The Latest Breaking News from the US Supreme Court

Welcome to the Thursday, October 26, Brew. 

Aside from narrowly defined exceptions, false speech is protected by the First Amendment.

Supreme Court rejected a woman's plea for abortion, citing rights of the unborn child. India's Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act allows abortion up to 24 weeks. The woman was 26 weeks pregnant and had postpartum psychosis. AIIMS medical board found foetus healthy and viable. Court said govt will bear medical…

Survivors, legal experts, lawmakers and gun owners call on the court to disarm abusers

At issue is the way the Republican-dominated state legislature equalized the population of its congressional districts.

Texas is moving ahead with preparations to execute a condemned inmate in the hopes that the U.S. Supreme Court will lift a lower court’s stay and allow the lethal injection to proceed

Alabama's new, court-picked map adds a second congressional district where Black voters' preferred candidate is projected to win a majority of the time.

When the Supreme Court ruled in 303 Creative v. Elenis in 2023 that a businessperson could not be compelled to create art that violates their religious beliefs – specifically, a wedding website for a same-sex ceremony – supporters of the decision celebrated it as a victory for freedom of religion…

There’s a growing sense among many Americans that the Roberts court with its 6-3 hard-right supermajority is irrevocably broken

Colorado’s highest court says it will hear the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition

Payday lenders argue that the CFPB's funding structure is unconstitutional because it's not funded by money appropriated by Congress. The argument threatens the existence of other agencies, too.