Court has upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections.
7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll
As the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on a major case involving former President Donald Trump, 7 in 10 Americans think its justices are more likely to shape the law to fit their own ideology, rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority.
Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by donor Harlan Crow, Senate panel reveals
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional luxury trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by donors as part of the panelโs ethics investigation into the Supreme Court.
Thomas acknowledges more travel paid for by Harlan Crow. Colleagues report six-figure book payments
Justice Clarence Thomas is belatedly acknowledging more travel paid for by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, while several colleagues reported six-figure payments as part of book deals.
Supreme Court sides with music producer in copyright case over sample in Flo Rida hit
The Supreme Court has sided with a music producer in a copyright case, allowing him to seek more than a decade's worth of damages over a sample used in a Flo Rida song.
Key moments from landmark Supreme Court arguments on Trump's immunity claims
There was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential ruling โfor the agesโ and of the Founding Fathers, too.
Supreme Court makes it easier to sue for job discrimination over forced transfers
The Supreme Court has made it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims under federal civil rights law, even when they are not demoted or docked pay.
The Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers
The Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era bipartisan criminal justice overhaul.
Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civility
With the Supreme Courtโs approval hovering near record lows, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it.
Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over whether Trump is ineligible to be president again
The prevailing view among legal experts before the Supreme Court heard argument in a case to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot was that the justices wouldn't take that step.
The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake
The Supreme Court is wrestling with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.
Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to an attack on the Securities and Exchange Commission
Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to a challenge to how the Securities and Exchange Commission fights fraud, in a case that could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies.
The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement
The new Supreme Court code of conduct agreed to by all nine justices does not appear to impose any significant new requirements on them.
The Supreme Court wrestles with social media cases that have echoes of Donald Trump
The Supreme Court is wrestling with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts.
The Supreme Court avoided disaster when a chunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by the justices
The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a piece of marble at least two feet long crashed to the ground in an interior courtyard used by the justices and their aides.
The Supreme Court opens its new term with a case about prison terms for drug dealers
The Supreme Court has opened its new term with a case about prison terms for drug dealers and rejections of hundreds of appeals, including one from an attorney who pushed a plan to keep former President Donald Trump in power.
Justice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she supports an ethics code for the court but that there wasn't consensus among the justices on how to proceed.
In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents
Overturning Roe v. Wade and affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades.
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions, says race cannot be a factor
A divided Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Supreme Court limits regulation of some US wetlands, making it easier to develop and destroy them
The Supreme Court is curtailing the federal governmentโs power to protect some wetlands.
Why the Supreme Court tiptoeing past a key social media shield helps Big Tech
Google, Twitter, Facebook and other tech companies fueled by social media have dodged a legal threat that could have blown a huge hole in their business models.
Supreme Court rules against Andy Warhol's foundation in a case about a portrait he made of Prince
The Supreme Court says the 2016 publication of an Andy Warhol image of the singer Prince violated a photographerโs copyright.
Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett
A nominee to the Connecticut Supreme Court has told state lawmakers that she would not have signed a 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett for a federal appeals court position if she knew Barrett would later vote to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion protections as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court rules against Puerto Rican journalists seeking records from financial oversight board
The Supreme Court has ruled against an organization of Puerto Rican journalists in its quest for documents from the financial oversight board created to deal with the island territoryโs bankruptcy.
Supreme Court seems to favor woman who got $0 in condo sale
The Supreme Court seems likely to give a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman another day in court to try to recoup some money after the county sold her condominium over a small unpaid tax bill and then kept the entire $40,000.
Supreme Court skeptical of man who offered adult adoptions
The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule against a man convicted of violating immigration law for offering adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to citizenship.
Justices OK overtime pay for $200,000-a-year oil rig worker
The Supreme Court has ruled that an energy company employee who earned more than $200,000 a year still qualified for overtime pay under a federal law meant to protect blue-collar workers.
Supreme Court wrestles with lawsuit shield for social media
In its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seems unlikely to side with a family wanting to hold Google liable for the death of their daughter who was killed in a terrorist attack.
High court rules against Arizona GOP leader in records fight
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to get phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party.
High court told jurors were misled in Arizona death row case
A lawyer for a man on Arizonaโs death row has told the U.S. Supreme Court that jurors in the case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure the man would never walk free was to sentence him to death.
Arizona GOP leader wins temporary halt to record turnover
Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan is temporarily blocking the turnover of phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Justice Kagan: 'Time will tell' if court finds common ground
Justice Elena Kagan says โtime will tellโ whether the Supreme Court can get back to โfinding common groundโ after a term in which the courtโs six conservatives and three liberals split over major issues including abortion and gun rights.
Court rejects Black Texas death row inmate's race bias claim
A divided Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Black Texas death row inmate who argued he didnโt get a fair trial because jurors who convicted him objected to interracial marriage.
Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice
The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a new justice on the bench, the public back in the courtroom and a spirited debate in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights.
Justice Jackson says she has 'a seat at the table'
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she has โa seat at the table now and Iโm ready to work,โ leaning into her history-making role as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
Justice Kagan cautions Supreme Court can forfeit legitimacy
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is cautioning that courts look political and forfeit legitimacy when they needlessly overturn precedent and decide more than they have to.
Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case
The Supreme Court has taken a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions.
Supreme Court won't let Biden implement immigration policy
The Supreme Court wonโt allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the U.S. illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.
Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retiree
Until last week when he swore in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, his successor on the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer had a rigorous, intellectually challenging job with the highest of stakes.
Supreme Court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison terms
The Supreme Court has made it easier for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan 2018 federal law aimed at reducing racial disparities in prison terms for cocaine crimes.
Supreme Court rules out suing police for Miranda violations
The Supreme Court has ruled law enforcement officers canโt be sued for money damages when they violate the rights of criminal suspects by failing to provide the familiar Miranda warning before questioning them.
Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorship
A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.
Justices to rule in gun case with US raw from mass shootings
With mass shootings in Texas, New York and California fresh in Americansโ mind, the Supreme Court will soon issue its biggest gun ruling in more than a decade.
Supreme Court rules against inmates in right-to-counsel case
The Supreme Court has ruled along ideological lines against two Arizona death row inmates who had argued that their lawyers did a poor job representing them in state court.
Supreme Court Notebook: Roberts pays tribute to Breyer
The fertile mind of Justice Stephen Breyer has conjured a stream of hypothetical questions through the years that have, in the words of a colleague, โbefuddledโ lawyers and justices alike.
AP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmation
More Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jacksonโs confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided.
High court rules for state in case of man shackled at trial
The Supreme Court says that a federal appeals court was wrong to order Michigan to retry or release a convicted murderer because his rights were violated when he was shackled at trial.
Supreme Court revives fight over painting stolen by Nazis
The Supreme Court is keeping alive a California manโs hope of reclaiming a valuable impressionist masterpiece taken from his family by the Nazis and now on display in a Spanish museum.
Cheers for Jackson as Biden declares โmoment of real changeโ
Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court shows the progress of America.
Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice
The Senate has confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his effort to diversify the court.
Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
Reports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trumpโs White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case.
High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race case
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson says that if confirmed to the Supreme Court sheโd sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over Harvardโs admission policies because she sits on the board of her college alma mater.
Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps
The Supreme Court has thrown out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the stateโs Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsinโs top court, a win for Republicans that also makes it unclear what boundaries will be in place for the fall election.
A closer look at the women whoโve served on the Supreme Court
In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyerโs retirement announcement in January, President Joe Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to be his replacement.
High court sides with government in Gitmo state secrets case
The Supreme Court has sided with the U.S. government and dismissed a case involving a Guantanamo Bay detainee seeking what the government said is secret information.
Checking in? Notorious hotel the setting of high court case
A bed-and-breakfast on the U.S.-Canada border that officials say is a magnet for illegal border crossings, was the setting of a case heard Wednesday at the Supreme Court.
EXPLAINER: What's ahead for Biden's Supreme Court nominee
President Joe Bidenโs nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has launched what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process for the courtโs first Black woman.