Supreme Court

ProPublica reports that the Supreme Court decided more cases through expedited 'shadow docket' proceedings with minimal public explanation than through open courtroom proceedings during the Trump administration's tenure. According to the source, these secretive emergency rulings have allowed the administration to circumvent lower courts on...

In a retrospective marking 25 years since the September 11 attacks, ABC News In-depth examines how a US court ruling established that the American Constitution does not apply at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base — a legal precedent that originated not from the War on Terror...

According to ProPublica's investigation, the Supreme Court decided more cases through fast-tracked, secretive "shadow docket" proceedings than through open court for likely the first time in modern history. The source reports that the Trump administration used these emergency procedures to bypass lower courts on deportations,...

The Supreme Court rejected Missouri's attempt to implement a new congressional district map drawn by Republicans that would have eliminated the seat of a Democratic incumbent. NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports the decision came as a last-ditch Republican effort to use the redrawn map before...

Vox's Zack Beauchamp discusses ongoing legal and operational challenges to mail-in voting, including Supreme Court cases and changes at the U.S. Postal Service, while recommending voters continue using mail ballots. The analysis argues that despite these obstacles, mail-in voting remains a functional option, though the...

Jamaica has petitioned King Charles III to refer three legal questions about the Transatlantic slave trade to a London court, asking whether the enslavement of Africans was unlawful under English law at the time, whether it constitutes crimes against humanity under international law, and whether...

Corie Walsh, an Illinois mother of four, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder after her 2-year-old son Barrett was found dead in the basement of their suburban Chicago home on September 1, 2026. Prosecutors say Walsh was texting about the Lindsay Clancy murder...

PBS NewsHour reported on September 4, 2026 that the U.S. job market continues to show strength despite global economic headwinds, though wage growth has not kept pace with inflation. A mistrial was declared in the Lindsay Clancy case after jurors could not reach a verdict....

Former prosecutor Randolph Rice joined NewsNation's Hena Doba to discuss potential charges against JP Miller in connection with Mica Miller's death, as Miller is scheduled to return to court next month. The segment also covered a mistrial declared in the Lindsay Clancy case after nearly...

Dawn Light was arraigned in Plymouth, Massachusetts on September 2, 2026, on charges of intimidating jurors. According to an Associated Press reporter at the courthouse, Light denied accusations that she filmed jurors and subsequently deleted the footage.