The unsigned decisions, without noted dissents, indicated that the court continued to support the widely criticized doctrine of qualified immunity.
Author: Adam Liptak
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law
Saying the law is “plainly unconstitutional,” the department also asked the court to add the case to its docket in its current term.
Supreme Court Typo From 1928 Has Been Cited in 14 Decisions
A sweeping statement in a 1928 opinion about property rights was revised soon after it was issued. But the error lived on.
Biden Panel Wary of Expanding Supreme Court, but Open to Term Limits
Preliminary draft materials suggested that adding justices might be seen as a ‘partisan maneuver,’ but said that an 18-year tenure merits ‘serious consideration.’
Supreme Court Weighs Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence
The Biden administration has pursued the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in spite of its own moratorium on capital punishment.
Supreme Court Focuses on Procedure in Kentucky Abortion Case
After the state’s political landscape shifted in 2019, the Democratic governor and the Republican attorney general disagreed on defending the law.
A Surprising Proposal at the Supreme Court in Torture Case
Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, three justices said it was time to hear from the first detainee subjected to brutal interrogation by the C.I.A.
A Surprising Proposal at the Supreme Court in Torture Case
Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, three justices said it was time to hear from the first detainee subjected to brutal interrogation by the C.I.A.
Supreme Court Returns, With One Justice Missing and Only One Masked
As a term packed with major cases begins, much has changed since the last in-person arguments took place in March 2020.
Supreme Court Asked to Weigh Foreign Laws in Abortion Case
When the Supreme Court hears arguments this fall in a big abortion case from Mississippi, it will consider dueling accounts of international practices.