The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases that involve a point of federal law, and original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party". The Court holds the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the U.S. Constitution. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law. However, it may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction. The Court may decide cases having political overtones, but it has ruled that it does not have power to decide non-justiciable political questions.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Wednesday in a major legal battle over taxpayer funds going to religious schools, with Chief Justice John Roberts emerging as the potential pivotal vote in a.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place the manslaughter conviction of a Massachusetts woman for goading her boyfriend into committing suicide. Freddie Joyner has more.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trump's appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records, including tax returns, being handed over to Democratic-led..
Jonathan Turley, a professor of public interest law at the George Washington University Law School, chosen by Republicans as a witness, on Wednesday during the House Judiciary Committee's Trump..
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday handed President Donald Trump another defeat in his bid to keep his financial records secret, directing Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp to comply with..
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared divided over a Montana tax credit program that could benefit private religious schools in a case that could open the door to more public funding for.. Reuters - Published
"Those addressing the Senate should remember where they are," Roberts told the panels. He told them to "use language conducive to civil discourse."
USATODAY.com - Published
U.S. Supreme Court justices are poised to tackle a major religious rights case on Wednesday over whether states can bar public funding of religious institutions in a dispute over a Montana tax credit.. Reuters - Published
Wyoming and Montana, two coal-producing western states, on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Washington state's decision to block on environmental grounds a coal export terminal.. Reuters - Published
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a batch of pleas seeking to examine the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). Some of the petitions filed later have also.. IndiaTimes - Published
A federal appeals court ruled last month that the government cannot force most consumers to buy health insurance because a tax penalty was eliminated.
USATODAY.com - Published
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let residents of Flint, Michigan pursue a civil rights lawsuit against the city and government officials that accused them of knowingly allowing the city's water.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and 20 Democratic-led states to fast-track consideration of their appeal seeking a definitive.. Reuters - Published
Kendra Espinoza gets her latest day in court Wednesday as she fights the decision to discontinue a program that helped fund tuition scholarships.
USATODAY.com - Published
Despite wondering every autumn whether she can afford it, Kendra Espinoza has worked hard to keep her two daughters in a small private Christian school in Kalispell, Montana, costing about $15,000.. Reuters - Published
The Supreme Court's naive view of our electoral process has allowed money to dictate national policy on everything from climate to guns to drug costs.
USATODAY.com - Published
"I met her many times over the years in Supreme Court, not even once has she asked for my well being and today she is speaking for the convicts. Such people earn their livelihoods by supporting.. IndiaTimes - Published
The court's willingness to hear a dispute it has heard twice before bodes well for groups opposed to providing insurance coverage for contraceptives.
USATODAY.com - Published
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday took up an appeal by President Donald Trump's administration seeking to enforce new federal rules allowing employers to obtain religious exemptions from an Obamacare.. Reuters - Published
As the 2020 race heats up, the Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a dispute involving the complex U.S. presidential election system focusing on whether Electoral College electors are free to break.. Reuters - Published
Must the 538 members of the Electoral College vote for their states' winning candidates, or can they exercise independent judgment?
USATODAY.com - Published
The European Commission decided on Tuesday to ask the EU's top court to suspend the functioning of the disciplinary chamber of Poland's Supreme Court. Reuters - Published
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared skeptical about the criminal prosecution of two associates of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who are appealing their convictions in the.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a lower court ruling that allowed a lawsuit to proceed against managers of a retirement fund for IBM Corp employees centering on allegations that officials.. Reuters - Published
Chief Justice John Roberts’s role at an impeachment trial may be mostly ceremonial, but signs of partisanship could damage the Supreme Court. NYTimes.com - Published
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Sudan's bid to avoid paying $3.8 billion in damages to family members of people killed or injured in al Qaeda's 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in.. Reuters - Published
The justices won't hear a young Massachusetts woman's appeal of her manslaughter conviction for urging a male friend to complete his suicide attempt.
USATODAY.com - Published
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place the manslaughter conviction of a Massachusetts woman for goading her boyfriend into committing suicide in 2014 with numerous text messages and phone calls.. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that revived a $1.68 billion lawsuit against Iran's central bank by families of troops killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine.. Reuters - Published
The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to "Free the Nipple," refusing to hear an appeal by three women fined by a city in New Hampshire for exposing their breasts in public who argued that banning.. Reuters - Published
In an interview with the editorial board of The New York Times, the senator touched on a broad range of subjects, including China, gun control and wishing people happy birthday. NYTimes.com - Published
Guinea-Bissau's Supreme Court on Sunday rejected a challenge against Umaro Cissoko Embalo's victory in last month's election run-off by the defeated candidate, who complained of fraud. Reuters - Published
Redefining the valuation of trees, often felled to make way for road, rail and other projects, the Supreme Court on Thursday said the time had come to calculate environmental cost of trees by taking.. IndiaTimes - Published
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling On the morning of May 26, 2017, Vice President Mike Pence enjoined the graduating class at the US Naval Academy to “follow the chain of command without.. WorldNews - Published
"It has become an enormous challenge trying to comply with the different state requirements," a small-business owner in Arizona said.
USATODAY.com - Published
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives and 20 Democratic-led states asked the Supreme Court on Friday to declare that the landmark Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S... Reuters - Published
The losing candidate in Guinea-Bissau's presidential election filed a Supreme Court challenge on Friday to former prime minister and ex-army general Umaro Cissoko Embalo's victory in a run-off, a court.. Reuters - Published
![India citizenship law: Supreme Court prepares to hear appeals [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200121/2001211803-India-citizenship-law-Supreme-Court-prepares-to-hear.jpg)
![U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal in teen texting suicide case [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20200113/2001131945-Supreme-Court-rejects-appeal-in-teen.jpg)
![Supreme Court takes up Trump bid to shield financial records [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20191214/1912132325-Supreme-Court-takes-up-Trump-bid-to-shield.jpg)
!['Narrow, fast impeachments have failed': law expert [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20191204/1912041901-Narrow-fast-impeachments-have-failed-law-expert.jpg)
![Court rules Deutsche Bank must hand over Trump's financial records [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20191203/1912031955-Court-rules-Deutsche-Bank-must-hand-over-Trump.jpg)
Send us your feedback | LIKE us on Facebook FOLLOW us on Twitter • FOLLOW us on Pinterest