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November 12, 2024 at 4:51 PM

SCOTUS rejects Mark Meadows' bid to move Georgia election case into federal court

The Supreme Court has rejected a request from former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election interference case from state court into federal court.
November 12, 2024 at 4:51 PM
In this Oct. 21, 2020 file photo White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington.
November 10, 2024 at 9:28 PM

Sotomayor has no plans to resign from Supreme Court, sources say

Despite speculation in liberal legal circles and talk among Democratic senators of urging Justice Sonia Sotomayor to resign, sources close to her say she has no plans to.
November 10, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of The Supreme Court of the United States, at Zarzuela Palace on March 04, 2024 in Madrid.
November 6, 2024 at 2:50 PM

How Trump’s re-election could impact the Supreme Court

ABC News contributor Kate Shaw breaks down how a second Trump term could impact the Supreme Court and future appointments.
November 6, 2024 at 2:50 PM
VIDEO: How Trump’s re-election could impact the Supreme Court
November 1, 2024 at 10:49 PM

Supreme Court could play a decisive role in the election this November

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports on the latest election-related Supreme Court cases on “This Week Live.”
November 1, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Supreme Court could play a decisive role in the election this November
October 31, 2024 at 3:35 PM

US Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge suspected non-citizens from voting rolls

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports on the high court’s ruling to block an order from a federal judge that would have reinstated some 1,600 individuals to Virginia's registered voter count.
October 31, 2024 at 3:35 PM
VIDEO: US Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge suspected non-citizens from voting rolls
1 month ago

Supreme Court takes up medical marijuana case

ABC News senior Washington reporter Devin Dwyer discusses the latest case to come before the high court.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court takes up medical marijuana case
1 month ago

Supreme Court to hear Oklahoma death penalty appeal from Richard Glossip

In a dramatic case from Oklahoma, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a man must be executed even though the state calls his prosecution "deeply flawed."
1 month ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court to hear Oklahoma death penalty appeal from Richard Glossip
1 month ago

Supreme Court to hear 'remarkable' Oklahoma death penalty appeal from Richard Glossip

In a dramatic case from Oklahoma, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a man must be executed even though the state calls his prosecution "deeply flawed."
1 month ago
This photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Richard Glossip on Feb. 19, 2021.
2 months ago

Supreme Court to consider rules curbing access to ghost guns

ABC News senior Washington reporter Devin Dwyer discusses the latest case to come before the high court.
2 months ago
Supreme Court to consider rules curbing access to ghost guns
2 months ago

Supreme Court's new term takes on ghost guns, porn access and trans care bans

The U.S. Supreme Court begins a fraught new term on Monday with the nation deeply divided over its recent rulings and skeptical of the justices’ ethics and impartiality.
2 months ago
A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, June 1, 2024.
2 months ago

Supreme Court set to begin new term with major cases ahead

The justices are set to decide whether the medical restriction for gender affirming care for minors is discriminatory. Plus, all eyes on whether there could be a case dealing with election rules.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court set to begin new term with major cases ahead
2 months ago

Supreme Court set to begin new term with high-profile cases

The Supreme Court will begin its new term on Monday with the justices considering a number of high-profile cases, including cases dealing with transgender care bans and "ghost guns."
2 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court set to begin new term with high-profile cases
2 months ago

How the US Supreme Court could get involved in the 2024 presidential election

The Supreme Court could play a critical role in how some 2024 presidential ballots are cast and counted and, potentially, how contested election results are certified.
2 months ago
A view of the Supreme Court Building during sunrise on Sept. 5, 2024 in Washington, DC.
2 months ago

Justice Thomas faces new recusal demand after wife's message to conservative group

A message from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni, to the leader of a religious liberty organization has triggered new calls for his recusal from cases.
2 months ago
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia Thomas arrive at the Heritage Foundation, Oct. 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
3 months ago

Colleges see potential impacts in diversity after affirmative action eliminated

More than one year after the Supreme Court set new limits on affirmative action, the results of the controversial decision are beginning to trickle in.
3 months ago
Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus.
3 months ago

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson weighs in on SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling

Jackson explains her dissenting opinion in the 6-3 presidential immunity case and the importance of the court remaining apolitical.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson weighs in on SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling
3 months ago

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talks making history on the Supreme Court

Jackson shares how she’s reflecting on her journey to becoming the first Black woman to be appointed to the nation’s highest court in her new memoir, "Lovely One."
3 months ago
VIDEO: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson talks making history on the Supreme Court
3 months ago

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson addresses low public approval of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court justice reveals how her daughter with autism supported her appointment and shares her view on proposed reforms to the court.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson addresses low public approval of the Supreme Court
3 months ago

Supreme Court keeps Biden student loan plan on hold

The Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan must stay on hold pending legal challenges.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court keeps Biden student loan plans on hold
3 months ago

SCOTUS declines to reinstate Biden administration student debt cancellation plan

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to reinstate the Biden administration’s latest plan to cancel student debt, with millions of borrowers now in limbo while lawsuits work their way through the courts.
3 months ago
VIDEO: SCOTUS declines to reinstate Biden administration student debt cancellation plan
3 months ago

Buffalo doctor flies his plane to save dogs from kill shelters

Dr. Brian Rambarran helps bring the dogs to animal rescue shelters.
3 months ago
Dr. Brian Rambarran from Buffalo, New York flies his plane to save dogs from kill shelter and bring them to Nickel City Canine Rescue in Williamsville, New York.
4 months ago

Supreme Court won't hear Missouri AG's attempt to delay Trump's hush money sentencing

The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the Republican attorney general of Missouri to delay former President Trump's sentencing in his criminal hush money case.
4 months ago
Donald Trump attends a campaign rally held with Republican vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance, in Atlanta, Georgia, August 3, 2024.
4 months ago

Biden rips 'extreme opinions' as he pushes for Supreme Court reform

President Joe Biden marked the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and gave remarks on his new Supreme Court proposals at the LBJ Presidential Library.
4 months ago
President Joe Biden speaks at an event commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, July 29, 2024, at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.
4 months ago

President Joe Biden to call for Supreme Court reforms

Biden will call out presidential immunity, term limits and a code of conduct for justices in remarks commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
4 months ago
VIDEO: President Joe Biden to call for Supreme Court reforms
4 months ago

Biden calls for Supreme Court reforms, amendment to strip presidents of immunity

President Joe Biden on Monday called for Supreme Court reforms.
4 months ago
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
4 months ago

Biden seriously considering proposing major Supreme Court changes

Congress would have to approve anything he proposes, considered a long shot.
4 months ago
President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, July 16, 2024.
4 months ago

Biden to back ‘major’ Supreme Court changes

President Biden is reportedly planning to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court, including term limits for justices and an enforceable ethics code. ABC News' Lionel Moise reports.
4 months ago
VIDEO:  Biden to back ‘major’ Supreme Court changes
4 months ago

Michael Cohen asks SCOTUS to revive Trump lawsuit

Michael Cohen asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive his lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump and of retaliating against him.
4 months ago
Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court in New York, May 14, 2024.
4 months ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduces articles of impeachment for Alito, Thomas

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.
4 months ago
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., makes a statement during a roundtable discussion on Supreme Court Ethics conducted by the Democrats of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 11, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
4 months ago

Armed suspect shot outside SCOTUS justice’s home

A deputy U.S. Marshal allegedly shot a man who attempted to carjack him outside of a Supreme Court justice's home, according to records.
4 months ago
U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, June 24, 2024.
5 months ago

Most Americans approve of SCOTUS ruling restricting use of race in college admissions

A little more than half of Americans – 52% -- approve of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on affirmative action.
5 months ago
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on June 29, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
5 months ago

Bill would require statues of women justices at Capitol

Legislators are pushing to have statues of Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor in the Capitol.
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Left, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor accepts the Minerva Award during the Women's Conference in Long Beach, Calif. on  Oct. 26, 2010. Right, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 20, 2017.
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Why the Supreme Court tends to release unpopular decisions late in its term

The Supreme Court tends to release unpopular opinions later in its term.
5 months ago
The Supreme Court tends to release unpopular decisions later in its term.
5 months ago

Democrats call for 'action' against Supreme Court after Trump immunity ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity for official acts has renewed calls for impeachment or "aggressive oversight" against members of the court.
5 months ago
Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 2022. (Seated from left) Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, (Standing behind from left) Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
5 months ago

Founders fought against 'elected king' when framing presidential powers: Historians

The Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity goes against all of the principles the Constitution's framers pushed for, historians and legal experts argued.
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Signing of the Constitution of the USA. 1787.
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States see new wave of legislation including religion in public education

Conservative legislators are behind a recent wave of policies mandating the teaching of Christian religious texts in public schools.
5 months ago
The Holy Bible is pictured in this stock image.
5 months ago

How Supreme Court’s immunity ruling could impact Trump’s criminal cases

ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos speaks with legal analyst Kim Wehle about how the Court’s ruling may shape Trump’s appeal in his New York hush money trial and other upcoming cases.
5 months ago
VIDEO: How Supreme Court’s immunity ruling could impact Trump’s criminal cases
5 months ago

Will SCOTUS' blockbuster rulings push Biden criticism out of the headlines?

Since SCOTUS handed down its decisions, the focus appears to have shifted. 538 discusses.
5 months ago
Will SCOTUS' blockbuster rulings push Biden criticism out of the headlines?
5 months ago

New fallout from Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling

The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money conviction will delay Trump’s sentencing following the decision. Our panel weighs in.
5 months ago
VIDEO: New fallout from Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling
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Supreme Court gives Trump some immunity in Jan. 6 case

The landmark Supreme Court decision that presidents are immune for their official acts in office could make it harder to prosecute two federal cases against former President Donald Trump.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court gives Trump some immunity in Jan. 6 case
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How will the Supreme Court's immunity decision impact Trump's 4 criminal cases?

The Supreme Court's ruling that former President Trump is presumptively immune from prosecution for official acts will have a ripple effect on his four criminal cases.
5 months ago
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton, June 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
5 months ago

Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity for ‘official acts'

ABC News' Trevor Ault speaks with attorney Sarah Isgur about the Supreme Court's historic ruling that former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution for official acts while in office.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity for ‘official acts’
5 months ago

Rep. Jamie Raskin on Supreme Court rulings, democracy's future

ABC News' Trevor Ault speaks with Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democratic congressman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, about presidential immunity and the future of American democracy.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Rep. Jamie Raskin on Supreme Court rulings, democracy's future
5 months ago

Biden delivers remarks on SCOTUS immunity ruling: 'This is a dangerous precedent'

The ruling will affect whether former president Donald Trump faces a federal trial this year on four felony counts.
5 months ago
The ruling will affect whether former president Donald Trump faces a federal trial this year on four felony counts.
5 months ago

Supreme Court ruling directly impacts Justice Department, Special Counsel Jack Smith

A lower court judge must determine if the charges brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith in the election interference case against Donald Trump relate to official or unofficial presidential acts.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court ruling directly impacts Justice Department, Special Counsel Jack Smith
5 months ago

Supreme Court rules US presidents have some immunity from criminal prosecution

ABC News contributor and law professor Kim Wehle analyzes the historic ruling.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court rules US presidents have some immunity from criminal prosecution
5 months ago

Supreme Court rules US presidents have some immunity from prosecution

The ruling stems from the federal criminal case against Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election. The Justices sent the case to a lower court for review.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court rules US presidents have some immunity from prosecution
5 months ago

Supreme Court rules on Trump's unprecedented presidential immunity claim

In our Spotlight, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon reports to prison.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Supreme Court rules on Trump's unprecedented presidential immunity claim
5 months ago

Supreme Court gives Trump some immunity in Jan. 6 case but not for 'unofficial acts'

The Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated ruling in Donald Trump's appeal for presidential immunity from charges related to his efforts to overturn election loss.
5 months ago
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attends the first presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27, 2024.
5 months ago

Justice Sotomayor: President now a 'king above the law' after immunity ruling

In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court's historic immunity ruling left her with "fear for our democracy."
5 months ago
People protest outside the Supreme Court, July 1, 2024, in Washington.