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The US Supreme Court announces that it will hear oral arguments on whether to restrict access to mifepristone, a commonly-used abortion pill.
2024-03-26

The Supreme Court of the United States, in an unsigned 6–3 decision, dismisses "Trump v. New York", ruling that the challenge to the Trump administration's memo requiring the Census Bureau to report the results of the 2020 United States census with the exclusion of undocumented immigrants for apportionment is premature, and that no judicial review can be taken until after the data has been collected. The Bureau faces a December 31 deadline to report the results, which they have previously indicated that they may miss.
2020-12-18

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at the age of 87.
2020-09-18

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks the redrawing of Ohio and Michigan electoral maps while it prepares to rule on whether or not partisan gerrymandering is constitutional. Lower federal courts ordered Michigan and Ohio electoral maps to be redrawn before the 2020 United States presidential election.
2019-05-24

The United States Supreme Court grants a Virginia school board's emergency request to stop implementation of the federal government policy that calls for student use of the bathroom consistent with their gender identity in order to allow the board to appeal the Fourth Circuit Court ruling that upheld this policy.
2016-08-3

The United States Supreme Court, in a 6-2 ruling written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, upholds the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' $5.8 million class action judgment against Tyson Foods Incorporated filed by workers at an Iowa pork-processing facility who contended they were underpaid.
2016-03-22

United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at age 79.
2016-02-13

The US Supreme Court rejects BP's challenge to their "Deepwater Horizon" gulf oil spill settlement.
2014-12-8

The United States Senate confirms the nomination of Elena Kagan as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
2010-08-5

Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court announces his retirement after serving on the court for 34 years.
2010-04-9