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Jul 2, 2018

Roberts may hold key vote as Supreme Court moves right

Chief Justice John Roberts is the Supreme Court's new man in the middle. It's just that the middle may have moved well to the right.

Jun 21, 2018

SCOTUS: ALJ not properly appointed

The Supreme Court on Thursday wiped away a $300,000 fine and other sanctions against a financial adviser known for his "Buckets of Money" retirement strategy. The court said the administrative law judge who ruled against Raymond Lucia of California was not properly appointed to his job by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Jun 14, 2018

SCOTUS strikes down voter clothing law

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Minnesota law that barred voters in the state from wearing a wide range of political hats, T-shirts and pins to the polls.

Jun 12, 2018

SCOTUS OKs state law invalidating life insurance beneficiary upon divorce

The Supreme Court is siding with a man's children over his ex-wife in a dispute about who should get more than $180,000 in life insurance proceeds.

Jun 11, 2018

Supreme Court allows Ohio, other state voter purges

States can target people who haven't cast ballots in a while in efforts to purge their voting rolls, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that has drawn wide attention amid stark partisan divisions and the approach of the 2018 elections.

Jun 4, 2018

Justices side with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake

The Supreme Court is setting aside a Colorado court ruling against a baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. But the court is not deciding the big issue in the case, whether a business can refuse to serve gay and lesbian people.

May 21, 2018

SCOTUS to weigh in on plea to reinstate death sentence for American Indian

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Oklahoma's plea to reinstate the murder conviction and death sentence of an American Indian.

May 14, 2018

Supreme Court makes sports betting a possibility nationwide

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a federal law that bars gambling on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states, giving states the go-ahead to legalize betting on sports.

Jan 8, 2018

Justices give death row inmate new round of appeals

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is giving a Georgia death row inmate whose execution was called off last year another chance to raise claims of racial bias on his jury. The justices voted 6-3 Monday to order the federal appeals court in Atlanta to take up the case of inmate Keith Leroy Tharpe. A […]

Apr 18, 2017

Gorsuch dives into the fray at first Supreme Court arguments

By MARK SHERMAN and SAM HANANEL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Neil Gorsuch dived into the public side of his new job Monday, piping up early and often as he took his seat on the Supreme Court bench for the first time to hear arguments. The new justice waited just 11 minutes before asking questions […]

Apr 17, 2017

Supreme Court , including Gorsuch, to hear church-state case

Justice Neil Gorsuch's first week on the Supreme Court bench features an important case about the separation of church and state that has its roots on a Midwestern church playground. The outcome could make it easier to use state money to pay for private, religious schooling in many states.

Aug 31, 2016

SCOTUS may clarify ‘parcel as a whole’ language for regulatory takings

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a local case that could clarify what constitutes a parcel of land in analyses of regulatory takings.

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