Mail-in voting was created during the Civil War so soldiers could vote. That legacy helped shape how the Supreme Court ruled more than 160 years later.
July 02, 2026
Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling brings relief to immigrant advocacy group in Baltimore
July 02, 2026
Justice Department threatens lawsuits over state gun laws after Second Amendment win at Supreme Court
July 02, 2026
CNN's Wolf Blitzer speaks with ACLU Senior Counsel Joshua Block after the Supreme Court lets states ban trans athletes from playing on girl's sports teams. Block also represented plaintiff Becky Pepper-Jackson and argued on her behalf in front of the Supreme Court. Block spoke about her courage and what this case means for other trans athletes.
July 01, 2026
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July 01, 2026
The Supreme Court has tackled several key immigration issues this term, supporting President Donald Trump's administration in three cases
July 01, 2026
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson reacted live to the Supreme Court opinion on birthright citizenship, with a reporter reading it to him while he was holding a press conference.
July 01, 2026
President Donald Trump didn’t get what he wanted in some of the biggest Supreme Court cases this year: tariffs, birthright citizenship and the attempted firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook
July 01, 2026
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July 01, 2026
E. Jean Carroll asks judge to release more than $5 million after Supreme Court denies Trump’s appeal
July 01, 2026
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July 01, 2026
The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens
June 30, 2026
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June 30, 2026
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June 30, 2026
A Supreme Court that has expanded gun rights will consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles, often called assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment
June 30, 2026
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June 30, 2026
A huge amount of money flows into campaigns in the United States. For 20 years, the Supreme Court has been loosening rules for who can contribute and how much. It just loosened the rules again.
June 30, 2026
How the Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling gives Republicans a major midterm boost
June 30, 2026
Supreme Court agrees to review ban on AR-style semi-automatic rifles in major Second Amendment case
June 30, 2026
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June 30, 2026
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June 30, 2026
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June 30, 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws that count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, an unexpected rebuff of President Donald Trump’s longstanding attacks on mail-in voting. CNN's Paula Reid reports on the breaking news.
June 30, 2026
The Supreme Court is upholding state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people
June 30, 2026
The high court’s ruling effectively endorses the unitary executive theory, greatly expanding the power of the president.
June 30, 2026
Jake Tapper reports on The Lead.
June 30, 2026
John Roberts fought for decades to overturn Humphrey’s Executor
June 30, 2026
President Donald Trump has won and lost some as the Supreme Court wraps its final week of a term focused on executive power
June 29, 2026
Justice Sotomayor received concert tickets from Bad Bunny’s label
June 30, 2026
The Supreme Court handed Trump an election case defeat. Is a bigger win for him coming?
June 30, 2026
Election officials in states that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day say they are relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an effort to outlaw the practice
June 30, 2026
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s decisions expanding Trump’s firing power but preserving Fed for now
June 30, 2026
The Supreme Court says Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook can remain in her job for now, a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s bid to wrest control of the nation’s central bank
June 29, 2026
The Supreme Court has held that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone location information, ruling in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant
June 29, 2026
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June 29, 2026
The Supreme Court is rejecting a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused writer E
June 29, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear President Donald Trump's bid to overturn a $5 million verdict in favor of E.
June 29, 2026
The Supreme Court is rejecting a Republican-led attack on state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump
June 29, 2026
The Supreme Court says it will consider Arizona voting laws passed in the wake of the 2020 election that impose proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration and regular purging of state voter rolls
June 29, 2026
Two recent Supreme Court rulings suggest the high court is so pro-gun it has decided it must also be pro-drugs.
June 27, 2026
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June 29, 2026
Supreme Court to review the legality of mass voter purges in the weeks before an election
June 29, 2026
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June 29, 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's early leadership of the U.S. central bank faces a fresh test this week, with an appearance before a high-
June 27, 2026
The Supreme Court is wrapping up a term that has focused on President Donald Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power
June 29, 2026
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June 28, 2026
It's been six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted
June 27, 2026
Supreme Court says Alito’s verbal reaction to Sotomayor was based on a ‘misunderstanding’
June 27, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S.
June 26, 2026
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June 26, 2026
Takeaways: Supreme Court hands Trump massive wins on immigration agenda
June 26, 2026
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April 26, 2026
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June 25, 2026
Supreme Court strikes Hawaii’s ‘default’ ban on guns on private property that’s open to the public
June 25, 2026
The Supreme Court has struck down a Hawaii law requiring people to get permission to carry guns into places such as stores and hotels
June 25, 2026
Supreme Court tosses $1.25 million verdict for man who says Roundup caused his cancer
June 25, 2026
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June 25, 2026
The hidden stakes of the birthright citizenship case: healthcare for babies
June 24, 2026
The Supreme Court has granted tech giant Cisco’s bid to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China
June 23, 2026
Analysis: What the missing center has meant for the Supreme Court
June 19, 2026
Supreme Court limits power of federal government to disarm drug users
June 18, 2026
The mastermind of Greece's defunct and most lethal guerrilla group November 17, who was freed from jail last month, will return to prison after the country's top court
June 16, 2026
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June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
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June 15, 2026
Supreme Court dumps Trump aide Carter Page’s wiretapping suit against James Comey
June 15, 2026
Supreme Court blocks Alabama from executing inmate with method lower court found cruel and unusual
June 12, 2026
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June 11, 2026
Disputes involving President Donald Trump's policies on tariffs, immigration and
June 07, 2026
The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a case about the power of federal regulators over telecommunications companies
June 04, 2026
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June 04, 2026
Supreme Court turns toward an explosive final month with Trump’s priorities at stake
June 03, 2026
The Supreme Court gave Republicans another congressional win. But its ruling means much more.
June 04, 2026
Some states are trying to challenge a long-held precedent that undocumented children are allowed to attend public school free of charge.
June 03, 2026
FACT FOCUS: Census Bureau report does not prove Trump's claim about noncitizen voting in 2020
Data cards retrieved from plane and helicopter that collided in deadly Pennsylvania airport crash
Trump’s Canada trade deadline is hours away. Here’s what to know
Three Colorado River states must take big water cuts as biggest US reservoirs plunge to record lows
Trump loyalist Ed Martin is leaving the Justice Department to focus on election 'legal battles'
German Cup match marred by fireworks, pitch invasion
Ceuta begins burials for migrants who died attempting to cross into the Spanish territory
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in talks to return to acting