Supreme Court

Justices Appear Skeptical Of Calif. Law Challenged By Anti-Abortion Centers

5:36pm March 20, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The high court heard arguments on whether anti-abortion pregnancy centers, which can often appear to be abortion clinics, have to disclose more fully what they are, as required by California law.

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The head of the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., says she plans to sue if the governor signs the bill into law. This is the only clinic in Mississippi that performs abortions.

Mississippi Legislature Approves Bill Banning Abortions After 15 Weeks

6:21pm March 08, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The measure, which is poised to become law once signed by the governor, allows for exceptions only in a "medical emergency and in cases of severe fetal abnormality."

Currently, polling places are largely a politics-free zone, but the Supreme Court heard arguments that could change that.

Should Polling Places Remain Politics-Free? Justices Incredulous At Both Sides

1:55pm February 28, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

Polling places are a politics-free zone. Could that change with a Supreme Court case out of Minnesota? The court is hearing arguments in a key case on this Wednesday.

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Court Seems Unconvinced Of Microsoft's Argument To Shield Email Data Stored Overseas

7:42pm February 27, 2018

The Supreme Court will decide whether a U.S. warrant can compel Microsoft to turn over a user's emails stored in Ireland. It also seems to want Congress to fix the dilemma.

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Six-year-old Sophie Cruz speaks during a rally in front of the Supreme Court next to her father, Raul Cruz, and supporter Jose Antonio Vargas in 2016.

Supreme Court Declines To Take DACA Case, Leaving It In Place For Now

3:45pm February 26, 2018

The court said the government's appeal on the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program should be heard by a court of appeals first. Trump had wanted to end the program by March 5.

Members of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union, or AFSCME, listen to a council executive speak about conditions at state prisons and detention centers in Illinois.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court Hears Fiery Arguments In Case That Could Gut Public Sector Unions

3:19pm February 26, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

Conservative justices could overrule a 40-year-old decision allowing states to compel union fee payments. But all eyes are on Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was uncharacteristically silent in court Monday.

A man walks up in the fog at the U.S. Supreme Court to attend arguments last month. Justices issued multiple opinions on Wednesday.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court Gets Moving, Issuing As Many Decisions In One Day As It Has In 5 Months

6:13pm February 21, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The high court put out rulings on everything from guns and whistleblower protections to plea deals and the damages someone could seek for a terrorist attack.

The U.S. Supreme Court is shown on Dec. 4, 2017, in Washington, D.C. The court, continuing a years-long pattern, has declined to hear a constitutional challenge to a state gun law.

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Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge To California's Gun Laws

3:05pm February 20, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The court, continuing a pattern of nonintervention, has turned away a constitutional challenge to a 10-day waiting period for gun purchases. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas angrily dissented.

In this July 10, 2014, photo, Bobby Bostic is photographed in the visitation room at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Mo. A former St. Louis judge who sentenced Bostic, then a teenager, to 241 years in prison, says she regrets her ruling and is

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She Sentenced A Teen To 241 Years In Prison. Now She Wants Her Decision Overturned

8:08am February 17, 2018

Judge Evelyn Baker gave 16-year-old Bobby Bostic a life sentence after he was convicted of armed robbery, among other charges. Now, 20 years later, she wants the Supreme Court to overrule her.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address in February 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. He and Republican leaders have a week to come up with new congressional maps for the state.

Supreme Court Pass Means Pennsylvania Must Redraw Congressional Maps In 10 Days

5:06pm February 05, 2018

by Scott Detrow

All 18 of the state's congressional districts will have to be redrawn by Feb. 15 to comply with a state Supreme Court order that ruled the districts were drawn in an overly partisan manner.