December 6, 2016 Supreme Court upholds broad power to curb insider trading A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the government in a legal clash over the nation's insider trading laws, a victory for prosecutors seeking to curb corruption on Wall Street.
December 2, 2016 The Chief Executive and the Chief Justice: Different styles, shared mission Chief Justice John Roberts will have only 35 words to say to President-elect Donald Trump on Inauguration Day when administering the official oath of office. Any further chitchat may be awkwardly brief, given the GOP nominee has publicly called the nation's highest jurist "an absolute disaster"-- and worse.
December 1, 2016 Trump says he's down to 'probably three or four' Supreme Court candidates President-elect Donald Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity in an exclusive interview Thursday that he had narrowed his list of potential Supreme Court nominations "down to probably three or four" candidates and said an announcement would come "pretty soon."
November 29, 2016 Supreme Court seems to favor Texas death row inmate The Supreme Court seems likely to side with a longtime death row inmate in Texas who claims he is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible to be executed.
November 27, 2016 Death penalty, the mentally disabled at issue for justices The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine whether the nation's busiest state for capital punishment is trying to put to death a convicted killer who's intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for execution under the court's current guidance.
November 24, 2016 Judging Trump: Supreme Court choice on president-elect's immediate agenda Voters chose Donald Trump, but now he hopes to return the favor with a looming far-reaching decision that could impact the lives of Americans on a range of hot-button issues for another generation.
November 13, 2016 Trump's presidential pen could remake Supreme Court's agenda Even before Donald Trump chooses a Supreme Court nominee, the new president can take steps to make several contentious court cases go away.
October 29, 2016 Supreme Court to rule in Virginia transgender case The Supreme Court will take up transgender rights for the first time in the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teenager from using the boys' bathroom at his high school.
October 28, 2016 Supreme Court to rule in Virginia transgender case The Supreme Court will take up the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teenager from using the boys' bathroom at his high school.
October 26, 2016 Justice Thomas criticizes Supreme Court confirmation process Justice Clarence Thomas said Wednesday that the Supreme Court confirmation process is an example of how the nation's capital is "broken in some ways."
