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Adam Liptak
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Supreme Court Refuses to Require Prompt Action on Texas Abortion Law
In dissent, the three liberal justices said the majority, by allowing a time-consuming legal detour, had created “a disaster for the rule of law.”

In Rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court Won’t Block Release of Jan. 6 Files
The case was a constitutional clash on the scope of executive privilege and whether a former president may invoke it when the current one has...

Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Ted Cruz on Campaign Finance
Mr. Cruz challenged a federal law that caps repayments of loans from candidates to their campaigns from postelection contributions.

Sotomayor and Gorsuch Address Reports of Conflicts Over Masks
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has diabetes, has been participating in Supreme Court arguments remotely. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, her seatmate, is the only member of...

Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Boston’s Refusal to Fly Christian Flag
The court seemed poised to rule that the city, which has approved many other requests to raise flags at its City Hall, violated a Christian...

The Persistent Gender Gap at the Supreme Court Lectern
More than 40 years after Ruth Bader Ginsburg last appeared as a lawyer at the Supreme Court, relatively few women argue cases there.

Supreme Court to Hear Case of Coach Who Lost His Job Over Postgame Prayers
A federal appeals court ruled that a school board in Washington State could require the coach to stop praying at the 50-yard line after high...

Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers
But the justices allowed a vaccination requirement for health care workers at facilities that receive federal money.

Supreme Court Weighs Jailed Immigrants’ Rights to Bail Hearings
Lawyers for the federal government said immigrants detained for months while they fight deportation are not entitled to seek release from immigration judges.

Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to Biden Vaccine Mandates
Challengers say the administration exceeded its authority in requiring vaccines or testing at large employers and mandating vaccines for many health care workers.

Death Penalty Law Puts Burden on the Intellectually Disabled
The Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a challenge to the law, which requires that defendants in capital cases who are intellectually disabled prove...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of Jan. 6 Records
The case is a constitutional clash on the scope of executive privilege and on whether a former president may invoke it when the current one...