Supreme Court

When Gail Curley began her job as Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court less than a year ago, she would have expected to work mostly behind the scenes: overseeing the court’s police force and the operations of the marble-columned building where the justices work. Earlier this month, however, Curley was handed a bombshell of an assignment — overseeing an investigation...

A Supreme Court ruling related to inmates on Arizona’s death row was called “perverse” by Justice Sotomayor in a dissent joined by two other liberal justices.

A ruling is expected this summer, but there had been a chance the opinion would have been announced Monday morning.

News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Abortion rights supporters are demonstrating at hundreds of marches and rallies where they’re expressing their outrage that the Supreme Court will soon scrap the constitutional right to abortion that has endured for nearly a half-century.

Justice Clarence Thomas says that the Supreme Court has been changed by the shocking leak of a draft opinion earlier this month. That opinion suggests the court is poised to overturn the right to an abortion recognized in Roe v. Wade. The conservative Thomas joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v. Wade to be overturned....

Protests over abortion rights have erupted near the Washington, D.C.-area homes of Supreme Court justices, sparking a debate about how police should secure those neighborhoods. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

Protests over abortion rights have erupted near the Washington, D.C.-area homes of Supreme Court justices, sparking a debate about how police should secure those neighborhoods.

Protests have erupted at the homes of Supreme Court justices over abortion rights, sparking a debate about how police should secure D.C.-area neighborhoods. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

Thousands of abortion rights supporters are expected in D.C. Saturday. The National Park Service issued permits for a large rally at the Washington Monument followed by a march to the Supreme Court. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

An abortion rights demonstration with an estimated 17,000 people is planned for Saturday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., a permit approved by federal officials says.

A bill seeking to incorporate Roe v. Wade abortion access into federal law failed to pass a Senate vote to overcome a filibuster on Wednesday.

A women’s studies professor at George Mason University spoke with News4 about the history of abortion. Reporter Aimee Cho also talked to an anti-abortion activist who said she once considered getting an abortion when she became pregnant as a teen.

Montgomery County Council introduced a resolution supporting the preservation of abortion rights under Roe v. Wade. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Searches for “vasectomy near me” were most popular in Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Florida.

More than 100 demonstrators marched through the Fort Hunt area of Fairfax County to rally in front of the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports that security for all justices has been increased amid protests at the homes of politicians and judges.

There was no indication that Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, was home at the time.

Demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court to protest the leaked abortion draft opinion.

Fencing has gone up around the U.S. Supreme Court and roads in the area remain closed. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.