Jun 20 The Supreme Court upholds tax on foreign income against challenge backed by business interests By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices left in place a provision of a 2017 tax law expected to generate $340 billion, mainly from foreign subsidiaries of domestic corporations that parked money abroad to shield it from U.S. taxes. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 5:59 Conservative Supreme Court majority strikes down ban on bump stocks By Saher Khan, Kyle Midura, Ian Couzens The Supreme Court handed down a ruling with major implications for firearm regulations. In a 6-3 decision, the conservative majority found that the government exceeded its authority when it banned bump stocks. The gun accessory allows users to re-engage the… Continue watching
Jun 14 6 things to know about the Supreme Court’s decision on bump stocks By Associated Press The court's conservative majority said Friday that then-President Donald Trump's administration overstepped its authority with the 2019 ban on the firearm attachment, which allows semiautomatic weapons to fire like machine guns. Continue reading
Jun 14 Supreme Court strikes down bump stock ban By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The high court found 6-3 the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles in 2017. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 2:59 Access to mifepristone remains unchanged as Supreme Court rejects abortion pill challenge By John Yang, Saher Khan In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a group of anti-abortion doctors does not have any legal basis to challenge access to mifepristone, one of the two common drugs used in medication abortion. As a result, access to… Continue watching
Jun 13 7 things to know about abortion pill access after the Supreme Court’s decision By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Despite the ruling, women's access to mifepristone still largely depends on a patchwork of state laws. Continue reading
Jun 13 You can’t trademark ‘Trump too small,’ Supreme Court rules By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a California man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase. Continue reading
Jun 13 Siding with Starbucks, Supreme Court makes it harder for NLRB to win legal protections for unionizing workers By Associated Press The justices tightened the standards for when a federal court should issue an order to protect the jobs of workers during a union organizing campaign. Continue reading
Jun 13 Supreme Court unanimously preserves access to abortion medication mifepristone By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug, and the FDA's subsequent actions to ease access to it. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 5:07 Former neighbor disputes Alito’s explanation of upside-down U.S. flag flying at his home By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens A former neighbor of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said, “at worst, he's just outright lying,” about his account of a neighborhood dispute that led to hoisting an upside-down American flag at his Virginia home. The inverted flag is associated… Continue watching