Supreme Court

The justices have 21 cases to resolve that were argued between December and mid-May, including some about trans rights and birthright citizenship.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth refused to answer Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, when asked if he would abide by orders from the federal or Supreme courts regarding the use of military against protesters. “We should not have judges determining foreign policy or national security policy for the country.”

The court also decided against taking up a significant election case involving mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that pitted Republicans against Democrats.

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data.

The case concerns a claim brought by Marlean Ames, who said she was treated unfairly at work because she is straight.

From a slew of emergency cases on the shadow docket, a secretive process to issue consequential decisions, related to the Trump administration’s executive orders blocked by federal judges to a handful of merits cases on LGBTQ rights, here’s what’s left to be decided.

Three conservative justices publicly noted their disagreement, and a fourth said he is skeptical that such bans are constitutional.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted a federal judge who found that the Trump administration “unquestionably” violated a court order by sending deportees to South Sudan. “The president and this administration hope the Supreme Court does what it needs to do reign in these liberal activist judges.”

The court split 4-4, meaning that an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling barring the state from approving a Catholic charter school remains in place.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday found that the Maine legislature must count the votes of a GOP lawmaker who was censured after she identified a transgender teen athlete in a viral social-media post.

As the Supreme Court considered Trump administration restrictions on birthright citizenship, protesters outside the court defended the Constitution. News4’s Dominique Moody spoke with demonstrators and shares what justice said. 

The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on keeping a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders.

As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on whether the Trump administration can take steps to end birthright citizenship, protesters rallied outside the court in defense of the Constitution.

As the Supreme Court considered birthright citizenship rights, protesters demonstrated outside. “Born here? You’re a citizen, period,” one protest sign said. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who served on the high court for nearly 20 years, died in his New Hampshire home.

President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The high court filing Thursday follows a brief order from a federal appeals court that kept in place a court order blocking the policy nationwide. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a policy that presumptively disqualifies...

Some parents say they should be able to opt children out of LGBTQ curriculum. News4’s Juliana Valencia spoke with protesters on both sides.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to rule for parents who objected on religious grounds to books made available in a school district’s elementary schools that feature stories about gay and transgender characters.

Some parents in a suburban Maryland county want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters. The parents say they object for religious reasons. The Montgomery County school system has refused and lower courts have so far agreed. Arguments in the case are set for Tuesday at the Supreme Court, where the outcome could...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an El Salvadoran immigrant at the center of a legal battle that could reshape American immigration policy. Here’s what you need to know.