Washington (CNN) broke a year-long silence on the bench during the Supreme Court's on Monday, posing under the court's new format.Thomas has long been the silent justice, letting years go by between any query to a lawyer at the Supreme Court lectern while his eight colleagues engaged in rapid-fire questions.But during when the nine justices were not in their usual grand courtroom and no one could see any of them, Thomas asked as many questions as the other justices -- perhaps because the format was the exact opposite of the usual speedy questions and interruptions.Monday's historic session...…Washington (CNN) broke a year-long silence on the bench during the Supreme Court's on Monday, posing under the court's new format.Thomas has long been the silent justice, letting years go by between any query to a lawyer at the Supreme Court lectern while his eight colleagues engaged in rapid-fire questions.But during when the nine justices were not in their usual grand courtroom and no one could see any of them, Thomas asked as many questions as the other justices -- perhaps because the format was the exact opposite of the usual speedy questions and interruptions.Monday's historic session...WW…

By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — President Donald Trump on Tuesday that would exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted in congressional districts when district lines are redrawn next year.The memorandum marks the Trump administration’s latest effort to change the way US populations are counted and advance the President’s immigration agenda. And like previous efforts, the issue will end up in court.“I have accordingly determined that respect for the law and protection of the integrity of the democratic process warrant the exclusion of illegal aliens from the...…By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — President Donald Trump on Tuesday that would exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted in congressional districts when district lines are redrawn next year.The memorandum marks the Trump administration’s latest effort to change the way US populations are counted and advance the President’s immigration agenda. And like previous efforts, the issue will end up in court.“I have accordingly determined that respect for the law and protection of the integrity of the democratic process warrant the exclusion of illegal aliens from the...WW…

Washington (CNN)The announced Monday it will in a case concerning a New York law that restricts an individual from carrying a concealed handgun in public.It has been more than a decade since the justices have ruled on a significant case concerning the right to bear arms, and the court's decision to take the case comes in the wake of several mass shootings in the US and the Biden administration's push for enhanced gun regulations. The court's move also highlights on the newly solidified conservative court. Justice Clarence Thomas and others had been urging the justices to take up the issue,...…Washington (CNN)The announced Monday it will in a case concerning a New York law that restricts an individual from carrying a concealed handgun in public.It has been more than a decade since the justices have ruled on a significant case concerning the right to bear arms, and the court's decision to take the case comes in the wake of several mass shootings in the US and the Biden administration's push for enhanced gun regulations. The court's move also highlights on the newly solidified conservative court. Justice Clarence Thomas and others had been urging the justices to take up the issue,...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Five months after the presidential election, the Supreme Court said on Monday that it won’t take up a case from several Republicans in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.The unsigned ruling sends yet another message that the court’s majority has no interest in relitigating the last election.Before Monday, the justices had already declined several requests to dive into one of the most litigious elections in history, denying petitions from then-President Donald Trump and other Republicans seeking to overturn election result in multiple...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Five months after the presidential election, the Supreme Court said on Monday that it won’t take up a case from several Republicans in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.The unsigned ruling sends yet another message that the court’s majority has no interest in relitigating the last election.Before Monday, the justices had already declined several requests to dive into one of the most litigious elections in history, denying petitions from then-President Donald Trump and other Republicans seeking to overturn election result in multiple...WW…

By , CNN Supreme Court Reporter, CNN Supreme Court ReporterLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Justice Clarence Thomas that Congress should consider whether laws should be updated to better regulate social media platforms that, he said, have come to have “unbridled control” over “unprecedented” amounts of speech.The provocative and controversial opinion comes as Twitter banned former President Donald Trump from its platform for violating its rules on incitement of violence and some conservatives have called on more regulations in the tech world to combat what they view as political bias on...…By , CNN Supreme Court Reporter, CNN Supreme Court ReporterLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Justice Clarence Thomas that Congress should consider whether laws should be updated to better regulate social media platforms that, he said, have come to have “unbridled control” over “unprecedented” amounts of speech.The provocative and controversial opinion comes as Twitter banned former President Donald Trump from its platform for violating its rules on incitement of violence and some conservatives have called on more regulations in the tech world to combat what they view as political bias on...WW…

Washington (CNN)Theon Monday to decide next term whether Kentucky's Republican attorney general can defend a controversial abortion-related law that had been struck down by a lower court, keeping the legal fight going.Attorney General Daniel Cameron sought to defend the law after the state's Democratic administration declined to continue doing so. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals had barred Cameron from filing the appeal.The Kentucky law restricted an abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation, which abortion rights advocates say is a routine second trimester abortion method....…Washington (CNN)Theon Monday to decide next term whether Kentucky's Republican attorney general can defend a controversial abortion-related law that had been struck down by a lower court, keeping the legal fight going.Attorney General Daniel Cameron sought to defend the law after the state's Democratic administration declined to continue doing so. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals had barred Cameron from filing the appeal.The Kentucky law restricted an abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation, which abortion rights advocates say is a routine second trimester abortion method....WW…

Washington (CNN)The on Thursday revived a case of a woman in New Mexico who argued she should be able to bring a claim of excessive force against police officers who shot her, even if she was not immediately apprehended at the scene.In a written by Chief Justice John Roberts, wiped away a lower court opinion that went against the woman, Roxanne Torres, and asked the lower court to take another look at whether her claim can go forward under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment that bars unreasonable search and seizure.Roberts wrote that the "application of physical force with the intent to...…Washington (CNN)The on Thursday revived a case of a woman in New Mexico who argued she should be able to bring a claim of excessive force against police officers who shot her, even if she was not immediately apprehended at the scene.In a written by Chief Justice John Roberts, wiped away a lower court opinion that went against the woman, Roxanne Torres, and asked the lower court to take another look at whether her claim can go forward under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment that bars unreasonable search and seizure.Roberts wrote that the "application of physical force with the intent to...WW…

Stay Updated on Developing StoriesView in AppBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter(CNN) The Biden administration has pledged a laser-like focus on the judiciary in the coming months, vowing to not only prioritize nominations but also cast a wide net in its search for potential appointees.It is a welcome development for progressives seeking to optimize the thin Democratic majority in the Senate and quickly regain ground lost after former President Donald Trump placed more than 200 appointees in the courts -- -- during his tenure. Democrats are flooding the White House with names,...…Stay Updated on Developing StoriesView in AppBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter(CNN) The Biden administration has pledged a laser-like focus on the judiciary in the coming months, vowing to not only prioritize nominations but also cast a wide net in its search for potential appointees.It is a welcome development for progressives seeking to optimize the thin Democratic majority in the Senate and quickly regain ground lost after former President Donald Trump placed more than 200 appointees in the courts -- -- during his tenure. Democrats are flooding the White House with names,...WW…

(CNN)Donald Trump took a drubbing at the Supreme Court on Monday, as the justices in a flurry of orders dealt critical blows to his efforts to from a New York prosecutor and his that there was widespread voter fraud during the last election.It's as if the justices, in one day, sought to wipe their hands of lingering issues that had been heralded by the former President in a cascade of tweets, legal filings and statements during the last months of his administration. The focus on Monday was not Trump administration policies, but instead disputes deeply personal to Trump himself: election...…(CNN)Donald Trump took a drubbing at the Supreme Court on Monday, as the justices in a flurry of orders dealt critical blows to his efforts to from a New York prosecutor and his that there was widespread voter fraud during the last election.It's as if the justices, in one day, sought to wipe their hands of lingering issues that had been heralded by the former President in a cascade of tweets, legal filings and statements during the last months of his administration. The focus on Monday was not Trump administration policies, but instead disputes deeply personal to Trump himself: election...WW…

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is resting comfortably in a New York City hospital after undergoing a medical procedure to replace a bile duct stent, according to the court.“Justice Ginsburg underwent a minimally invasive non-surgical procedure today at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City to revise a bile duct stent that was originally placed at Sloan Kettering in August 2019,” a statement from the court read Wednesday evening.“According to her doctors, stent revisions are common occurrences and the procedure,...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is resting comfortably in a New York City hospital after undergoing a medical procedure to replace a bile duct stent, according to the court.“Justice Ginsburg underwent a minimally invasive non-surgical procedure today at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City to revise a bile duct stent that was originally placed at Sloan Kettering in August 2019,” a statement from the court read Wednesday evening.“According to her doctors, stent revisions are common occurrences and the procedure,...WW…