Us Supreme Court

A family's tragedy leads to US Supreme Court social media showdown

Arguments in Supreme Court scheduled for today. The case puts online giant's $168 billion in ad revenue at risk

Google's $168 billion in ad revenue at risk in Supreme Court case

A broad ruling by the Supreme Court could effectively snuff out the business of serving personalized ads on the internet and turn online ad practices back to the early 90s, experts say

US Supreme Court ruling can make the net less safe, says Google

The justices could break 'a central building block of modern internet' if they choose to narrow Section 230, it says

US SC temporarily halts expiration of asylum-limiting policy Title 42

The US Supreme Court has temporarily halted the expiration of an asylum-limiting policy which was set to end this week

Biden administration's efforts to protect abortion access hit roadblocks

The Biden administration is still actively searching for ways to safeguard abortion access for millions of women, even as it bumps up against a complex web of strict new state laws enacted in the months after the Supreme Court stripped the constitutional right. Looking to seize on momentum following a midterm election where voters widely rebuked tougher abortion restrictions, there's a renewed push at the White House to find ways to help women in states that have virtually outlawed or limited the treatment, and to keep the issue top of mind for voters. In reality, though, the administration is shackled by a ban on federal funding for most abortions, a conservative-leaning Supreme Court inclined to rule against abortion rights and a split Congress unwilling to pass legislation on the matter. Meanwhile, frustration on the ground in the most abortion-restricted states is mounting. This is not going away anytime soon," said Jen Klein of the Biden administration's Gender Policy Council.

US Supreme Court wrestles with President Joe Biden's deportation policy

The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with a partisan-tinged dispute over a Biden administration policy that would prioritize deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. It was not clear after arguments that stretched past two hours and turned highly contentious at times whether the justices would allow the policy to take effect, or side with Republican-led states that have so far succeeded in blocking it. At the centre of the case is a September 2021 directive from the Department of Homeland Security that paused deportations unless individuals had committed acts of terrorism, espionage or egregious threats to public safety. The guidance, issued after Joe Biden became president, updated a Trump-era policy that removed people in the country illegally regardless of criminal history or community ties. On Tuesday, the administration's top Supreme Court lawyer told the justices that federal law does not create an unyielding mandate to apprehe

US Supreme Court allows handover of Trump tax returns to Congress

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the imminent handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight. The court, without comment, rejected Trump's plea for an order that would have prevented the Treasury Department from giving six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee. It was Trump's second loss at the Supreme Court in as many months, and third this year. In October, the court refused to step into the legal fight surrounding the FBI search of Trump's Florida estate that turned up classified documents. In January, the court refused to stop the National Archives from turning over documents to the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Justice Clarence Thomas was the only vote in Trump's favour. In the dispute over his tax returns, the Treasury Department had refused to provide the records during

US top court set to throw out race-based college admissions

Such a decision would jeopardise affirmative action at colleges and universities around the nation, particularly elite institutions, decreasing the representation of Black and Latino students

Donald Trump's company set for criminal trial in off-books pay scheme

More than three years after Manhattan prosecutors started investigating Donald Trump after going to the Supreme Court twice to gain access to his tax records the only criminal trial to arise from their efforts is about to begin. No, the former president isn't going on trial. His company is. The Trump Organisation, the holding company for Trump's buildings, golf courses and other assets, is accused of helping some top executives avoid income taxes on compensation they got in addition to their salaries, like rent-free apartments and luxury cars. Trump signed some of the checks at the centre of the case but he is not charged with anything and is not expected to testify or attend the trial, which starts on Monday with jury selection. If convicted, the Trump Organisation could be fined more than USD 1 million but that's not the only potential fallout. Trump's ardent supporters aren't likely to abandon him, no matter the outcome, but a guilty verdict could hamper his company's abilit

US Supreme Court rejects Trump's plea for legal fight into Mar-a-Lago case

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump's plea to step into the legal fight over the FBI search of his Florida estate. The justices did not otherwise comment in turning away Trump's emergency appeal. Trump had pressed the court on an issue relating to classified documents seized in the search authorized by a federal judge of Mar-a-Lago. The Trump team was asking the justices to overturn a lower court ruling and permit an independent arbiter, or special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classified markings that were taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago. A three-judge panel from the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit last month limited the special master's review to the much larger tranche of non-classified documents. The judges, including two Trump appointees, sided with the Justice Department, which had argued there was no legal basis for the special master to conduct his own review of the classified records. Bu

Donald Trump asks US Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate. The Trump team asked the court to overturn a lower court ruling and permit an independent arbiter, or special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classified markings that were taken in the Aug. 8 search. A three-judge panel last month limited the special master's review to the much larger tranche of non-classified documents.

US Supreme Court welcomes back public to courtroom after abortion ruling

The Supreme Court is beginning its new term, welcoming the public back to the courtroom and hearing arguments for the first time since issuing a landmark ruling stripping away women's constitutional protections for abortion. Monday's session also is the first time new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court's first Black female justice, will participate in arguments. And the public is back for the first time since the court closed in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The court's overturning of the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade abortion decision is still reverberating in legal fights over state abortion bans and other restrictions. But a new stack of high-profile cases awaits the justices. Several cases the court has agreed to hear involve race or elections or both, and the court has also agreed to hear a dispute that returns the issue of free speech and LGBTQ rights to the court. Also hanging over the justices is some unfinished business from last term: the leak of a

Indiana becomes first state to approve abortion ban post Roe overturn

Indiana on Friday became the first state in the nation to approve abortion restrictions since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade

Kansas first state to vote on abortion since SC overturned Roe vs Wade

Kansas is holding the nation's first test of voter feelings about the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade, with people statewide

US Supreme Court certifies month-old ruling ending Trump border policy

The Supreme Court has certified its month-old ruling allowing the Biden administration to end a Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in US immigration court

US President Joe Biden signs order on abortion access, condemns SC's ruling

The actions Biden outlined are intended to head off some potential penalties that women seeking abortion may face after the ruling, but his order cannot restore access to abortion

Rule of law, anyone?

Negotiated and reciprocal agreements between communities are vital to underpin any law

Texas clinics halt abortion services after state high court ruling

The Friday night ruling stopped a three-day-old order by a Houston judge who said clinics could resume abortions up to six weeks into pregnancy

Biden vows to protect women travelling for abortions after SC's ruling

US President Joe Biden said that women travelling for abortions across the country will be protected by the federal government as millions of women have lost their constitutional reproductive right

Ketanji Jackson becomes first African-American woman judge in US top court

Jackson, in a statement, said that she will administer justice "without fear or favour"