Anti-Abortion and Abortion-rights activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The Supreme Court will allow Idaho doctors to resume performing abortions in medical emergencies, at least while the case works its way through lower courts. The court ruled 6-3 to dismiss the case as improvidently granted, … Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy deal that would’ve contributed billions of dollars to pay victims and combat the opioid epidemic in exchange for immunizing the wealthy Sackler family from civil lawsuits. In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the high court ruled federal law does not permit the Sacklers, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trump and other divisive issues. … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to a copy of the opinion briefly posted on the court’s website Wednesday and obtained by Bloomberg News. The document suggests the court will find that it should not have gotten … Read more
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson had sharp words for her conservative colleagues Wednesday in a case revolving around a public official accused of accepting a bribe. In the case, former small-town mayor James Snyder asked the court to determine whether a particular federal criminal statute makes it illegal for public officials to accept compensation … Read more
The Supreme Court is set to reject a challenge to emergency abortion care in Idaho, according to a report from Bloomberg. The leaked ruling suggests the court will vote 6-3 to reinstate a lower court decision that allowed abortion care to be used in emergency situations in hospital emergency rooms. Conservative justices Clarence Thomas, Neil … Read more
A Supreme Court ruling on former President Trump’s claims of immunity from criminal prosecution is looming over his debate this week with President Biden. The question of whether Trump is immune from prosecution for certain acts while president could upend his criminal trials, and more immediately could throw a wrinkle into Thursday’s prime-time showdown on … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected challenges to Biden administration officials’ communications with social media companies aimed at combating misinformation online. The 6-3 decision does not address the First Amendment issues at the center of the cases and instead denies the challenge filed by two Republican attorneys general and private parties by finding they didn’t … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law. The high court’s 6-3 opinion along ideological lines sided with James Snyder, who was convicted of taking $13,000 from a trucking company after prosecutors said he steered … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. The justices threw out lower-court rulings that favored Louisiana, Missouri and other parties in their … Read more
