Samuel Alito

Justice CLARENCE THOMAS, 78, is the oldest and longest-serving member of the current court, with nearly 35 years on the highest bench

That window probably would be the last chance for President Donald Trump to get a conservative successor to the 76-year-old justice confirmed by the Senate if Democrats take the upper chamber

The Supreme Court launched its new term Monday with a blockbuster oral argument over whether federal or state laws and courts should handle civil lawsuits against energy companies for alleged climate change harms

His comments come as the court faces renewed scrutiny over ethics, judicial independence and several high-profile rulings involving President Donald Trump's administration

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Sunday expressed concerns about the future of the nation’s highest court amid growing calls to reform the storied institution

In an interview with CBS News, the President George W. Bush-appointed justice, known for his conservative viewpoint, also spoke about his concerns over criticism from the two most recent United States Presidents, Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Ordinary MAGA citizens tracked down by TV cameras in grocery stores and gas stations

With Republicans currently holding a 53-47 majority, a Democratic victory in the November 3 midterm elections could dismantle Trump's capacity to advance judicial appointments once the newly elected Congress takes office next year

During his first term in office, the president appointed three conservative justices to the High Court—Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett

His social media missive was just the latest in a long history of Trump assailing justices, particularly those he had nominated, who ruled against him on his administration's most prominent initiatives

In a late-night social media post, President Donald Trump celebrated Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's decision to remain on the bench for another term

Well understood is that it’s a fight that may outlast some of those in the room, a decades-long battle akin to the effort to end a constitutional right to an abortion or overturn the doctrine of Chevron deference, which held that courts should defer to an agency’s stance when interpreting an ambiguous statute

Trump takes aim at ‘birth tourism’, setting up court battle

Alito, an appointee of former President George W. Bush who joined the court in 2006, is a consistently reliable vote for Trump and conservative causes

Many Supreme Court commentators were surprised by the close 5-4 divide on the constitutional issue of birthright citizenship

This term, Justice Alito delivered major wins for conservatives on voting rights, immigration and guns

The Supreme Court term that ended Tuesday left almost everybody at least a little unhappy

Mike Johnson learns SCOTUS denied Trump efforts to end birthright citizenship

SC boosts presidential control, weakens voting protections, backs immigration clampdown

This comes after Trump had signed an executive order on the first day of his presidency decreeing those born to parents in the US illegally or on temporary visas could not automatically become Americans

On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court made it to the national headlines for upholding birthright citizenship and quashing a Trump executive order that challenged the same

The paperwork does not identify the performer, but Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny is known to have performed a series of shows on the island that month and the $4,333 gift she disclosed was provided by Rimas Entertainment, Bad Bunny's record label

The decision could reshape more than 150 years of legal precedent and determine whether children born on U.S. soil automatically become American citizens

Trump rants about communists after canceling affordable housing bill signing

Justice Samuel Alito strongly rebuked his colleagues on Monday, penning a blistering dissent that labeled the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to restrict digital police dragnets an “irresponsible escapade” that leaves law enforcement in the dark

In addition to its awful human toll, the decision allowing the T.P.S. terminations to go into effect highlights one of the more troubling mysteries of this era

The 6-3 ruling reversed decisions by federal judges that had halted the administration from closing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 350,000 people from Haiti and 6,100 from Syria

One highly unusual exchange for the restrained and traditional atmosphere came Thursday, as the members of the nation’s highest court took the bench as usual to read a short summary of their decisions

Major decisions impacting asylum seekers and humanitarian protections for Haitians and Syrians could have far-reaching consequences for immigrants and their families

Before the ruling, just five states — Hawaii, California, Maryland, New York and New Jersey — required express permission before someone could come on to private property with a gun

The Supreme Court cleared the way for an excessive force lawsuit to proceed against former LAPD Officer Toni McBride

Gorsuch echoed a point he made at oral arguments in the case in March: Many of the nation’s founders drank regularly, so there’s no sign that the 18th century laws were targeting modest drinking, even on a daily basis

The United States’ newest execution method, nitrogen gas, appears headed toward a legal showdown amid a widening controversy over whether it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment

The report raises fresh questions about ethics and conflicts of interest at the Supreme Court as the justices continue to hear high-stakes cases involving Trump and his administration

Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion joined by fellow Justice Samuel Alito as the Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a Florida lawsuit against California over allegedly issuing commercial truck driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants

Massie lost to congressional candidate Ed Gallrein in Kentucky’s Republican primary last week after months of escalating attacks from Trump, who publicly criticized the Kentucky Republican over repeated breaks with the president and opposition to parts of the GOP agenda

Jackson made the comments during an interview hosted by the American Law Institute in Washington, D.C., on Monday night

The companies asked the justices to find that federal law prevents subnational governments from filing lawsuits against oil and gas companies for the climate-warming effects of their products

The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone, rejecting lower-court limits even as a legal challenge continues, with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito sharply dissenting

Holly Corbett covers bias, workplace culture, and social movements

Chief Justice John Roberts addressed public perception of the Supreme Court during a recent conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania

An explosive exchange between three conservative justices and liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson late Monday underscored a tension that has developed in voting cases as the court runs headlong into an election-heavy docket that will have far-reaching implications for the midterms

The Supreme Court on Monday immediately put into effect its ruling invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map, leaving conservative Justice Samuel Alito and liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on opposite sides and accusing each other of lacking restraint

The Supreme Court’s emergency relief will expire May 11, setting up yet another high-profile legal battle for abortion rights at the nation’s highest court

As the Supreme Court was barreling toward the final weeks of its term last year, Chief Justice John Roberts made a rare public appearance to defend his colleagues from criticism that they were all too eager to kick decades-old precedent to the curb

This week's Supreme Court ruling weakening the Voting Rights Act has nullified some of the Democratic resistance that kept many states from pursuing extreme gerrymanders this election cycle

Judge Dale E Ho in Manhattan extended the status temporarily while a lawsuit seeking to preserve the protections plays out

Padilla has more bona fides than most of his Democratic colleagues when it comes to election law — he served six years as California’s secretary of state and is now the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Rules committee which oversees federal elections

Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, pushed back Wednesday during an interview with MeidasTouch's Pablo Manríquez after being asked about Black Republicans in Congress following the Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, a major Voting Rights Act case involving race and congressional redistricting

Ex-AG Eric Holder reacts to SCOTUS ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act: Republicans 'want to hold onto power at all costs'

The Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act; Pete Hegseth defends the Trump administration's handling of the war with Iran