Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more to 'adhere to the highest standards'

Chief Justice John Roberts' comments come as an acknowledgment that recent reporting about the justices' ethical missteps is having an effect on public perception of the court.

Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch: COVID emergency orders are among `greatest intrusions on civil liberties'

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says emergency measures taken during the COVID-19 crisis that killed more than 1 million Americans were perhaps “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country.”

Report: GOP billionaire paid tuition for child raised by Justice Clarence Thomas

The revelation of tuition payments made by Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow is the latest example of Crow's generosity to Thomas and his family that has raised questions about Thomas' ethics and disclosure requirements more generally.

Supreme Court Justice Roberts declines Senate request to testify on court ethics

Chief Justice John Roberts has declined a request from the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify at a hearing next week on ethical standards at the court, instead providing the panel with a statement of ethics reaffirmed by the court’s nine justices.

Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone for now

The Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.

Supreme Court moves to temporarily extend access to abortion pill

The justices are still considering whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect while a legal challenge to the medication’s FDA approval continues. In an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday, the court indicated it will act by Friday night.

Supreme Court hears Christian mail carrier's religious tolerance case

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide under what circumstances businesses must accommodate the needs of religious employees.

Justice Thomas failed to report real estate deal with Texas mega donor

Conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his family, in a transaction worth more than $100,000 that Thomas never reported, according

Supreme Court seems to favor Jersey in dispute with New York over port watchdog

The Supreme Court seems ready to allow New Jersey to withdraw from a commission the state created decades ago with New York to combat mob influence at the joint port.

Supreme Court weighs President Biden’s student debt relief plan worth billions

The Supreme Court is taking up a partisan legal fight over President Joe Biden's plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans.

Student loan forgiveness plan to go before Supreme Court: The arguments explained

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over Biden’s student debt relief plan, which impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced.

Supreme Court seems to favor social media companies in terror case

During arguments, several justices underscored that there was no evidence linking Twitter, Facebook and Google directly to the 2017 attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul.

What is Section 230, the rule that made the modern internet?

A case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Gonzalez v. Google, challenges Section 230 — namely whether tech companies are liable for the material posted on their platforms.

Supreme Court's Section 230 case could fundamentally change the internet

The Supreme Court will hear a case next week that could fundamentally change the internet. It could force sites like YouTube and apps like Instagram to defend themselves in court much more than they do now.

Supreme Court says it's been unable to find abortion opinion leaker

The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues.