May 6, 2018 Supreme Court case could give public employees more freedom AFSCME is one of the largest contributors to political causes and candidates in the country, but maybe not for long. The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a potentially landmark First Amendment case brought by Mark Janus, a public employee in Illinois who argues that his rights are violated by an Illinois law that forces him to pay for AFSCME’s collective bargaining.
May 2, 2018 Justice Sotomayor out of hospital after shoulder surgery The Supreme Court says Justice Sonia Sotomayor has been released from the hospital following shoulder replacement surgery.
May 1, 2018 Supreme Court: Sotomayor recovering after shoulder surgery The Supreme Court says Justice Sonia Sotomayor is “resting comfortably” after shoulder replacement surgery.
April 30, 2018 Justice Sonia Sotomayor to undergo shoulder surgery Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will undergo surgery on her shoulder Tuesday morning after injuring herself in a fall this month, the court said.
April 25, 2018 Trump's travel ban sees support from Supreme Court's conservative majority The Trump administration enjoyed a favorable reception Wednesday from the Supreme Court's conservative majority in the first significant legal test of this president's policies and power, as the justices reviewed the high-stakes challenge to the so-called travel ban.
April 24, 2018 Supreme Court rules foreign corporations cannot be sued in US for alleged terror ties abroad A divided Supreme Court concluded Tuesday that foreign corporations cannot be sued in the U.S. for alleged human rights abuses and terror attacks committed abroad.
April 24, 2018 Gorsuch in spotlight as Trump travel ban reaches Supreme Court All eyes are on Justice Neil Gorsuch as a major constitutional challenge to one of President Trump's most controversial initiatives -- the so-called travel ban -- comes before the Supreme Court.
April 19, 2018 Justice Sotomayor shoulder injury worse than first thought The Supreme Court says Justice Sonia Sotomayor's left shoulder break is worse than was first thought, though the 63-year-old justice expects to be on the bench when the court hears its last six arguments of the term next week.
April 17, 2018 Supreme Court strikes down key deportation provision, with Gorsuch help Justice Neil Gorsuch provided the decisive vote Tuesday in a Supreme Court ruling striking down a key provision that made it easier to deport immigrants convicted of violent crimes, in a blow to the Trump administration.
April 17, 2018 States and online sellers do battle in tax dispute before Supreme Court Online shoppers may find their purchases will cost more if the Supreme Court does away with a decades-old ruling limiting the ability of states to collect sales taxes on out-of-state internet purchases.
