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  1. Poll Finds Harris Rising, and Florida Braces for Hurricane Milton Podcasts, Today

    Plus, have we reached peak human life span?

  2. Majority of Supreme Court Appears Receptive to Biden Administration Limits on ‘Ghost Guns’ Washington, Today

    At issue was how the Biden administration had interpreted a federal statute to regulate kits that could be assembled into homemade guns, skirting background checks.

  3. Death Row Inmate in Oklahoma Has an Unusual Ally: The State’s Attorney General Washington, Today

    Both sides told the Supreme Court that long-suppressed evidence about the state’s star witness undermined the case against the inmate, Richard Glossip.

  4. Supreme Court Turns Down Biden’s Appeal in Texas Abortion Case Washington, Yesterday

    The administration said a state abortion law conflicted with a federal law requiring emergency care. The court similarly sidestepped a case from Idaho in June.

  5. Back on the Bench, the Supreme Court Is Diligent and Dour Washington, Yesterday

    The justices considered a routine case on unemployment benefits in characteristic style, peppering the lawyers with questions and dropping hints about their views.

  6. ‘Ghost Guns’ Case Before Supreme Court Has Major Implications for Industry in Flux Washington, Yesterday

    The number of untraceable homemade guns recovered at crime scenes has fallen since the enactment of rules restricting the sale of the weapons, according to law enforcement statistics.

  7. This Supreme Court Is Its Own Worst Enemy Op Ed, Yesterday

    If it loses its institutional credibility, it will be powerless when it matters most.

  8. One Big Decision Awaits the Supreme Court Op Ed, October 6

    Will the court resume or refrain from injecting itself into the country’s culture wars?

  9. Bruised Supreme Court Returns to Bench With Possible Election Cases Looming Washington, October 6

    Aside from major disputes on issues like transgender rights and guns, the docket is fairly routine. That could change fast if the presidential race is contested.

  10. Death Penalty, Nuclear Waste and More: Supreme Court Rounds Out Coming Term Washington, October 4

    Three cases all stem from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, which often finds itself to the right of the Supreme Court.

  11. Supreme Court Lets Biden Plans on Mercury and Methane Move Forward Washington, October 4

    Republican-led states and industry groups argued that the Environmental Protection Agency had moved too fast and imposed onerous regulations.

  12. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Mexico Can Sue U.S. Gun Makers Washington, October 4

    The justices will consider whether a 2005 law that gives gun makers broad immunity applies in the case, which accuses them of complicity in supplying cartels with weapons.

  13. The Supreme Court Should Stop the Glossip Execution Op Ed, October 4

    When prosecutors admit they were wrong in a death penalty case, courts should listen.

  14. 4 claves del informe de Jack Smith en el caso contra Trump sobre las elecciones de 2020 En español, October 3

    El fiscal especial aportó nuevos detalles que buscan sustentar que Donald Trump intentó mantenerse en el poder, y expuso su argumento para que el caso sobreviva a la decisión de inmunidad presidencial de la Corte Suprema.

  15. Four Takeaways From Jack Smith’s Brief in the Trump Election Case Washington, October 3

    The special counsel provided new details that help flesh out how Donald Trump sought to remain in power, while setting out his argument for the case to survive the Supreme Court’s immunity decision.

  16. How a Judge Will Weigh Immunity in Trump’s Jan. 6 Case Interactive, October 2

    How does the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling apply to former President Donald J. Trump’s election-interference case? Here’s how Judge Tanya S. Chutkan will decide.

  17. Judge Unseals New Evidence in Federal Election Case Against Trump Washington, October 2

    Judge Tanya Chutkan made public portions of a filing by prosecutors setting out their argument for why the case should go forward despite the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.

  18. Walz Tells of Women Living Under Abortion Bans, Putting Vance on the Defensive Politics, October 2

    By recounting stories of women who have suffered dire health consequences since Roe’s overturning, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota embraced a Democratic strategy as he argued for abortion rights.

  19. Justice Department to Analyze the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre National, September 30

    Federal civil rights investigators will review the events surrounding the race massacre for a public report under the department’s Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act.

  20. One Senator’s Vision for Supreme Court Accountability Op Ed, September 28

    One senator’s vision for Supreme Court accountability.

  21. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Won’t Be on New York Ballot, Supreme Court Rules Washington, September 27

    The candidate had asked the justices to intervene after a state judge found that he had used an improper home address in election paperwork.

  22. Special Counsel Proposes Making Public More Evidence From Trump Election Case Washington, September 27

    Jack Smith is seeking to disclose quotations from secret grand jury testimony and interviews, but is proposing to shield witness identities.

  23. Major Decision for Judge in Trump’s Election Case: How Much Evidence to Reveal Washington, September 26

    Prosecutors filed a sealed brief showing what they learned in the investigation. The former president’s lawyers say it amounts to a premature special counsel report that could hurt him before Election Day.

  24. An ‘Utterly Bonkers’ Miscarriage of Justice in Texas Op Ed, September 26

    Are we ever going to take civil rights laws at face value?

  25. Presidential Elections Aren’t Really That Close Editorial, September 26

    The folly of the Electoral College creates too many points where history could turn on narrow outcomes.

  26. Trump promete que las mujeres estarán felices y ‘no pensarán en abortar’ En español, September 25

    Las encuestas han demostrado que el expresidente está teniendo dificultades para obtener el apoyo entre las mujeres, para quienes el derecho al aborto sigue siendo un tema prioritario.

  27. Judge Rejects Trump’s Last-Minute Bid to Delay Assessment of Jan. 6 Case Washington, September 24

    Federal prosecutors can come ahead with a lengthy filing containing evidence backing their argument that the indictment of the former president can survive the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.

  28. Trump Tells Women That They Won’t ‘Be Thinking About Abortion’ Politics, September 24

    “You will be protected, and I will be your protector,” said former President Donald J. Trump. Polls have shown he is struggling to cultivate support among women, for whom abortion rights remain a top issue.

  29. Supreme Court’s Gun Rulings Leave Baffled Judges Asking for Help Washington, September 23

    In June, the court tried to explain its new history-based approach to the Second Amendment. But judges said the latest decision “offered little instruction or clarity.”

  30. I’m a Doctor, and I’m Worried About What Comes Next for Our Health Care System Op Ed, September 23

    The next fights over health care won’t be legislative brawls or executive actions — they will be a deluge of battles in the courts.

  31. Trump’s Victories at the Supreme Court Letters, September 20

    Readers discuss a story about the chief justice’s role. Also: Loving children who are not your own; college football madness.

  32. Supreme Court Won’t Restore Jill Stein to the Nevada Ballot Washington, September 20

    Democrats had argued that Ms. Stein, the Green Party’s presidential candidate, was ineligible because the party had failed to submit a required statement.

  33. In Jan. 6 Case Filing, Trump Lawyers Again Demand Dismissal Washington, September 20

    Testing procedure, and perhaps the judge’s patience, the former president’s team sought to short-circuit a process to consider how much of the indictment can survive the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.

  34. Alaska Man Charged With Threatening 6 Supreme Court Justices Washington, September 19

    It remained unclear whether the man, Panos Anastasiou, came close to carrying out his threats, and public records indicate that he is not affiliated with any political party.

  35. The Man Behind the End of Roe v. Wade Has Big Plans for America Op Ed, September 18

    In the world of political fund-raising, there is hard money, soft money, dark money and Leonard Leo money.

  36. First He Went After Anita Hill. Now He’s Coming for Clarence Thomas. Culture, September 16

    As a young conservative, David Brock smeared Hill, who accused the Supreme Court justice of sexual harassment. Now, in a new book, Brock is denouncing Thomas and the court’s rightward tilt — and contending with his own complicated past.

  37. How Roberts Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak Investigative, September 15

    Behind the scenes, the chief justice molded three momentous Jan. 6 and election cases that helped determine the former president’s fate.

  38. Affirmative Action Was Banned. What Happened Next Was Confusing. National, September 13

    Here is what we know about the effects of the Supreme Court’s decision curtailing race-based admissions at selective universities. And why many experts and administrators are baffled.

  39. Youth Group Asks Supreme Court to Revive a Landmark Climate Lawsuit Climate, September 12

    The case argues the government violated young people’s constitutional rights by failing to curb the use of fossil fuels. A lower court had thrown it out.

  40. Ketanji Brown Jackson Looks Forward to Reading Fiction Again Book Review, September 12

    The Supreme Court justice has been drawn to American history and books about the “challenges and triumphs” of raising a neurodiverse child. She shares that and more in a memoir, “Lovely One.”

  41. Una princesa alemana dice que alojó al juez Samuel Alito en su castillo En español, September 12

    La princesa Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, conservadora, dijo que Alito y su esposa eran sus amigos y no respondió si había hecho otros regalos al juez. La pareja se quedó en el castillo durante un festival musical en julio de 2023.

  42. Harvard’s Black Student Enrollment Dips After Affirmative Action Ends National, September 11

    Defying expectations, a Supreme Court decision curtailing race-based admissions still had a relatively small impact at some highly selective schools like Harvard, even as other schools saw big changes.

  43. Conservative German Princess Says She Hosted Justice Alito at Her Castle Washington, September 10

    Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis said Justice Alito and his wife were guests at St. Emmeram Palace for a summer music festival. She called the couple her “friends” and the justice “a hero.”

  44. Kagan Sees Threats to Everyday Rights Beyond Abortion Washington, September 9

    The justice said the Supreme Court’s reasoning in the Dobbs case called into question access to contraception as well as gay and interracial marriage.

  45. Justice Alito Reported $900 Concert Tickets From a German Princess Washington, September 9

    Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, a former 1980s party girl and art collector who is now known for her connections to far-right conservatives, told a German news organization the Alitos were “private friends.”

  46. Neil Gorsuch Has a Few Thoughts About America Today Op Ed, August 4

    The justice talks about everything from his indictment of the regulatory state to the rights of Native Americans.

  47. What to Watch for in Today’s Elections, and More Podcasts, November 7

    Plus, a gun rights case at the Supreme Court and WeWork’s bankruptcy filing.

  48. Supreme Court to Hear N.R.A.’s Free Speech Case Against New York Official Washington, November 3

    The case is the second one this term asking the justices to decide when government activity crosses the line to become coercion forbidden by the First Amendment.

  49. The June 30 Student Loans Supreme Court Biden live blog included one standalone post:
  50. What the Debt Ceiling Deal Means for Student Loan Payments Washington, May 30

    The legislation would prevent President Biden from issuing another last-minute extension on the payments beyond the end of the summer.

  51. Neil Gorsuch Has Given Himself Away Op Ed, May 23

    A justice who frequently struggles to see injustice and cruelty in the present will surely struggle to see injustice and cruelty in the past.

  52. Supreme Court Dismisses Case on Pandemic-Era Immigration Measure Washington, May 18

    The justices acted after the Biden administration announced that the health emergency used to justify the measure, Title 42, was ending.

  53. Biden Is Running on His Record (and Away From It) Washington, April 25

    President Biden has acknowledged that he has not accomplished all he wished to. But that, he maintains, is an argument for his re-election.

  54. Video Testimony in the Covid Era Faces a Constitutional Test Washington, March 20

    Two criminal defendants have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether remote testimony against them violated the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.

  55. Supreme Court Hints That It May Duck Two Big Cases Washington, March 7

    Recent orders suggest that the justices are thinking of dismissing cases involving the “independent state legislature” theory and Title 42, an immigration measure imposed during the pandemic.

  56. The February 28 Student Loans Supreme Court live blog included one standalone post:
  57. Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan U.S., February 28

    The administration faced a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress.

  58. Biden Officials Tell Supreme Court That Title 42 Case Will Soon Be Moot Washington, February 8

    The justices are set to hear arguments on March 1 on whether Republican-led states may seek to keep in place the immigration measure, which was justified by the coronavirus pandemic.

  59. Back on the Bench to Announce Opinions, Supreme Court Rules Against a Veteran Washington, January 23

    The unanimous ruling was the first one summarized by a justice since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and an indication that the court is off to a slow start this term.

  60. Biden Administration Defends Student Loan Cancellation at Supreme Court Washington, January 5

    In a brief filed with the justices, the president’s lawyers argued that his administration had acted within its authority in moving to forgive hundreds of billions in student debt.

  61. The Met’s Efforts to Increase Ticket Sales for Operas Letters, December 30

    Readers praise plans for more contemporary works. Also: Zelensky and American values; protecting the minority; remote work; the Groucho exception.

  62. Will Lifting Title 42 Cause a Border Crisis? It’s Already Here. National, December 29

    Plans to lift Title 42 have prompted dire predictions of chaos on the border. But there is already a migrant surge, because the pandemic policy was never an effective border-control tool.

  63. ‘This Is Not About the Pandemic Anymore’: Public Health Law Is Embraced as Border Band-Aid Washington, December 28

    For some lawmakers and politicians on both sides of the aisle, brandishing Title 42 is a way to flaunt an aggressive stance on the border.

  64. Migrant Expulsion Policy Must Stay in Place for Now, Supreme Court Says Washington, December 27

    The temporary stay in lifting the pandemic rule known as Title 42 is a provisional victory for 19 states, led mostly by Republicans, that had sought to keep it in place on the border.

  65. En 2022, debatimos el apocalipsis en Español, December 27

    ¿Se está acabando el mundo tal como lo conocíamos? ¿Lo sabrías, siquiera, antes de que fuera demasiado tarde?

  66. Was the World Collapsing? Or Were You Just Freaking Out? Op Ed, December 20

    In 2022, we debated the apocalypse.

  67. Chief Justice Roberts Briefly Halts Decision Banning Border Expulsions Washington, December 19

    At issue is Title 42, a public health measure invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic to block migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.

  68. Supreme Court to Hear Student Debt Forgiveness Case U.S., December 1

    The justices left in place an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s authority to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower.

  69. Sparks Fly as Musk Moves Fast to Remake Twitter Business, October 31

    The social network’s new owner wants to cut costs and make money from more aspects of tweeting. But some advertisers and celebrities remain cautious.

  70. Supreme Court to Reopen to the Public When Justices Return Washington, September 28

    The courthouse has been closed to most visitors since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and in the meantime the court has been transformed.

  71. A Campaign Tactic by Democrats: Smart? Risky? Unethical? Letters, August 14

    Readers debate the party’s strategy of supporting far-right G.O.P. candidates it thinks it can beat. Also: Covid and schools; Ukraine’s students; Kansas and abortion.

  72. Pelosi in Taiwan: Sharp Views All Around Letters, August 3

    The House speaker’s visit is reviewed, pro and con. Also: The Kansas abortion vote; OB-GYNs; coal miners; rich and poor friends; single-issue voters.

  73. Your Friday Briefing: A Major U.S. Climate Ruling Dining, June 30

    Plus Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong and Ukraine takes back Snake Island.

  74. Your Friday Evening Briefing N Y T Now, May 27

    Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

  75. Why Is the Supreme Court So Secretive? Letters, May 10

    Readers call for more openness and discuss judicial restraint and the justices’ religious beliefs. Also: Mask decisions; Twitter’s dark side; skipping school.