On the first Monday in October, the Supreme Court minus Ginsburg flexed its hard-right muscles.

The Trump administration filed an emergency application on Wednesday night with the Supreme Court, asking it to halt an earlier appeals court decision that extended the count of the 2020 Census to the end of the month.> BREAKING: Trump administration files emergency application to halt census count at the Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/YHW7yknwcE> > — Steven […]

The court sided with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s contention that the state’s election law did not authorize a plan by Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins to mail applications to the county’s 2.4 million registered voters. The Supreme Court directed a lower court to issue an injunction to prohibit Hollins from sending the applications to […]

Many GOP senators on the Judiciary Committee, which will question Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, have probably been exposed to the coronavirus.

A lower court had struck down the witness requirement for mail ballots, citing Covid-19.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC, Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC contesting a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore seeking damages for the impact of global climate change. The justices will weigh whether the lawsuit must be heard in […]

Barrett's name appeared on an anti-abortion letter that accompanied a newspaper ad calling for "an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe v. Wade."

Journal Editorial Report: What it means for the Court and the presidential election. Image: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

As Democrats try to beat the odds and prevent the confirmation of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee (almost certainly Amy Coney Barrett) before the November presidential election, some lawmakers and activists have suggested boycotting the Senate Judicary Committee hearings, which are tentatively scheduled for the middle of October. Just don't expect the idea to gain […]

Joe Biden has warned that Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump’s choice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a judge on the Supreme Court, would overturn Obamacare if confirmed.