Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But to truly understand the term, we must also take stock of the so-called shadow docket, where the justices decide emergency ...

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Men in women’s sports, race-based redistricting and campaign spending will top the docket at the Supreme Court during the coming term. Oral arguments have not been scheduled for any of the 32 new ...

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide another Second Amendment case this term, taking on the question of whether a federal law that bars gun possession by anyone who is “an unlawful user of or ...

The Supreme Court on Friday evening released orders from the justices’ private conference on Thursday. The justices added four new cases, involving issues such as federal sentencing, the death penalty ...

When the justices return to the bench to hear oral arguments in the fall, they will tackle several hot-button issues, including state bans on the participation by transgender athletes on women’s and ...

Washington — The Supreme Court spent much of its most recent term responding to a fire hose of requests for emergency relief sought by the Trump administration, as President Trump's efforts to ...

The Supreme Court term usually ends with a bang, not a whimper. This is crunch time at the court, as the justices push to issue their opinions by the end of June. Some 20 cases remain to be decided — ...

The Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday following a summer-long recess shaped by legal battles over the Trump administration’s agenda. William Brangham discussed the high-profile cases with News ...