Biden is backing major Supreme Court reforms. Here's what they would do.
President Biden unveiled three proposals to reform the Supreme Court, including term limits, a binding code of conduct and constitutional amendment about presidential immunity.
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President Biden unveiled three proposals to reform the Supreme Court, including term limits, a binding code of conduct and constitutional amendment about presidential immunity.
President Biden is calling on Congress to establish term limits for Supreme Court justices and establish an ethics code for them. He also wants Congress to ratify a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity.
Iowa now bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Across the country, four states ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, and 14 states have near-total bans at all stages of pregnancy.
President Biden is considering proposals to reform the Supreme Court, CBS News has learned.
Former President Donald Trump is trying to overturn his recent felony conviction in the New York "hush money" criminal case.
In all, more than 350 people charged in the Capitol riot were specifically charged with obstruction of an official proceeding. This is the charge the Supreme Court ruled was improperly used by prosecutors.
Iowa joins more than a dozen other states with restrictive abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Three other states currently ban abortions at about six weeks.
The decision could affect the racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it issued the rule outlawing bump stocks.
The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge targeting the availability of a widely used abortion pill, preserving access to the drug.
Justice Clarence Thomas has formally disclosed two trips he took with Republican megadonor Harlan Crow in 2019.
The Supreme Court considered whether efforts to address homelessness in Grants Pass, Oregon, violated the Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
Justice Samuel Alito has come under scrutiny after The New York Times reported two instances of controversial flags flown outside his Virginia and New Jersey houses.
The Supreme Court convened to consider whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from criminal charges in the 2020 election case.
A Chicago man, Kevin Lyons, was charged with obstruction of an official proceeding, among other charges, and sentenced to 51 months in prison.
Trump's attorneys asked the Illinois Appellate Court to overturn Judge Tracie Porter's ruling that he be kicked off Republican primary ballots in Illinois.
"Justice Thomas should recuse himself so there's no question of bias," Durbin said.
The Supreme Court rejected Kenneth Smith's argument that it would be unconstitutional for the state to attempt a second execution after a failed lethal injection in 2022.
The U.S. Supreme Court justices clearly recognized that they need to step in and determine whether the lower courts should play a role in determining who is on the ballot.
The decision from the justices, with no noted dissents, marks the second time they have declined to halt Illinois' statewide ban.
This latest $4.8 billion in relief brings the grand total of approved debt cancellation by the administration to $132 billion for over 3.6 million Americans.
Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, and she retired in 2006.
The new code of conduct was signed by all nine Supreme Court justices, but it's unclear how it will be enforced.
The case before the Supreme Court, United States v. Rahimi, puts a 30-year-old federal gun law designed to protect survivors of domestic violence in the spotlight.
The case, U.S. v. Rahimi, involves a 30-year-old law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.
