Author: Mark Sherman
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Justices cast doubt on Texas immunity claim in vet’s lawsuit
WASHINGTON • The Supreme Court on Tuesday cast doubt on Texas’ claim that it can’t be sued by a former state trooper who says he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq. The justices heard arguments in a dispute over a federal law that was enacted in 1994…
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Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump documents
WASHINGTON • In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of presidential documents sought by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. The justices on Wednesday rejected a bid by Trump to withhold the documents from the committee until the issue is finally resolved by the courts.…
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Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of Jan. 6 records
WASHINGTON • Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol led by his supporters. Trump’s attorneys asked the Supreme Court to reverse lower court rulings against the former president, who has fought to…
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Texas bans most abortions, with high court mum on appeal
AUSTIN, Texas • The nation’s most far-reaching curb on abortions since they were legalized a half-century ago took effect Wednesday in Texas, with the Supreme Court silent on an emergency appeal to put the law on hold. If allowed to remain in force, the law, which bans most abortions, would be the strictest against abortion…
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Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
WASHINGTON • The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly 3.5 million people in the United States said they faced eviction in the next two months, according to Census…
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Supreme Court upholds state voting restrictions
WASHINGTON • Flexing its new strength, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority Thursday cut back on a landmark voting rights law in a decision likely to help Republican states fight challenges to voting restrictions they’ve put in place following last year’s elections. The court’s 6-3 ruling upheld voting limits in Arizona that a lower court had…
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Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld voting restrictions in Arizona in a decision that could make it harder to challenge other states’ voting limits put in place by Republican lawmakers following last year’s elections. The 6-3 ruling by the conservative-majority court fueled new calls from Democrats to pass federal legislation, blocked by…
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‘Obamacare’ survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court, though increasingly conservative in makeup, rejected the latest major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law known as “Obamacare” on Thursday, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire Affordable Care Act intact in ruling that Texas, other GOP-led…
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Biden clears 270-vote mark as electors affirm his victory
WASHINGTON • The Electoral College formally chose Joe Biden Monday as the nation’s next president, giving him a solid electoral majority of 306 votes and confirming his victory in last month’s election. The state-by-state voting took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. California’s 55 electoral votes…
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‘Obamacare’ likely to survive, high court arguments indicate
WASHINGTON • A more conservative Supreme Court appeared unwilling Tuesday to do what Republicans have long desired: kill off the Affordable Care Act, including its key protections for preexisting health conditions and subsidized insurance premiums that affect tens of millions of Americans. Meeting remotely a week after the election and in the midst of a…