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Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed Thursday that Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid for private jet trips for Thomas in 2022 to attend a speech in Texas and a vacation at Crow’s luxurious New York estate, as ethics questions continue to rock the Supreme Court. → Read More
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to reconsider long held precedent and decide whether to significantly scale back on the power of federal agencies in a case that can impact everything from how the government addresses everything from climate change to public health to immigration. → Read More
Chief Justice John Roberts has notified Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin that he won't testify at an upcoming hearing on Supreme Court ethics, instead releasing a new statement signed by all nine justices that is meant to provide "clarity" to the public about the high court's ethics practices. → Read More
The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays. → Read More
Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday took a break from the middle of a contentious Supreme Court term to console a law student disillusioned with the American justice system. → Read More
After pressure from members of Congress, the federal judiciary revised its financial disclosure rules to require that federal judges -- including Supreme Court justices -- to be more specific when disclosing non-business travel. → Read More
The US Supreme Court left in place the conviction of attorney Steven Donziger -- a long-time foe of Chevron Corp. -- who sought to challenge the appointment of private attorneys to prosecute criminal contempt of court. → Read More
The federal judge overseeing a challenge to the federal government's approval of a medication abortion drug announced Monday that there will be a hearing Wednesday in the case -- an announcement that comes after reports the judge had privately sought to delay announcement of the hearing. → Read More
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will take up two challenges to President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program -- an initiative aimed at providing targeted debt relief to millions of student-loan borrowers -- that has so far been stalled by legal challenges. → Read More
Speaking at Notre Dame, Kavanaugh launched into a lengthy criticism of US News & World Report's ranking of law schools → Read More
At least 90 people had access to the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, the court said → Read More
The justices will also hear a case involving internet threats and the First Amendment → Read More
The policy allows officials to swiftly expel migrants at the U.S. border and was vacated last month by a federal district court judge. → Read More
Former President Donald Trump does not plan to appeal to the Supreme Court a lower court order that put an end to the special master review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. → Read More
The Supreme Court said Thursday that President Joe Biden's student loan debt forgiveness program will remain blocked for now, but the justices agreed to hear oral arguments in the case in February, with a decision expected by June. → Read More
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the Internal Revenue Service to release former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a Democratic-led House committee. → Read More
The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block a subpoena for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in front of an Atlanta special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. → Read More
The Georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to clear the way for the testimony of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. → Read More
Lawyers for Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward and her husband Michael Ward filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court on Wednesday asking the justices to block a subpoena from the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, for phone and text records. → Read More
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday called the leak of his draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last spring a "grave betrayal" and "shock," saying that it put the lives of some of the high court's conservative justices at risk. → Read More