Tag: U.S. Supreme Court

Report: Supreme Court draft suggests Roe could be overturned

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the “basic fairness and the stability of our law demand” that the U.S. Supreme Court not overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide and said he would work to codify the right to abortion into […]

Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ favored religion and Trump

WASHINGTON, July 28 – As midnight approached on the eve of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, the conservative-majority Supreme Court granted emergency requests by Christian and Jewish groups challenging COVID-19 crowd restrictions imposed by New York state. The twin 5-4 decisions in favor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of […]

Analysis: Are U.S. Supreme Court conservatives aiming to expand gun rights?

The United States, a nation with high levels of gun violence, could witness an increase in firearms carried in public if the Supreme Court rules as expected in a major new case that could recognize wider gun rights under the U.S. Constitution. The court, with a 6-3 conservative […]

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices employ signature phrases

WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor wants you to know she’s sorry. Justice Neil Gorsuch is only asking for some help. When you sit through almost all the Supreme Court arguments in a week, a month or even a term (as The Associated Press does), you hear the same […]

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