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As Supreme Court Weighs Election Cases, a New Life for Bush v. Gore
After two decades of legal obscurity, the ruling that handed the 2000 election to George W. Bush is getting fresh attention.
Missing From Supreme Court’s Election Cases: Reasons for Its Rulings
In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has been deciding many election disputes on its “shadow docket” without a murmur of explanation.
Supreme Court Bars Curbside Voting in Alabama
After a state election official banned the practice, a federal trial judge allowed, but did not require, counties to offer it in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Adam Liptak
Supreme Court Bars Curbside Voting in Alabama
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Deadlocked Supreme Court Allows Extra Time for Some Pennsylvania Ballots
A 4-to-4 tie let stand a ruling from Pennsylvania’s highest court that had extended the deadline for counting some mailed ballots by three days, citing the pandemic and postal delays.
Supreme Court to Review 2 of Trump’s Major Immigration Policies
Lower courts had ruled that both policies — one requiring asylum seekers to stay in Mexico, the other diverting money for a border wall — were unlawful.
Supreme Court Will Review Trump’s Plan to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants in Redistricting
A new administration policy, if upheld, would largely shift political power and federal money from Democratic states to Republican ones.
The Census, the Supreme Court and Why the Count Is Stopping Early
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to stop the 2020 count. Here’s what that means for the census.
‘Severability’ Could Save Health Law, Graham Says and Barrett Seems to Agree
Warnings from Democrats that Republicans and their Supreme Court nominee threaten the Affordable Care Act elicited reassuring words from both Senator Lindsey Graham and Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
The Census, the Supreme Court and Why the Count Is Stopping Early
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to stop the 2020 count. Here’s what that means for the census.
Census Count Can Be Cut Short, Supreme Court Rules
After extending the deadline to complete field work in light of the pandemic, the Trump administration reversed course. Critics saw a political motive.
The Precedent, and Perils, of Court Packing
As the Senate begins hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, some liberals say expanding the size of the Supreme Court would be a fitting response to recent Republican moves in the confirmation wars.
John Paul Stevens: Canny Strategist and the ‘Finest Legal Mind’ Ford Could Find (Published 2019)
Justice Stevens’s confirmation hearings in 1975 were the last not to be broadcast live on television. He was confirmed by unanimous vote.
Justices Thomas and Alito Question Same-Sex Marriage Precedent
The justices, who dissented from the 2015 decision establishing a right to same-sex marriage, said it had cast “people of good will as bigots.”
Supreme Court Revives Witness Requirement for South Carolina Absentee Ballots
The majority, overturning lower courts’ rulings that the requirement burdened the right to vote during a pandemic, made an exception for ballots cast before it acted and received within two days.
New Supreme Court Term Could End Roberts’s Dominant Role
The possible addition of Judge Amy Coney Barrett could create “the Trump court,” pushing it rightward. Cases on the Affordable Care Act and religious objections to gay rights could offer early clues.
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Adam Liptak
It’s the first Monday in October. A look at the #SCOTUS term that starts with arguments at 10 a.m., on whether there is a place for partisanship in judging
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Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s Supreme Court Pick, Signed Anti-Abortion Ad
Her statement appears to be the most direct evidence of her personal views, ones she has vowed to set aside on the bench.
Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Voting Rights and Climate Change
The justices will consider challenges to Arizona’s ban on “ballot harvesting” and a suit against energy companies accused of contributing to climate change.
Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court split along ideological lines with its ruling that Congress had not provided adequate justification for subjecting the states, mostly in the South, to federal oversight.
Barrett’s Record: A Conservative Who Would Push the Supreme Court to the Right
As an appeals court judge, Judge Barrett has issued opinions that have reflected those of her mentor, Justice Antonin Scalia, but with few of his occasional liberal rulings.
Keep the Briefs Brief, Literary Justices Advise
A trove of interviews finds eight Supreme Court justices discussing their influences and the art of legal writing.