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The Supreme Court is framed by the columns of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. T (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors

December 4, 2024 at 3:12 p.m.

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in just its second major transgender rights case, which is a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors.

FILE – The Capitol is seen on Nov. 14, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Recess appointments could put Donald Trump at odds with conservatives on the Supreme Court

December 1, 2024 at 1:53 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump’s intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation with the Senate, which has the constitutional responsibility for “advice and consent”...

FILE – Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign

October 23, 2024 at 8:06 a.m.

Conservatives already have a supermajority on the Supreme Court as a result of Donald Trump’s presidency. If Trump wins a second term, the right side of the court could retain...

FILE – The Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico

October 4, 2024 at 9:08 a.m.

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico.

Major wins for Trump and stark pullback on regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term

July 2, 2024 at 5:13 p.m.

Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court got most of what they wanted this term, from substantial help for Trump's political and legal prospects...

The Supreme Court is seen on July 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness

July 2, 2024 at 7:10 a.m.

Here’s a look at the major cases the Supreme Court decided this year.

The Supreme Court in Washington, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial

July 1, 2024 at 8:03 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court justices will take the bench today to release their last few opinions of the term, including a closely watched case: Whether former President Donald Trump has...

FILE – The Supreme Court building is seen on June 28, 2024, in Washington. Two blockbuster opinions are coming on the Supreme Court term’s final day, Monday, July 1: whether Donald Trump is immune from federal criminal prosecution as a former president and whether state laws limiting how social media platforms regulate content posted by their users violate the Constitution. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

The Supreme Court nears the end of another momentous term. A decision on Trump’s immunity looms

June 29, 2024 at 4:06 p.m.

In the last 10 days of June, on a frenetic pace of its own making, the Supreme Court touched a wide swath of American society in a torrent of decisions...

Visitors pose for photographs outside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces

June 28, 2024 at 10:58 a.m.

The Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge used in hundreds of prosecutions and also faced by former President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court building is seen on Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

June 27, 2024 at 9:55 a.m.

The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations.

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