The Latest Breaking News from US Supreme Court

Commentary: The new court’s absurd inhumanity: To preserve procedure, an innocent man must die

There has been a lot of attention paid, rightly, to the leaked opinion showing that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. But another opinion, both cruel and absurd, issued by the Republican supermajority deserves attention, as well.

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022

US Supreme Court won’t block a lower-court order to count undated Pa. mail ballots

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday lifted an order that had injected uncertainty into the debate over whether undated mail ballots should be counted in Pennsylvania elections.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 9, 2022

Man charged with attempted murder of US judge

A California man has been charged with attempting or threatening to murder or kidnap US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The New Daily · Jun 9, 2022

Armed man planning to kill Brett Kavanaugh over Roe v Wade is arrested near Supreme Court justice’s home

Suspect’s arrest comes as nation’s high court considers several controversial cases

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

What triggers the 'trigger laws' that could ban abortions?

The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion on abortion rights dramatically declares that “the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives.”

The Conversation · Jun 7, 2022

Is ‘ineffective’ legal counsel enough to appeal a death row sentence?

The only woman on Idaho death row is seeking to have her sentence reconsidered, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week has thrown her active federal appeal into question.

Tribune News Service · Jun 6, 2022

High court won't hear appeal over McCloskeys' law licenses

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the husband-and-wife attorneys whose law licenses were placed on probation for pointing guns at racial injustice protesters outside their St. Louis mansion in 2020

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

In Texas, where abortion rights began, GOP builds new barriers

AUSTIN, Texas — Linda Coffee was in her mid-20s and barely out of law school when she and former classmate Sarah Weddington stunned the legal establishment—and much of America—by successfully arguing Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in 1973.

Tribune News Service · Jun 6, 2022

People, not courts, shape norms

What healthy democracies need are ongoing processes of democratic deliberations among citizens

The Hindu · Jun 5, 2022

Change won't appear overnight in many states if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

Individual states and some cities are taking legal steps to either limit or allow abortions, gearing up for what will likely be a fierce national battle if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the constitutional right to abortion.

The Conversation · Jun 3, 2022