High court declines to hear Indiana vote-by-mail limits case
INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case challenging Indiana’s vote-by-mail restrictions, a rebuff that means a federal court will...
High court: Congress erred in patent dispute board setup
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Congress erred when it set up a board to oversee patent disputes by failing to...
GOP needs new health care target; ‘Obamacare’ survives again
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” signals anew that the GOP must look beyond repealing...
Biden’s silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray
CHICAGO — Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment,...
Appeals court refuses to reinstate N Carolina abortion ban
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's ban on most abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy must remain unenforceable, a federal appeals court ruled on...
Alabama juvenile lifer appeals life without parole sentence
A man sentenced to die in prison for a murder committed when he was 14 — whose case became U.S. Supreme Court precedent —...
Emails show Trump pressured Justice Dept. over 2020 election
WASHINGTON — During the last weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump and his allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of voter...
US urges court to reimpose Boston bomber’s death sentence
BOSTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev despite...
Justices consider Harvard case on race in college admissions
WASHINGTON — With abortion and guns already on the agenda, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a third blockbuster issue — whether to...
High court rejects 2 Virginia white nationalist rally cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place the convictions of two men who as members of a white supremacist group participated in...