The Supreme Court’s senior justice, who seldom speaks during oral argument, broke a three-year silence to ask questions in a race discrimination case.
Author: Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
Divided Supreme Court makes it easier to detain noncitizens with criminal records
The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a victory by making it easier to detain noncitizens with criminal records.
‘Obama judges?’ ‘Trump judges?’ Border emergency lawsuits could expose or defuse partisan differences
The judges who will hear legal challenges to President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency run the political gamut from left to right.
Supreme Court won’t allow ‘Downton Abbey’ ex-congressman to challenge his fraud indictment
A former congressman indicted after remodeling his office in the style of the TV series “Downton Abbey” will get a hearing before the Supreme Court.
She’s back: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to Supreme Court following cancer surgery
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to work Friday for the first time since December, when she underwent surgery for lung cancer.
President Trump bets big on Supreme Court to uphold controversial policies after lower court losses
President Trump is betting big on the Supreme Court to revive policies from immigration and border security to transgender soldiers in the military.
Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump administration’s effort to restrict vulgar trademarks
The Supreme Court has been avoiding controversial cases in recent months, but on Friday it agreed to take up a case about a clothing line called “fuct.”
Chief Justice John Roberts: Federal judges must end abuse, harassment
Chief Justice John Roberts endorsed an internal report that found inappropriate workplace conduct among judges and recommended changes.
Supreme Court won’t consider state efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider efforts by Republican-led states to defund Planned Parenthood.
George H.W. Bush left both a liberal and conservative legacy at the Supreme Court
Historians who try to define President George H.W. Bush’s legacy would do better than to judge him by his choices for the Supreme Court.