Supreme Court

Supreme Court justices are mulling what the impact would be if they ruled that federal civil rights law protects LGBT people from job discrimination. The court is hearing arguments Tuesday in two closely watched LGBT cases. In the first case, Chief Justice John Roberts wondered, if the court finds...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says police are investigating two suspicious packages that were found near the court just before the justices were to hear arguments over LGBT rights. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg says the packages were found Tuesday near an intersection between the court, the...

The Supreme Court is adding an abortion case to its busy election-year docket. The justices have agreed to take up a Louisiana law that could leave the state with just one clinic. The justices won’t hear arguments until the winter. A decision is likely to come by the end of June. The high court...

Washington — In an impassioned court filing , top executives at Apple, including CEO Tim Cook, urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to prevent the Trump administration from terminating an Obama-era program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants, known as "Dreamers...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to join an effort to seek reversal of a court decision that restricts efforts to bar homeless people from sleeping on sidewalks in Western states. The board's 3-2 vote Tuesday coincided with the start of a California...

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday that the owners of an art studio are not required to make wedding invitations for LGBTQ couples. The legal battle began in 2016 when Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski, owners of Brush & Nib Studio, sued Phoenix — arguing that the nondiscrimination ordinance...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The justices' order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ruling that had blocked the new...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't revive Alabama's ban on the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. The measure has been blocked by lower courts. The justices on Friday rejected the state's appeal in which it sought to enforce a law enacted in 2016 that bans the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether President Donald Trump can end an Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation. The justices' order Friday sets up high-stakes legal arguments in the fall, with a decision likely by June 2020 as Trump seeks re-election. Trump...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday put a hold on the Trump administration's effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, leaving it unclear whether the question will ultimately appear on the form that's supposed to start printing next week. The Census Bureau's own experts...