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March 25, 2019 at 9:22 pm

High court questions courts’ role in partisan redistricting WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded wary Tuesday of allowing federal judges to determine when electoral maps are too partisan, despite strong... Updated 2:28 pm

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, March 15, 2019. The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a company owned by an unidentified foreign government that has refused to turn over information demanded by special counsel Robert Muellerâ€™s investigation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) WX101 WX101

March 24, 2019 at 9:09 pm

A more skeptical Supreme Court to hear redistricting challenge WATCH

The issue is before the Supreme Court again, with arguments on Tuesday, and it might be harder than ever to convince the justices to rein...

March 22, 2019 at 9:42 pm

Democrats debate Mueller strategy as findings loom

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats plotted strategy Saturday as they awaited the conclusions of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with senior lawmakers demanding full transparency and...

March 22, 2019 at 5:13 pm

Democratic demands set up battle over Mueller report

WASHINGTON (AP) — Within minutes of receiving notification that special counsel Robert Mueller had turned over his report on the Russia investigation, congressional Democrats were...

FILE — Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins the rest of the Supreme Court justices in sitting for a group photo in Washington on Nov. 30, 2018. On March 20, 2019, as Curtis Flowers’s lawyer concluded her argument, Thomas asked his first questions from the bench since 2016. Thomas holds the modern record for silence on the bench. Before his questions in 2016, he had gone a decade without asking one. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT42 XNYT42

March 20, 2019 at 8:59 am

Justice Thomas talks at court arguments, 1st time in 3 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court was about to adjourn for the day when the Georgia baritone politely inquired of the lawyer at the lectern....

March 19, 2019 at 9:32 pm

Supreme Court troubled by jury selection bias in Mississippi

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deeply troubled by a Mississippi prosecutor's pattern of excluding African-American jurors, the Supreme Court seemed in broad agreement Wednesday that a black...

March 19, 2019 at 7:56 am

Trump’s 2 Supreme Court picks on opposite sides in 2 cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's two Supreme Court appointees were on opposite sides of two of three cases that the justices decided Tuesday. The...

March 18, 2019 at 9:21 pm

Supreme Court to hear case on racial bias in jury selection

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A black Mississippi man who has been tried six times for murder says his latest conviction and death sentence should be...

FILE – In this Jan. 30, 2018 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg answers a law student’s question as she participates in a “fireside chat” in the Bruce M. Selya Appellate Courtroom at the Roger William University Law School in Bristol, R.I. Now we know what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was doing as she recuperated from lung cancer surgery. She was churning out opinions for the court at a faster clip than any of her younger colleagues. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) WX106 WX106

March 4, 2019 at 9:38 am

Ginsburg’s recovery prescription: Plenty of opinions

The justice's most recent health problems, her extended absence from the courtroom for the first time in her career and her age combined to fuel...

March 4, 2019 at 6:50 am

Justices: Nebraska county owes $28M for wrongful convictions VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a rural Nebraska county's appeal of a $28 million court judgment aimed at compensating six people...