The Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority could have weakened Chief Justice Roberts’ influence. Instead, his approach prevailed this term.
Author: John Fritze, USA TODAY
Supreme Court sides with cheerleader who wrote profane social media post slamming her school
The 8-1 ruling left unresolved the broader question of when schools may regulate off-campus speech.
Supreme Court balks at automatic warrantless searches when police are in ‘hot pursuit’ for lesser crimes
The Supreme Court refused Wednesday categorically to extend the “hot pursuit” exception to the warrant requirement to misdemeanor crimes.
Religious freedom vs. LGBTQ rights: Supreme Court sides with Catholic foster care agency
LGBTQ and religious rights have increasingly come into conflict at the Supreme Court since a landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
Supreme Court rejects retroactive sentence reductions for small amounts of crack cocaine
At a time when the court puts heavy emphasis on the text of a statute, the justices had wrestled during argument with squaring the goal of the law with its language.
Supreme Court: Immigrant who entered country illegally can’t get a green card because of TPS program
Some 400,000 people, most from El Salvador, live in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status.
‘Huge numbers’ of abortion cases heading to Supreme Court to test limits of Roe v. Wade
Buoyed by a conservative Supreme Court, anti-abortion groups see a wave of pending appeals as the best chance in a generation to test Roe v. Wade.
Biden’s Supreme Court commission already facing resistance as it considers wide range of ‘reforms’
Then-candidate Biden promised a Supreme Court commission during Trump’s final weeks. But changes to the high court won’t come easy, experts say.
Supreme Court leaves major conservative cases waiting in the wings, from abortion to guns
Rather than handing conservatives a string of wins, the Supreme Court has left advocates on the right grasping for answers about high-profile cases.
Supreme Court halts California coronavirus rules that limit home worship
This is the latest case in which the high court has barred officials from enforcing coronavirus-related restrictions applying to religious gatherings.