U.S. Supreme Court

Could a Supreme Court Ruling on Election Maps Affect the Midterms? Timing Matters.
A prohibition on the use of race in drawing electoral districts could allow states to redraw legislative lines before voting begins next year.
By Nick Corasaniti
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.
By Nate Cohn
Voting Rights Act’s Impact Has Reached Far Outside the South
While the 1965 law was adopted in response to discriminatory practices in southern states, it has affected states and localities nationwide.
By Nick Corasaniti
Supreme Court Appears to Back Flexibility for Police for Warrantless Entry in Emergency
Montana is defending the actions of law enforcement officers who did not have a warrant when they responded to a possibly suicidal Army veteran.
By Ann E. Marimow
Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Key Provision of Voting Rights Act
In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the justices grappled with whether there should be a time limit on using race as a factor in carving up voting districts.
By Abbie VanSickle
In Patz Case, Manhattan Prosecutors Ask for Months to Decide on Retrial
The district attorney is searching for witnesses and plans to ask the Supreme Court to consider the Etan Patz case. A defense lawyer for the man accused in the killing says they’re dawdling.
By Colin Moynihan
Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families
Mr. Jones was ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to families who lost children in the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Conn.
By Ann E. Marimow
Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?
The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.
By Abbie VanSickle
Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials
As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president’s power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent.
By Adam Liptak
Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?
There is little information in court filings about the dozen plaintiffs who challenged the state’s voting map as an illegal racial gerrymander.
By Abbie VanSickle