Supreme Court

Construction on the U.S. border wall near Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas has been paused by federal court order following a lawsuit filed by the county that owns a nearby canal. According to the source, construction contractors entered the county's property without permission...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's request to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal filings, with voting already underway, according to the Associated Press.

In a background explainer on US policy toward the International Criminal Court, TRT World reports that President Trump issued an Executive Order in February 2025 imposing sanctions on ICC officials involved in investigating potential war crimes by US or Israeli nationals. The move expanded a...

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...