Trump asks Supreme Court to hear his defamation case against CNN
President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on his defamation case against cable news giant CNN. In submitted on Aug. 14 but docketed on Thursday, Trump…
Florida Republicans bring Census Bureau challenge to the Supreme Court
A group of Florida Republicans has appealed a ruling by a federal court in that state throwing out a lawsuit seeking to require the U.S. Census Bureau to revise its…
Supreme Court urged to leave in place order blocking construction of White House ballroom
Lawyers for the National Trust for Historic Preservation to leave in place a ruling by a federal court in Washington, D.C., that would temporarily block construction of a new White…
Texas families ask Supreme Court to take up challenge to Ten Commandments in schools
Lawyers for a group of Texas families with children in the state’s public schools came to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to weigh in on the constitutionality…
Court turns down Trump’s request to reconsider its refusal to hear Carroll suit against him
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down President Donald Trump’s request to reconsider the justices’ denial of review in a civil suit brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll, which…
Trump brings ballroom dispute to the Supreme Court
The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to allow construction of the new White House ballroom to continue while a challenge to the project…
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to issue a decision in mail-in voting dispute
The Trump administration on Wednesday reiterated its request for the Supreme Court to move quickly to block a ruling by a federal judge in Massachusetts that prohibits the government from…
Challenge brought to Trump’s new birthright citizenship order
Just five days after President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that seeks to narrow the availability of birthright citizenship – the current guarantee of automatic citizenship to almost…
Court announces cases it will hear in November, including religious discrimination dispute
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in November in disputes over (among other issues) a Catholic preschool’s challenge to its exclusion from a Colorado preschool program and an inmate’s…
Trump informs Lisa Cook that he is “considering” her removal
President Donald Trump has renewed his effort to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. The Supreme Court on June 29 Trump’s initial effort to…