WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit greenhouse gases will be in front of the Supreme Court. Friday, the nation’s high court said it will hear a case about one of the federal government’s plans for ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it will take up a challenge to the new Texas state law that bans almost all abortions, known as SB 8, on November 1st. It’s an unusually quick addition ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – An order requiring Maine’s healthcare workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 will stand, for now, after The Supreme Court denied a request to block it. Justice Stephen Breyer rejected the emergency request for an injunction. In ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The new term for the Supreme Court starts Monday and with the strongest conservative majority in decades, the justices’ decisions could cause a wide-ranging shift in laws affecting many hot-button social issues. As the new term begins, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor denied a request to block New York City’s requirement that all public school teachers and staff be vaccinated against COVID-19. A group of New York City teachers petitioned the court while ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court said Friday that Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19 but has no symptoms. Kavanaugh, who has been fully vaccinated since January, received a test Monday morning before the justices met for a ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force. The court voted 5 to 4 early Thursday morning to deny an emergency appeal to block enforcement of the ...
AUSTIN, Texas (NBC) – Texas now has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. The controversial law took effect Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block it. It prevents women from getting abortions after six weeks ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to Obamacare. The justices ruled 7 to 2 Thursday that the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, remains valid, leaving the entire law intact. The ruling rejects the ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – A profanity-laced social media post landed a Pennsylvania teen in hot water and, eventually, the case of student free speech was brought before the Supreme Court. Brandi Levy said she was upset after being booted from ...