U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court upholds ruling ordering Trump administration to fulfil $2B in USAID contracts
Demonstrators hold signs on Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C., to honour former USAID employees terminated after the Trump administration initiated cuts to the agency. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump’s administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government, as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. In a 5-4 decision, the court upheld Washington-based U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s order that had called on theRead more
TikTok asks U.S. Supreme Court for emergency order to block upcoming ban
Lawyers for social media company TikTok on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block a federal law set to come into effect on Jan. 19, 2025, that would ban the popular platform in the U.S., unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance, agreed to sell it. (Richard Vogel/The Associated Press) TikTok on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-basedRead more
What the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on abortion medication is about
Nearly two years after a momentous ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that led to half of all states banning or restricting abortion access, the top court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could have significant consequences for the availability of the abortion medication mifepristone. Mifepristone, along with misoprostol, is one of two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The arguments, and the resulting opinion, will be watched closely after a 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which enabledRead more
U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump to stay on Colorado primary ballot
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday restored Donald Trump to this year’s presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for his actions leading to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The justices unanimously ruled that without action from Congress in D.C. first, states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots. The opinion was handed down in a case involving Trump’s removal from the Colorado primary ballot. It comes a day before Super Tuesday contests in ColoradoRead more