In Major Privacy Win, Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Track Your...
Updated at 5:32 p.m. ET In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that police must obtain a search warrant to access an individual's cellphone location information. The 5-4 decision...
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds Texas' Congressional, State Legislative Maps
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A bitterly divided Supreme Court handed down its decision in a redistricting case today. It largely upheld the redrawing of congressional...
View ArticleDivided Supreme Court Upholds Nearly All Of Texas GOP Redistricting Plan
A bitterly divided Supreme Court on Monday upheld the redrawing of congressional and state legislative maps in Texas. The decision reversed earlier court findings that intentional racial discrimination...
View ArticleIn Big Win For White House, Supreme Court Upholds President Trump's Travel Ban
Updated at 6:40 p.m. ET In a 5-4 ruling that gave broad leeway to presidential authority, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump's travel ban that barred nearly all travelers from five mainly...
View ArticleSupreme Court Sides With California Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers
Updated at 11:26 a.m. The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision upholding a California law requiring anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to more fully disclose what they are. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court Issues Two Major Rulings
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: There were two major rulings from the Supreme Court today. In one, the court upheld the Trump administration's travel ban that affects people...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules Against Mandatory Union Dues For Public Employees
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Another morning and another big decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. The court has ruled this morning that public sector unions are no longer...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Lose Its Swing Voter: Justice Anthony Kennedy To Retire
Updated at 5:54 p.m. ET Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, setting the stage for what promises to be an epic political battle over his replacement. A Trump...
View ArticleExamining What Justice Anthony Kennedy's Retirement Means
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are used to announcements that rock the nation's capital. But when a Supreme Court justice retires, an era is over. And that is doubly so...
View ArticleJustice Kennedy May Soon Find Himself Disappointed And His Legacy Undermined
For four decades, the Supreme Court has been like a balance board, tilting this way and that. And, while it has moved more and more to the right with each reset, the center has held. This term, and for...
View ArticleTrump Narrows Supreme Court Shortlist To 3 — With 2 On The Inside Track
Updated at 5:58 p.m. ET President Trump has narrowed his list of Supreme Court candidates to three, according to two sources close to the process. The three are Judges Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney...
View ArticleTrump's Top 2 Supreme Court Picks Reflect Warring Republican Factions
The internal White House debate over who should replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court reflects the broader political split within the Republican Party — and the mistrust that is nursed...
View ArticleThe Reality Of The 'Ginsburg Rule'
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: There is a phrase that you may be hearing a lot over the next few months. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING MONTAGE) JOHN CORNYN: And this has...
View ArticleThe Ginsburg Rule: False Advertising By The GOP
With President Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, GOP senators are singing a constant refrain in anticipation of confirmation hearings. They point to something they call...
View ArticleAppeals Court Nomination Withdrawn Before An Expected Failure On Senate Floor
Updated at 5:10 p.m. ET The White House withdrew the nomination Ryan Bounds to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Thursday afternoon amid allegations of racist writings. The...
View ArticleKavanaugh Could Tip Supreme Court Against Gun Control Laws
In the battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, the usual suspects are lining up in support and opposition. At the grass roots, however, there is one new entry nervously eyeing the...
View ArticleIs Trump About To Be Able To Say 'You're Fired' To A Lot More People?
There are about 2 million people who work in the federal government. Despite being in charge of the executive branch, the president is limited in the people he can fire. But could that be about to...
View ArticleWhat A Justice Kavanaugh Could Mean For The Mueller Investigation And Trump
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh shares one important view with President Trump: Both are deeply suspicious of any attempt to limit the president's power over executive branch officials. That view...
View ArticleKavanaugh Confirmation Hearings To Focus On 6 Hot-Button Issues
The confirmation of a Supreme Court justice is often a major event that ripples through American law for decades. But Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing, which opens Tuesday, is especially historic...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Launch Series Of Complaints As Kavanaugh Hearings Begin
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: It's been a fiery day on Capitol Hill, the first day of confirmation hearings for Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. There were hours...
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