John Paul Stevens, the second oldest and third longest-serving Supreme Court justice, was a Republican president’s nominee but led the liberal wing.
Author: Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
Affordable Care Act threatened as Trump administration, GOP states fight US House, Democratic states in court
The health care law has helped insure 20 million people since 2010 and survived two Supreme Court battles in 2012 and 2015, but it’s threatened again.
Supreme Court to hear racial discrimination case against telecommunications giant Comcast
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if the nation’s largest cable TV company discriminated againstan African-American media mogul.
Supreme Court refuses to consider whether Second Amendment protects gun silencers
The Supreme Court refused to decide if the Second Amendment protects gun silencers such as one used in last month’s deadly Virginia Beach shooting.
Conservative gains at Supreme Court leading to anger, frustration and ‘peeks behind the curtain’
The court’s liberals show irritation at its more conservative majority –once in the middle of the night. Some conservatives chafe for faster change.
Judge delays action on new claim Trump administration sought 2020 census citizenship question to boost GOP
The Justice Department told Furman the latest challenge is an eleventh-hour campaign to derail the Supreme Court decision, which is expected in June.
Blackbeard’s famed pirate ship, grounded three centuries ago, sails toward Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is digging into a dispute over a sunken pirate ship captained three centuries ago by the legendary pirate Blackbeard.
Trump administration’s effort to add census citizenship question faces potential Supreme Court setback
Challengers to the Trump administration plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census hope new evidence turns the tide at the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court lets stand Pennsylvania school district’s bathroom accommodations for transgender students
The Supreme Court action, with no noted dissents, represented a victory for the transgender rights movement and a defeat for religious conservatives.
Supreme Court upholds part of Indiana anti-abortion law requiring disposal of fetal remains by burial or cremation
The Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law Tuesday that required the burial or cremation of fetal remains following an abortion.