Samuel Alito

Sara Fitzgerald, left, and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Washington where the court will hear arguments on a gerrymandering case. The Supreme Court is taking up its second big partisan redistricting case of the term amid signs the justices could place limits on drawing maps for political gain.

Supreme Court hands Virginia Democrats victory on racially gerrymandered districts

Melissa Quinn · June 17, 2019 3:00 pm

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, standing, circulates among the crowd while speaking to students and other invitees during the Thomas J. Volpe lecture series at St.Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in New York.

Pursuits of justices: Docs reveal Supreme Court travels and teaching

Melissa Quinn · June 13, 2019 10:36 pm

Los Angeles artist Erik Brunetti, the founder of the streetwear clothing company "FUCT," poses for a photo in Los Angeles.

A brand too dirty to trademark — or for Supreme Court justices to say aloud

Melissa Quinn · April 15, 2019 7:30 pm

President Donald Trump, center, listens as retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, right, ceremonially swears-in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, left, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Kavanaugh's wife Ashley watches, second from right with daughters Margaret, left, and Liza.

The Kavanaugh effect: Kennedy’s retirement looms large in gerrymandering case

Melissa Quinn · March 25, 2019 6:35 pm

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include new Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in D.C.

Supreme Court sides with Trump on detention of immigrants

Melissa Quinn · March 19, 2019 3:49 pm

Pedestrians pass a line of people waiting to enter the Supreme Court, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Washington.

Supreme Court declines to hear case involving grants to churches

Melissa Quinn · March 4, 2019 4:19 pm

In this Oct. 18, 2018 photo, the U.S. Supreme Court is seen at near sunset in Washington.

Supreme Court nixes death sentence for ‘intellectually disabled’ Texas murderer

Melissa Quinn · February 19, 2019 4:56 pm

Chief Justice John Roberts.

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No, John Roberts didn't just prove himself to be pro-Roe

Quin Hillyer · February 8, 2019 5:32 pm

A pro-cabortion rights supporter holds up a sign that reads "My Body. My Choice" during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, as the Supreme Court hears arguments in a free speech fight over California's attempt to regulate anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.

Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion law from taking effect

Kimberly Leonard and Melissa Quinn · February 8, 2019 2:46 am

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks at U.S. citizenship candidates during swearing in ceremony for new American citizens, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in New York.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg skips State of the Union

David M. Drucker · February 6, 2019 4:03 am

Justice Alito blocks Louisiana abortion law, citing need for more time

Kimberly Leonard · February 1, 2019 11:50 pm

Amy Hagstrom Miller, second from right, founder of Whole Woman's Health, a Texas women's health clinic that provides abortions, leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 27, 2016, with Center for Reproductive Rights President Nancy Northup, far right, as the justices struck down the strict Texas anti-abortion restriction law known as HB2. The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations were a thinly veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get an abortion in the nation's second-most populous state. The case is Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt.

Supreme Court asked to halt Louisiana abortion restrictions

Kimberly Leonard · January 29, 2019 4:46 pm