The Latest Breaking News from John G Roberts Jr

Supreme Court justices sound skeptical that state courts can’t review state rules for congressional elections.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case about North Carolina’s congressional map that could give state legislatures more sway over federal elections.

WASHINGTON — Following last term's overturning of Roe v. Wade and an expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court's conservatives are moving now to sharply limit or strike down affirmative action at colleges and universities.

WASHINGTON — An appeals court ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure is unconstitutional raises the stakes in a long battle over the agency, potentially setting the stage for a test the Supreme Court sidestepped only two years ago when it declined to find the entire agency unconstitutional.

An appeals court ruling that the consumer bureau's funding structure is unconstitutional raises the stakes in a long battle over the agency.

At issue is whether decisions at Harvard and UNC are unconstitutional or violate a federal anti-discrimination law.

If the Supreme Court's decisions in 2022 made your skin crawl, what with its eviscerating abortion rights, hobbling gun restrictions and undermining the government's ability to address global warming, strap yourself in: The 2022-23 session could be as bad, or worse.

Potential ruling on Voting Rights Act could “obliterate” many majority-minority congressional districts, one attorney said.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama that could further weaken a federal law meant to prevent racial discrimination in elections.