Alex Murdaugh Murder Convictions Overturned by State Supreme Court
Alex Murdaugh is going back to court.
Three years after the former lawyer was convicted of the double murders of his wife Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh ...
Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions overturned by South Carolina supreme court
Justices said decision was due to ‘improper external influences on the jury’ by a court clerk during the trialSign up for the Breaking News US newslet...
Alabama will split U.S. House primaries, after the Supreme Court's voting ruling
Alabama will hold a special primary election for four of its seven congressional districts, after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama t...
Abortion pill by mail allowed for at least 3 more days, the Supreme Court says
Full access to the abortion pill mifepristone, including through telemedicine and the mail, will continue for at least three more days, the high court...
Virginia Democrats ask US supreme court to revive voter-approved electoral map
New voting maps flipped four Republican-held seats to give Democrats an edge in redistricting race sparked by TrumpVirginia Democrats asked the US sup...
‘We’re going backwards’: Five civil rights activists slam the supreme court’s gutting of Voting Rights Act
Organizers, including Selma foot soliders, say ruling is latest chapter in long battle over Black disenfranchisement in USThe supreme court’s recent d...
Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia
The Supreme Court weakened minority voting rights and prompted Republicans in four states to move to redistrict as part of Trump's push. A court nulli...
US supreme court justices not ‘political’, John Roberts says amid backlash
The chief justice defends court’s impartiality after decisions on abortion, presidential immunity and voting rightsUS chief justice John Roberts has i...
Carney appoints former supreme court justice as Canada’s governor general
Louise Arbor will serve as Canada’s representative of King Charles and carry out ceremonial and constitutional dutiesCanada’s prime minister Mark Carn...
US supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms
Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the decision, saying the court has hastened it ruling only twice before in 25 yearsThe US supreme court went out of its ...
US supreme court temporarily restores access to mifepristone abortion pill
Order signed by justice Samuel Alito allows people seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or by mail for nowThe US supreme court on Monday...
The logic of the racist Supreme Court isn’t adding up
Close watchers of the Supreme Court knew that the conservative supermajority was about to murder what was left of the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday's d...
The Onion's bid to take over Infowars moves to the Texas Supreme Court
The state's highest court will now consider a deal that would allow the Onion to license the Infowars brand name and turn the show into a mockery of i...
Supreme Leader Says Iran Is Planning for Ongoing Control of Strait
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that Iran would establish “new legal frameworks” for the Strait of Hormuz. He also said his country wou...
Louisiana claims supreme court voting rights decision means it cannot carry out primaries with current electoral maps – live
State’s governor and attorney general move to postpone midterm 2026 primaries just a day after supreme court ruling guts Voting Rights ActHere’s more ...
Iran supreme leader issues defiant statement on strait of Hormuz
Mojtaba Khamenei says Tehran will eliminate ‘enemy’s abuses of the waterway’ and guard its nuclear and missile programmesUS politics live – latest upd...
US supreme court ‘demolishes’ Voting Rights Act | First Thing
Ruling has gutted provision intended to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Plus, oil tops $126 a barrel to reach highest level since 2022Good mo...
Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress
By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever dr...
Supreme Court appears to lean toward ending TPS for some migrants
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to the Trump administration's move to end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians in the count...
With supreme court ruling, Republicans able to marginalize Black political power
Decision gives mapmakers in Republican states power to crack districts into pieces and dilute votes into oblivionThe Voting Rights Act was a political...
Black lawmakers decry supreme court’s ruling in voting case: ‘We’re going backwards’
Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures are at risk of losing their seats in Alabama’s Black congressional districts after rulingThe lawmakers who represent ...
US supreme court sides with anti-abortion centers in New Jersey case
Justices in unanimous decision revive federal suit brought by anti-abortion ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ in the stateSign up for the Breaking News US em...
Supreme Court calls Louisiana's House map an 'unconstitutional racial gerrymander'
Although the court kept Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact, Wednesday's decision all but guts the landmark law that came out of the Civil Right...
