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Adam Liptak
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Supreme Court Weighs Condemned Man’s Wish for Pastor’s Touch
A Texas death row inmate, John H. Ramirez, asked the justices to let spiritual advisers pray with and lay hands on prisoners as they await...
Supreme Court Looks at Puerto Rico’s Status in Case on Benefits
A federal law excludes residents of Puerto Rico from a Social Security program that provides monthly payments to needy people.
Supreme Court Weighs Case Against F.B.I. for Spying on Muslims
The justices considered whether the state secrets doctrine required dismissal on national security grounds of a case claiming religious discrimination.
Justices’ Questions Suggest New York Gun Control Law Is Unlikely to Survive
The law, which imposes strict limits on carrying guns in public, faced a skeptical reception from the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Supreme Court to Hear Major Second Amendment Case
The justices will hear a challenge to a New York gun control law on Wednesday to consider what the Constitution has to say about carrying...
Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Case on Politician’s Censure
The justices seemed inclined to find a narrow way to reject the argument that the censure of an elected official in Houston ran afoul of...
Prominent Conservatives Back Letting States Limit Guns in Public
A brief filed in a major gun control case to be heard on Wednesday by the Supreme Court argued that limits on the public carrying...
Supreme Court Hints That It May Allow Challenge to Texas Abortion Law
In two arguments on Monday, the justices considered challenges from abortion providers and the Biden administration to a law that bans abortions after about six...
Supreme Court Revises Its Procedure for Arguments
The court, which is hearing major cases on abortion and guns, has revised its procedures to make sure that all justices are heard.
Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments on Texas Abortion Law
In two arguments on Monday, the justices will consider challenges from abortion providers and the Biden administration to a law that bans abortions after about...
Briefs Draw Battle Lines as Texas Abortion Law Nears Supreme Court
The justices, who will hear arguments on Monday in two cases challenging the state’s near-total ban, required the parties to file their briefs with extraordinary...
Supreme Court Again Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Law
But the court said it would hear arguments on Nov. 1 on challenges to the law from the Biden administration and abortion providers in the...