The Big Story

Courts and Law

Latest news and coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court

Get updates:
In A
In B

Article

Supreme Court will not intervene in new capital murder trial of Prince William man

(Uncredited / AP)

The justices declined to get involved in the capital murder retrial of a Prince William County man.

Column

At the Supreme Court, a royal mess for ‘King Barack’

(Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS)

Obama faces a royal mess in EPA case.

Article

Supreme Court seems divided in climate case

(J. Scott Applewhite, File / Associated Press)

The Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday over the sole Obama administration program already in place to limit power plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.

Climate change goes back to the Supreme Court

Today the Supreme Court confronts climate change for the third time in a a case that’s both more and less significant than it might seem.

Article

NJ appeals to US Supreme Court on sports betting

(Wayne Parry / Associated Press)

New Jersey is swinging for the fences in a long-shot effort to overturn a federal ban on sports betting in all but four states, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare the ban unconstitutional.

 

More Debate on This Topic