Tag: Justices
Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s Immunity in Unexpected Direction
Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former presiden [...]
Justices Seem Likely to Side With N.R.A. in First Amendment Dispute
The National Rifle Association argued that a New York official violated the First Amendment by encouraging entities to break ties with the group after [...]
Justices to Decide Scope of Obstruction Charge Central to Trump’s Jan. 6 Case
A ruling by the Supreme Court could affect the cases of hundreds of people charged in connection with the Capitol attack — and potentially the prosecu [...]
Justices Seem Skeptical of Challenge to Trump-Era Tax Provision
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 fo [...]
Supreme Court Announces Ethics Code for Justices
The decision comes after revelations about undisclosed property deals and gifts have intensified pressure on the court to adopt such a code.
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Minnesota Justices Rebuff Attempt to Bar Trump From Ballot Under 14th Amendment
The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a request from a group of voters to declare former President Donald J. Trump ineligible to hold office on the bas [...]
Justices Reject, for Now, Missouri’s Effort to Override Federal Gun Laws
The move blocked an expansive state law, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, and let stand a ruling that it was an unconstitutional attempt to null [...]
Justices Split on South Carolina Voting Map Said to Be Racial Gerrymander
Members of the Supreme Court struggled to disentangle race and politics in the voting districts drawn by state lawmakers.
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On First Day of New Term, Justices Hear Debate Over Reducing Mass Incarceration
The justices heard arguments about how to interpret part of the law aimed at reducing prison sentences for people convicted of certain nonviolent drug [...]
Black Supreme Court Justices Spar Over Affirmative Action Decision
In an extraordinary exchange that played out among the pages of a landmark decision by the Supreme Court declaring race-conscious admissions at colleg [...]
Justices Thomas and Alito Delay Release of Financial Disclosures
Justice Clarence Thomas delayed releasing his annual financial disclosure form with the justices on Wednesday after recent revelations cast scrutiny o [...]
Prominent Retired Judge Calls for Ethics Rules for Supreme Court Justices
WASHINGTON — A prominent conservative former federal judge joined a chorus of legal experts from across the political spectrum on Tuesday in calling o [...]
Justices Must Disclose Travel and Gifts Under New Rules
The change comes as members of Congress have called for the justices to be held to ethics standards similar to those for the executive and legislative [...]
Supreme Court says justices ‘actively cooperated’ in leak probe
“During the course of the investigation, I spoke with each of the Justices, several on multiple occasions. The Justices actively cooperated in [...]
Supreme Court Justices Were Interviewed in Investigation of Leaked Abortion Opinion
The clarification by the court’s marshal, who oversaw the investigation, followed widespread speculation about the scope of the interviews.
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