U.S. Supreme Court

This Supreme Court Case Could Radically Reshape Politics

11:11am October 03, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

Wisconsin Republicans lost the 2012 election overall but won 60 percent of the legislative seats. They did it through extreme partisan gerrymandering. The court will weigh how far is too far.

In this March 10, 2014, photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store, in Lakewood, Colo.

Supreme Court To Open A Whirlwind Term

12:48pm October 01, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

In a term one justice predicts will be "monumental," the issues range from politics to privacy, and from same-sex anti-discrimination law to sports betting.

The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term next week; on Thursday, it added 11 cases to its docket.

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Supreme Court Adds More Cases To 2017-2018 Term, Including Union Dispute

1:28pm September 28, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The Supreme Court added 11 cases to its term that begins next week, agreeing to hear a pivotal case on unions that represent government employees.

The Supreme Court had been planning to hear lawsuits over President Trump's travel ban next month.

Supreme Court Removes Travel Ban Cases From Its Calendar After Trump's New Revision

2:50pm September 25, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Parties in the two cases — Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project and Trump v. Hawaii — have until next Thursday, Oct. 5, to file new briefs over whether parts of the cases are now moot.

The Trump administration is expected to outline how it will implement its modified travel ban on people from six majority-Muslim nations.

Trump Travel Ban Could Be Implemented Thursday

5:58pm June 28, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The administration is expected to outline how the limited travel ban will work, following the Supreme Court's lifting of stays blocking the executive order.

Maria Guadalupe Guereca, 60, visits the grave of her son Sergio Hernandez Guereca at the Jardines del Recuerdo cemetery in Juarez, Mexico, earlier this year. Her son was shot by a U.S. agent across the border in 2010.

Supreme Court Sends Cross-Border Shooting Case Back To Lower Court

12:16pm June 26, 2017

Can the family of a slain Mexican teenager sue the federal agent who shot him from across the U.S.-Mexico border? The case tests a long-held doctrine called a Bivens action.

The Slants' frontman, Simon Tam, filed the original lawsuit after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office kept the band from registering its name.

The Slants Win Supreme Court Battle Over Band's Name In Trademark Dispute

1:03pm June 19, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The case could have broad impact on how the First Amendment is applied in other trademark cases.

People walk in front of a Wells Fargo branch on Sept. 9, 2016 in Miami, Fla. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the city of Miami can sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America under the Fair Housing Act for damages caused by allegedly predatory and di

Cities Can Sue Big Banks Over Effects Of Discriminatory Practices, Supreme Court Says

3:02pm May 01, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The city of Miami can sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America for damages caused by allegedly discriminatory and predatory lending practices, the Supreme Court says.

The Supreme Court justices took up a death penalty case on Monday, looking at an inmate's right to help from a mental health expert.

Justices Split Over Defendants' Right To Mental Health Expert Witnesses

7:29pm April 24, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

Justice Anthony Kennedy appears likely to cast the deciding vote in a Supreme Court case involving a death row inmate's right to help from a mental health expert who is independent of the prosecution.

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James Edmund McWilliams Jr. was sentenced to death in 1986 for the rape and murder of a convenience store clerk during a robbery.

Supreme Court To Decide If Prosecution, Defense Can Share Experts in Capital Case

8:08am April 24, 2017

The Supreme Court will decide if an Alabama inmate should have his sentence revisited because his attorney didn't get help from an independent mental health expert when he was sentenced to death.

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