Supreme Court turns away appeal from Black Lives Matter activist
The Supreme Court said Monday it would not hear a case involving Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, who was sued by a Baton Route police officer after a 2016 protest.
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The Supreme Court said Monday it would not hear a case involving Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, who was sued by a Baton Route police officer after a 2016 protest.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case challenging a series of actions the FDA took in 2016 and 2021 that made the abortion pill mifepristone easier to obtain.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case involving a commonly used abortion pill, mifepristone, and the FDA's recent actions to make it more accessible.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer delivers a warning about the court's direction ahead of cases with major implications.
Texas' SB4 law, which would allow the state to detain and jail migrants, is allowed to take effect while the Biden administration challenges it in court.
Peter Navarro, the top trade adviser in the Trump White House, is the first former White House official to go to prison for contempt of Congress.
Former President Donald Trump is urging the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that rejected his claim of sweeping immunity from federal prosecution.
The Supreme Court heard a free speech case involving the Biden administration's efforts to pressure social media companies to remove what it said was false information.
Justice Samuel Alito extended an order barring Texas officials from detaining and jailing migrants under a new state law as a court fight plays out.
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear two cases that involve "jawboning," or informal pressure by the government on an intermediary to take certain actions that will suppress speech.
SB4 would allow Texas law enforcement at the state and local levels to arrest, jail and prosecute migrants suspected of entering the U.S. without authorization.
The state law known as SB4 would empower Texas officials to stop, jail and prosecute migrants on state criminal charges of illegal entry or reentry.
The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, will hear arguments in the case during the week of April 22.
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case Trump v. Anderson, which involves whether former President Donald Trump is ineligible to hold office again.
The Supreme Court seemed skeptical of the idea that Colorado can exclude former President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot.
The Supreme Court's case over former President Donald Trump's ballot eligibility has attracted more than a dozen filings from voters who have felt compelled to express their views.
The Supreme Court said it will not stop the U.S. Military Academy from considering race in its admissions process while a legal fight plays out.
The ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights and The Lawyering Project told the Supreme Court in a filing in the case involving the abortion pill mifepristone that lower court decisions relied on "patently unreliable witnesses and studies."
The Supreme Court overturned decades of precedence in ruling that colleges and universities can no longer consider race as a factor in admissions decisions. Ruth Simmons was the first black president of an Ivy League university, and is now a President's Distinguished Fellow at Rice University and a Special Adviser to the President of Harvard University. She joins CBS Mornings to discuss the impact this decision will have and how schools can continue to work towards diverse student bodies without affirmative action.
The Justice Department and Danco Laboratories, the maker of the abortion pill mifepristone, urged the Supreme Court to maintain access to the drug.
Former President Donald Trump's attorneys wrote that the challenges to his eligibility "promise to unleash chaos and bedlam if other state courts and state officials follow Colorado's lead."
The Supreme Court could overrule a 40-year-old decision that some warn would curtain the ability of federal agencies to regulate areas like the environment, health care and the workplace.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was honored at her funeral as a trailblazing jurist who served as a role model for millions.
The first woman to serve on the nation's highest court lay in repose at the Supreme Court on Monday.
The case before the justices Tuesday could have sweeping implications for the U.S. tax system and derail proposals from some Democrats to create a wealth tax.