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Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed by a vote of 52–48 in the United States Senate and is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. She is expected to take the second of two necessary oaths and fully become a Justice on October 27.
2020-10-26

The U.S. Supreme Court allows, by a 5–4 vote, the Trump administration to begin implementing the policy that prohibits transgender persons who require or have undergone gender transition from serving. Unresolved challenges remain in lower courts.
2019-01-22

The U.S. Supreme Court rules 5–4 in favor of the Trump administration's September 2017 travel ban.
2018-06-26

The U.S. Supreme Court votes 5–4 to allow companies to enforce contracts which bar employees from entering class action lawsuits.
2018-05-21

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration can block international refugees from entering the United States.
2017-09-12

President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, is sworn in at the White House.
2017-04-10

The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal that may redefine the boundaries of insider trading in U.S. law and regulation, especially as it relates to tips shared among family and friends.
2016-01-19

U.S. District Judge William Pauley rules that the country's National Security Agency (NSA) acted lawfully, within the limits of the U.S. Constitution, when, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, it began an en masse bulk collection of metadata from American telephone records. The opinion, which throws out an ACLU lawsuit for now, is in contrast to Judge Richard Leon's earlier ruling in another district.
2013-12-27

The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to decide whether software can be patented.
2013-12-6

The U.S. Supreme Court says that it will hear a securities fraud case this term that arises out of the asbestos liabilities of Halliburton, an oilfield services company.
2013-11-15