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Supreme Court to weigh GOP-backed social media 'censorship' laws

Texas and Florida both enacted laws that would place new restrictions on the ability of social media companies to decide what user content they wish to publish.
The new Twitter logo rebranded as X and the old Twitter bird logo reflected in smartphone screens.
The new Twitter logo rebranded as X and the old Twitter bird logo reflected in smartphone screens.

Supreme Court rejects Alabama's bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district

The court’s decision is in line with its June ruling in the same case that reaffirmed key protections for minority voters.
Sadie Janes shows off her voting sticker after casting her ballot during the Democratic presidential primary in Montgomery, Ala., on March 3, 2020.
Sadie Janes shows off her voting sticker after casting her ballot during the Democratic presidential primary in Montgomery, Ala., on March 3, 2020.
9d ago

6,000 drug traffickers' sentences hinge on Supreme Court's interpretation of 'and'

The justices will examine a provision meant to spare low-level, nonviolent drug dealers who agree to plead guilty from having to face often longer mandatory sentences.
It's hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than “and.” But how to interpret the simple conjunction has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on the first day of its new term next week. What the justices decide could affect thousands of prison sentences each year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
It's hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than “and.” But how to interpret the simple conjunction has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on the first day of its new term next week. What the justices decide could affect thousands of prison sentences each year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court extends pause on order curbing Biden officials' social media contacts

Administration officials were accused in a lawsuit of unlawfully helping suppress conservative-leaning constitutionally protected speech on major social media platforms.
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. The case that will be heard today, Twitter v. Taamneh, stems from a 2017 terrorist shooting in an Istanbul nightclub and centers on whether Twitter and other social media companies violated the Anti-Terrorism Act by hosting and making money from Islamic State videos.
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. The case that will be heard today, Twitter v. Taamneh, stems from a 2017 terrorist shooting in an Istanbul nightclub and centers on whether Twitter and other social media companies violated the Anti-Terrorism Act by hosting and making money from Islamic State videos.

Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court ethics code would be 'a good thing'

The liberal justice weighed in on the debate over whether the Supreme Court should adopt a code of ethics similar to the one lower court judges are required to follow.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in 2022.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in 2022.

Appeals court takes up trans health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court

Attorneys representing the transgender people denied coverage in West Virginia and North Carolina argued the exclusion is a violation of the 14th Amendment.
Connor Thonen-Fleck addresses reporters while his parents stand by his side on March 11, 2019, in Durham, N.C., at the announcement of a lawsuit against North Carolina officials over how the state health plan is run.
Connor Thonen-Fleck addresses reporters while his parents stand by his side on March 11, 2019, in Durham, N.C., at the announcement of a lawsuit against North Carolina officials over how the state health plan is run.
19d ago

Justice Jackson urges Americans to confront 'uncomfortable lessons' about race

“I know that atrocities like the one we are memorializing today are difficult to remember and relive,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday in Birmingham, Alabama. “But I also know that it is dangerous to forget them.” 
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing at the Capitol
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing at the Capitol

Supreme Court freezes ruling that would curb government contact with social media companies

Lower courts have ruled that some government agencies and officials should be restricted from communicating and meeting with social media companies to moderate content.
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court

DOJ asks Supreme Court to end abortion pill legal challenge that threatens widespread access

The appeal by the Biden administration could lead to a final decision in the contentious legal fight over the FDA's approval of mifepristone.
Abortion Pill
Abortion Pill

Samuel Alito refuses to step aside from case involving lawyer who interviewed him on ethics for WSJ

In the interviews, the conservative justice pushed back on claims of ethics violations and questioned whether Congress could legislate on the issue.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2021.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2021.

Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh predicts ‘concrete steps soon’ to address ethics concerns

Brett Kavanaugh said all nine justices recognize that public confidence in the high court is important, particularly now.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the Capitol on Feb. 5, 2019.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the Capitol on Feb. 5, 2019.