The Latest Breaking News from Samuel Alito

U.S. Supreme Court temporarily restores access to abortion pill

The five-day administrative stay from Justice Samuel Alito gives the Supreme Court time to consider the case next week.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 14, 2023

Supreme Court blocks lower court rulings restricting abortion pills

The court's decision comes less than a year after it overturned Roe v. Wade, arguing it did not have the power to create abortion policy.

Axios · Apr 14, 2023

Justice Department to ask Supreme Court to intervene in abortion pill case

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Biden administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the availability of a widely used abortion pill after a federal appeals court cleared the way for new restrictions to take effect Friday.

Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2023

Supreme Court ethics criticism grows louder with Clarence Thomas investigation

Thomas accepted luxury trips from a Republican megadonor “virtually every year” for more than 20 years.

Axios · Apr 6, 2023

Joan Biskupic Breaks Some News About Pavan v. Smith and Masterpiece Cakeshop

Did Roberts and Kennedy swap votes to GVR Pavan and grant Masterpiece?

Reason · Mar 31, 2023

Victory for Property Rights in Highly Technical Supreme Court Decision

An unusual coalition of liberal and conservative justices rules that property owners have right to use Quiet Title Act to contest federal intrusion on their land, even in some cases where the statute of limitations may have passed.

Reason · Mar 28, 2023

First Thing: TikTok CEO questioned on China concerns at landmark hearing

Shou Zi Chew attempts to play down concerns over data and privacy as lawmakers call for ban on Chinese-owned app. Plus, majority of trans adults are happier after transitioning

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023

Ethical no man’s land: can the US supreme court be trusted to police itself?

The nation’s highest court relies on justices to judge for themselves if they have a conflict of interest. Often members of the hard-right majority decide they don’t

The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2023

Jack Daniel's v. poop-themed dog toy in a trademark case at the Supreme Court

At Wednesday's argument, the justices struggled to reconcile their own previous decisions enforcing the nation's trademark laws and what some of them saw as a potential threat to free speech.

WEKU · Mar 22, 2023

Supreme Court seems split in Navajo Nation water rights case

The Supreme Court appears to be split in a dispute between the federal government and the Navajo Nation over water from the drought-stricken Colorado River

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023