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January 18, 2018

Trump DOJ asks Supreme Court to overturn DACA ruling

The Department of Justice on Thursday formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling to block, in part, the Trump administration’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program.

January 18, 2018

Supreme Court delays order requiring North Carolina to redraw election maps

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday delayed a lower-court order that would have forced North Carolina Republican lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional districts by next week because of excessive partisan bias in current lines.

January 17, 2018

DOJ to appeal San Francisco DACA ruling, will ask Supreme Court to end program

The Justice Department on Tuesday said it plans to appeal a lower-court ruling that blocked the Trump administration from ending an Obama-era program aimed at shielding immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation.

January 16, 2018

Justice Antonin Scalia was 'enthusiastic' about Donald Trump's candidacy, author says

The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was “enthusiastic” about Donald Trump’s candidacy, according to the author of a new book about the conservative icon.

January 15, 2018

Florida, Georgia water war reaches nation's highest court

A decades-long “water war” is now before the nation’s highest court – pitting Georgia’s use of water to supply its multi-billion-dollar agriculture industry and the booming Atlanta area, against the Sunshine State’s need for fresh water to revive its oyster business.

January 10, 2018

Supreme Court takes up Ohio plan that targets inactive voters

WASHINGTON-- The Supreme Court is diving into state efforts to pare their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't voted in a while.

January 8, 2018

Supreme Court won't hear challenge to Mississippi anti-LGBT law

The Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in a legal fight over a Mississippi law that permits government workers and private businesses to cite their own religious beliefs to deny services to LGBT people.

January 6, 2018

Florida couple asking Supreme Court to save their 'getaway' treehouse

A couple in Florida in a losing battle with the city over their beachfront treehouse said they’re hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will intervene and save their “getaway.”

December 31, 2017

Chief Justice Roberts says judiciary will review sexual misconduct policies

Chief Justice John Roberts used his annual report on the federal judiciary Sunday to promise a careful evaluation of its sexual misconduct policies and to highlight the work of court employees following the year's destructive hurricanes.

December 26, 2017

Could the Supreme Court bring Christmas back into the public square?

Americans could soon be celebrating Christmas the way they did decades ago, because of cases the U.S. Supreme Court may decide in 2018 and because of President Trump’s promise to bring “Merry Christmas” back into the American mainstream.