Supreme Court
Trump's Supreme Court list: all conservative, some provocative
WASHINGTON William Pryor, in urging the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 to uphold a Texas law banning gay sex, argued against the notion that the U.S. Constitution should safeguard a person's choice of partners.
Trump identifies 11 potential Supreme Court nominees
WASHINGTON Presumptive Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled the names of 11 judges - eight men and three women, all white and all conservative - he would consider, if elected, to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. | Video
Potential Trump high court nominee mocked him on Twitter
A Texas judge identified by Donald Trump on Wednesday as one of 11 people he would consider nominating to the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly mocked the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on social media.
Bottling company loses labor dispute after U.S. high court detour
WASHINGTON The soft drink bottling company that succeeded in reining in U.S. presidential powers by challenging the way President Barack Obama appointed National Labor Relations Board members has lost the underlying dispute that prompted that Supreme Court battle.
U.S. top court rejects Exxon appeal in groundwater contamination case
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp's appeal of a $236 million judgment against the oil company in a case brought by the state of New Hampshire over groundwater contamination linked to a gasoline additive.
U.S. justices reject challenge to protest ban on Supreme Court plaza
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a law that hits the justices close to home: a ban on protests on the marble plaza in front of the courthouse where they hear cases and issue rulings.
White House prods Senate on Garland amid Republican blockade
WASHINGTON The White House pressed forward on Tuesday with its uphill battle to win Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, providing senators Merrick Garland's voluminous responses to questions about his background.
Alabama's top judge faces ethics charges over gay-marriage order
Alabama's Supreme Court Chief Justice was suspended on Friday for ordering state probate judges not to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, despite contrary rulings by a federal court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Florida Supreme Court weighs unconstitutional death sentences
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday weighed the fate of a death row inmate sentenced under a scheme the U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional this year, in a case that could affect nearly 400 other state inmates awaiting execution.
Following Trump's win, Senate leader reaffirms Garland opposition
WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday held firm on his refusal to act on President Barack Obama's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court even as some conservative activists called on senators to confirm Merrick Garland now that Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
