In a major homelessness ruling, the Supreme Court holds that cities and municipalities can punish people for sleeping outside, even when they have nowhere else to go.
The Supreme Court decision allows abortions under certain conditions to be carried out in Idaho, for now.
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The Supreme Court conceded that it should not have taken up the case to begin with.
Grace Bisch, whose stepson died as a result of an overdose, protests outside the Supreme Court in December 2023.
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Critics are decrying the long time the Supreme Court has taken to rule in a crucial Trump case, charging that it’s politically motivated to help Trump. A scholar of the court says they’re wrong.
Activists on both sides of the abortion battle are gearing up for it to be a major issue in the 2024 election.
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Secret recordings raise questions about Justice Alito’s impartiality, but they also reveal the weak state of legal protections against the misuse of the microphones and cameras everyone carries.
The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor saw civic education as foundational to democracy.
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Mitch McConnell, who has announced he will step down from his role as Senate GOP leader, was an uncharismatic Kentucky lawyer who came to rule the Senate and remake the US Supreme Court.
Viewed over decades, the Supreme Court’s record on religion-related cases is more complicated than recent headlines suggest.
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Three legal experts weigh in on what the Supreme Court’s ban on race in college admissions means for students, colleges and universities, and the nation’s future.
The legal battle over mifepristone could have far-reaching effects on reproductive health care.
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Using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
The case stems from USPS’ deal with Amazon to deliver on Sundays.
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Employers navigating employees’ requests for religious accommodations face some confusing guidance. A new Supreme Court case could clarify – and shift the norm.
People walk by the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City.
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303 Creative v. Elenis gives SCOTUS another chance to set precedent about what happens when First Amendment freedoms come at a cost to civil rights.
Abortion-rights protesters shout slogans after tying green flags to the fence of the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 9, 2022.
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Historians of American religious history explain why the Supreme Court’s recent religious liberty rulings are an example of America’s long struggle to define religious freedom.
Islamic ethics allow for many views on abortion, depending on what kind of scriptural sources are considered and by whom.
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Islamic views on abortion are based on diverse interpretations of what’s right and wrong when it comes to the body.
A 1973 photo shows an estimated 5,000 people, women and men, marching around the Minnesota Capitol building protesting the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision.
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A historian explains why the pre-Roe anti-abortion movement was filled with liberal Democrats who opposed the Vietnam War and supported the expansion of the welfare state.