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In Supreme Court Immunity Case, Trump Can Lose in Ways That Amount to a Win

After the justices hear arguments on Thursday, how they decide may be just as important as what they decide.

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Biden’s Limits on ‘Ghost Guns’

The Supreme Court temporarily revived the regulations in August by a 5-to-4 vote after lower courts blocked them.

Supreme Court Backs St. Louis Police Officer in Workplace Discrimination Case

The officer, Jatonya Muldrow, said she had been transferred to a less desirable position based on her sex. Lower courts ruled that she had failed...

La Corte Suprema de EE. UU. decidirá si una ley de fraudes de 2002 se aplica en un caso sobre el asalto del Capitolio

La decisión del tribunal podría interrumpir los enjuiciamientos de cientos de involucrados en el ataque al Capitolio.

Justices to Hear Obstruction Case That Could Bar Charges Against Trump

The question for the Supreme Court is whether a 2002 law prompted by white-collar fraud applies to the obstruction of the congressional proceeding on Jan....

Supreme Court Poised to Cut Back Scope of Anti-Corruption Law

The question for the justices was whether a federal law prohibits not only before-the-fact bribes but also after-the-fact rewards.

Questions About Assassinations Test the Limits of Trump’s Immunity Claim

Three Supreme Court briefs from former military leaders and intelligence officials explore whether presidents may be prosecuted for ordering unlawful killings.

Jan. 6 Obstruction Case at Supreme Court Could Help Trump and Many Others

The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could alter hundreds of prosecutions for the assault on the Capitol and help define...

Prosecutors Ask Supreme Court to Reject Trump’s Immunity Claim in Election Case

The filing was the main submission from Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting the former president. The case will be argued on April 25.

Supreme Court Won’t Revive Washington Voting Map Said to Hurt Hispanics

A federal judge ruled that a state voting district diluted the ability of Latino voters to elect their preferred candidates.

Did Prosecutors’ Sex Shaming Help Send Brenda Andrew to Death Row?

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear an appeal in her case, which, as one judge put it, “focused from start to finish...

Supreme Court Hears Case on Arrests Motivated by Politics

A Texas city councilwoman, arrested on charges of mishandling documents after criticizing the city manager, said her First Amendment rights had been violated.