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Byline: Adam Liptak and Alicia Parlapiano Amid signs of dysfunction and disarray, Chief Justice John Roberts reasserted his authority, while the influence of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito waned. [...]

Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct. Before the Supreme Court https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-immunity-case.html on former [...]

The legal issues are novel and tangled, experts said, and the justices may be wary of knocking a leading presidential candidate off the ballot. The Supreme Court, battered by ethics [...]

Though he appointed three justices, his administration had the worst track record before the justices since at least the 1930s. ''I'm not happy with the Supreme Court,'' President Donald J. [...]

A decision in the case could extend far beyond domestic abuse by clarifying the scope of a court ruling last year on gun rights. The Supreme Court seemed ready on [...]

In earlier cases, the justices struck down provisions of the trademark law on First Amendment grounds. But the one at issue here seemed likely to survive. The Supreme Court, which [...]

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. does not enjoy attending the State of the Union address. He has called it http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292439-1 “I’m not sure why we are there,” Chief Justice [...]

Byline: Adam Liptak In her first day of responding to senators' questions, the judge gave few hints about her judicial philosophy but spoke forcefully about public safety and terrorism. WASHINGTON [...]

Byline: Adam Liptak The best-selling author, whose new book, 'The Judge's List,' is about a murderous member of the bench, talks about the Supreme Court, wrongful convictions and what it [...]

Byline: Adam Liptak As an appeals court judge, Judge Barrett has issued opinions that have reflected those of her mentor, Justice Antonin Scalia, but with few of his occasional liberal [...]

''I see so many flaws in it,'' said Lyle Denniston, the dean emeritus of the Supreme Court press corps, who has attended more arguments than any other journalist. WASHINGTON -- [...]

A majority of justices seemed skeptical of an effort by three House committees, but they seemed more sympathetic to the argument of the Manhattan district attorney. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme [...]

The court said there was evidence of ''wrongdoing'' by two associates of Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor, but no federal crime. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday [...]

The justices considered whether the Trump administration may allow employers to refuse to provide free insurance coverage for birth control on religious or moral grounds. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court [...]

The question confronts Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. with choices that will invariably be seen as political. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, never the most transparent of institutions, has [...]

The court also turned down an appeal on whether transit systems may reject religious advertising. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police officers may stop vehicles registered [...]

The court ruled in cases on the insanity defense, race discrimination and copyright infringement. WASHINGTON -- In a series of decisions, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states may [...]

The case is the court's latest consideration of the constitutionality of harsh punishments for youthful offenders. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether judges must determine [...]

The Supreme Court is considering whether Louisiana can require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, in a case likely to yield an unusually telling decision. [...]

Senator Chuck Schumer, speaking while the court heard arguments in a major abortion case, directed his criticism at President Trump's two Supreme Court appointees. WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice John G. [...]

The justices seemed split along familiar lines in a case challenging the independence of the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. WASHINGTON -- Paul D. Clement, a lawyer appointed [...]

In one of two 5-to-4 decisions Tuesday, the court said Congress had not authorized lawsuits over cross-border shootings. The justices also ruled against a death row inmate seeking resentencing. WASHINGTON [...]

The vote was 5 to 4, with the Supreme Court's conservatives in the majority. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with plans [...]

The justices heard arguments on a Montana scholarship program struck down by the state's Supreme Court. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to rule that states may [...]

A handful of rogue electoral votes, if allowed, could tip the next presidential election. The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether members of the Electoral College may cast their [...]

A lively Supreme Court argument on protecting federal workers from age discrimination included telling remarks from several justices. WASHINGTON -- In a lively Supreme Court argument on Wednesday about what [...]

Justices across the ideological spectrum seemed wary of allowing prosecutions based on officials' misrepresentations about the reasons for their actions. WASHINGTON -- Closing access lanes to the George Washington Bridge [...]

An Arizona death row inmate was granted a new sentencing to consider evidence of childhood abuse. The justices examined whether that required a hearing in a trial court. WASHINGTON -- [...]

The A.C.L.U. asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal from DeRay Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter activist sued by a Louisiana police officer. WASHINGTON -- The lawsuit, a federal [...]

The president has vowed to ask the justices to intercede, but the Constitution and precedents are against him. WASHINGTON -- ''If the partisan Dems ever tried to Impeach,'' President Trump [...]

John Roberts blocked an appeals court ruling requiring disclosure of the records while the Supreme Court considers how to proceed. WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Monday [...]

Byron Allen, an African-American entrepreneur, says the cable giant discriminated against his company, Entertainment Studios Networks. WASHINGTON -- A cautious Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed to be looking for a [...]

The justices are considering whether the Trump administration can shut down a program that shields about 700,000 young immigrants from deportation. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared ready [...]

Richard M. Nixon and Bill Clinton sustained unanimous losses when they sought to withhold evidence, suggesting that President Trump may face an uphill fight. WASHINGTON -- In a matter of [...]

A three-judge appeals panel said Mr. Trump's accounting firm had to comply with a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. A federal appeals panel said on [...]

The court's brief order addressed a threshold question: Should climate suits filed by state and local governments be heard in state or federal court? WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on [...]

The justices are considering a constitutional challenge to an unusual oversight board created by Congress to sort out the island's debt. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court seemed prepared on Tuesday [...]

WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 19, 2016, a little more than a month after the presidential election, members of the Electoral College gathered around the nation to cast their votes. Ten [...]

WASHINGTON -- In a pair of exceptionally hard-fought arguments on Tuesday, the Supreme Court struggled to decide whether a landmark 1964 civil rights law bars employment discrimination based on sexual [...]

WASHINGTON -- In the first argument of its new term, the Supreme Court on Monday considered whether states may abolish the insanity defense, a question that seemed to puzzle several [...]

WASHINGTON -- Almost every part of the Bill of Rights applies to both the federal government and to the states, but the Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether to [...]

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Tuesday forcefully rejected criticism that the Supreme Court's work had been warped by partisanship. ''We don't go about our work in a political [...]

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices insist that politics plays no role in their decision-making. But their voting patterns and the titanic partisan confirmation battles for seats on the court tell [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to bar most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States, while the legal fight plays out [...]

WASHINGTON -- Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge on Friday that they would press ahead in their efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, but indicated [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court term that ended on Thursday was expected to be a blood bath for its four-member liberal wing. Instead, shifting alliances produced a series of surprising [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday cut back on the power of administrative agencies, a central goal of the conservative legal movement. But it refused to overrule two key [...]

WASHINGTON -- Overturning a 1985 precedent, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that plaintiffs may sue in federal court to seek compensation as soon as state and local governments take [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a 40-foot cross honoring soldiers who died in World War I could remain on state property in suburban Maryland. The cross, [...]