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To understand how the case being argued before the Supreme Court on Monday became such a political flashpoint, look to Boise, Idaho. There, in 2009, a group of homeless residents [...]

A group of homeless people in a small Oregon city challenged local laws banning sleeping in public. The case has broad implications for homelessness policy throughout the country. The Supreme [...]

A group of homeless plaintiffs argue that local laws aimed at banning sleeping outside violated their constitutional rights. The city claims that’s not what the Eighth Amendment means. At the [...]

A lawsuit by a group of homeless residents of a small Oregon town could reshape the way cities across the country deal with homelessness. Inside a warming shelter, Laura Gutowski [...]

The Idaho attorney general had asked the justices to move swiftly to let the state law, which would ban gender-affirming medical care for minors, go into effect. The Supreme Court [...]

Justice Clarence Thomas gave Crystal Clanton a home and a job after she left a conservative youth organization in controversy. Then the justice picked her for one of the most [...]

Justice Clarence Thomas gave Crystal Clanton a home and a job after she left a conservative youth organization in controversy. Then the justice picked her for one of the most [...]

The parties in the fight over access to the abortion pill sharply disagree on whether anti-abortion doctors and groups can show they will suffer harm. The future of access to [...]

A majority of the justices questioned whether a group of anti-abortion doctors and organizations trying to sharply limit availability of the medication could show they suffered harm. A majority of [...]

Erin Hawley, a law professor and wife of Senator Josh Hawley, is arguing the Supreme Court case. It was 2014, and Erin Morrow Hawley was fighting against the egg-laying hens [...]

Erin Hawley is best known as the wife of Senator Josh Hawley, but now the spotlight is on her in a Supreme Court case. It was 2014, and Erin Morrow [...]

The parties in the fight over access to the abortion pill sharply disagree on whether anti-abortion doctors and groups can show they will suffer harm. The future of access to [...]

It was 2014, and Erin Morrow Hawley was fighting against the egg-laying hens of Missouri. Specifically, a new requirement that chicken cages have enough space for the hens to stand [...]

Changes the F.D.A. made in 2016 and 2021 significantly broadened access to mifepristone. The main dispute before the Supreme Court centers on whether changes the F.D.A. made in 2016 and [...]

A majority of the justices raised questions about whether a group of anti-abortion doctors and organizations trying to sharply limit access to the widely used drug could show they suffered [...]

The National Rifle Association argued that a New York official violated the First Amendment by encouraging entities to break ties with the group after the Parkland mass shooting. A majority [...]

The National Rifle Association argued that a New York official violated the First Amendment by encouraging entities to break ties with the group after the Parkland mass shooting. A majority [...]

In a wide-ranging argument, the justices wrestled with the mechanics of gun triggers and the larger implications of the ban both for bump stock owners and the public. The Supreme [...]

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday about the Trump administration rule put in place by the A.T.F. after the Las Vegas massacre. A simple device that speeds up [...]

The lethal potential of a bump stock, which retailed for less than $200 when it first went on the market in 2010, came into startling view in October 2017. That [...]

Jonathan F. Mitchell is best known for drafting anti-abortion laws that ultimately led the Supreme Court to abolish the constitutional right to the procedure. But on Wednesday, he is arguing [...]

In a wide-ranging argument, the justices wrestled with the mechanics of gun triggers and the larger implications of the ban both for bump stock owners and the public. The Supreme [...]

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday about the Trump administration rule put in place by the A.T.F. after the Las Vegas massacre. A simple device that speeds up [...]

Crystal Clanton, who is close with the Thomas family, has said she does not remember sending the messages, which emerged in 2017. Justice Clarence Thomas recently hired a law clerk [...]

The justices denied an emergency request by a group of victims to pause the deal, allowing the settlement to proceed. The Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for a [...]

In a statement, the justice raised concerns that those with ''traditional religious views'' would be '''labeled as bigots and treated as such' by the government.'' Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. [...]

The filing was former President Donald J. Trump's last-ditch effort to press his claim of total immunity, which has been rejected by two lower courts. Former President Donald J. Trump [...]

A federal appeals court gave the former president until Monday to ask the justices to pause its ruling while he pursues an appeal. Former President Donald J. Trump is expected [...]

In recent weeks, some lawmakers had publicly urged Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself because of his wife’s embrace of efforts to overturn the election. Justice Clarence Thomas is participating [...]

Jason Murray had clerked for both Justices Kagan and Gorsuch. In his first Supreme Court argument, he faced intense questions from both. It would be a daunting task for anyone [...]

The court rejected an emergency request to temporarily bar the military academy from using race in admissions while a lower-court lawsuit proceeds. The Supreme Court declined on Friday to temporarily [...]

The court rejected an emergency request to temporarily bar the military academy from using race in admissions while a lower-court lawsuit proceeds. The Supreme Court https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23a696.html race-conscious admissions at the [...]

A group of Colorado voters urged the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court decision blocking the former president from the state's primary ballot. A group of Colorado voters laid [...]

The state executed Kenneth Smith on Thursday using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. Alabama carried out the first American execution using nitrogen [...]

The state executed Kenneth Smith on Thursday using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. Alabama carried out the first American execution using nitrogen [...]

The case could have major implications for cities throughout the country grappling with a homelessness crisis. The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a challenge to cities using local [...]

The case could have major implications for cities throughout the country grappling with a homelessness crisis. The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a challenge to cities using local [...]

Although the legal question was narrow, the argument reflected broader debates about the immigration system. The Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday over what counted as proper notice for the [...]

Although the legal question was narrow, the argument reflected broader debates about the immigration system. The Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday over what counted as proper notice for the [...]

The Supreme Court justice has built a network of former clerks who share messages, meals and a common vision — wielding influence at universities, law firms and the highest rungs [...]

President Biden remembered the Supreme Court's first female justice as ''gracious and wise, civil and principled'' in a ceremony at Washington National Cathedral. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was remembered on [...]

President Biden remembered the Supreme Court’s first female justice as “gracious and wise, civil and principled” in a ceremony at Washington National Cathedral. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was remembered on [...]

The justices, former law clerks and the public gathered to remember Sandra Day O'Connor, who was the most powerful woman in the country during a critical time in American law. [...]

The justices, former law clerks and the public gathered to remember Sandra Day O’Connor, who was the most powerful woman in the country during a critical time in American law. [...]

The justices announced that they would hear a case challenging a federal agency's approval of the commonly used pill. The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it would decide on [...]

The justices announced that they would hear a case challenging a federal agency’s approval of the commonly used pill. The Supreme Court https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121323zr_f204.pdf that it would decide on the availability [...]

The Supreme Court's liberal wing and more moderate conservatives seemed to be searching for a way toward a limited ruling on a tax law that affects foreign profits of American [...]

The justices' questions reflected the tension between the practical effect of unraveling the settlement and broader concerns about whether the Sacklers should be granted such wide-ranging immunity. The Supreme Court [...]

The justices will hear arguments on Monday about whether members of the wealthy Sackler family can be shielded from liability through a bankruptcy settlement. Purdue Pharma and the wealthy family [...]

A federal appeals court had signed off on a deal that would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from lawsuits in exchange for billions for those harmed by the [...]