The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed mifepristone to remain available by mail, blocking a Fifth Circuit ruling that would have banned the drug's postal distribution while the underlying legal challenge proceeds.
Abortion pill to remain available by mail
Days after the justices vacated Louisiana's congressional map, Alabama is pressing the court to let it sidestep a two-majority-Black-district order before its primary.
Alabama asks the court to clear the way for it to use congressional map struck as diluting Black votes
The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, forcing a redraw before the 2026 elections and sparking heated dissent over the judiciary’s role in redistricting.
Is the court done with Callais?
WASHINGTON (LN) — The Supreme Court will decide if the First Amendment’s church autonomy doctrine protects religious institutions of litigation, not just liability, in a case involving the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Church autonomy returns to SCOTUS
The ruling updates the legal framework that has governed minority voting rights claims for four decades, holding that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act imposes liability only when circumstances give rise to a strong inference of...
Louisiana, Appellant v. Phillip Callais, et al.
A former personal assistant says her boss stranded her in Tanzania after she refused his sexual advances, then fired her when she came home.
Ochab v. Ray
Justices reject certain protections for contractors in war zones
The Supreme Court vacated the Fourth Circuit’s ruling that state-law tort claims against military contractors are automatically preempted during wartime, holding that such claims proceed when the contractor violates military instructions.
Hencely v. Fluor Corp.
The justices unanimously rejected a federal appeals court ruling that had blocked Chevron and its co-defendants from transferring to federal court a lawsuit over decades of oil and gas activity along the Louisiana coast.
Court unanimously sides with oil and gas companies in suit over damage to Louisiana coast
The Supreme Court held that Chevron USA Inc. has plausibly satisfied the "relating to" requirement of the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. §1442(a)(1), for a Louisiana state-court environmental lawsuit. The Court concluded that...
Chevron USA Incorporated, et al., Petitioners v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al.
WASHINGTON (LN) — The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the fugitive-tolling doctrine applies to supervised release, questioning whether absconding defendants can evade supervision by waiting for their terms to expire.
Rico v. United States