Notable Supreme Court cases of 2024
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Review key cases decided by the United States Supreme Court in 2024.
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The justices said former presidents have presumptive immunity for their official acts and no immunity for unofficial acts. The justices ordered lower courts to apply the decision to Trump’s case.
Both laws aimed to address conservative complaints that the social media companies were liberal-leaning and censored users based on their viewpoints, especially on the political right.
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
Roughly 170 Capitol insurrection defendants have been convicted of obstructing or conspiring to obstruct the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress, including the leaders of two far-right extremist groups.
The current high court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has been increasingly skeptical of the powers of federal agencies.
The case is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.
The high court had put the settlement on hold last summer, in response to objections from the Biden administration.
The ruling came after a day an opinion was briefly posted on the court's website accidently and quickly taken down, but not before it was obtained by Bloomberg News.
The justices ruled that people accused of fraud by the SEC, which regulates securities markets, have the right to a jury trial in federal court.
The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations.
The justices ruled in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners.
The high court found 6-3 that the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks.
The Supreme Court has preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
The unanimous opinion reverses a lower court decision tossing out the gun rights group’s lawsuit against ex-New York State Department of Financial Services Ssuperintendent Maria Vullo.
The Supreme Court has preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling the district discriminated against Black voters.
The Supreme Court has rejected a conservative-led attack that could've undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Supreme Court on Monday restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for the Capitol riot.
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The Supreme Court upheld a tax on foreign income Thursday over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests.
The president says he is “righting an historic wrong” to clear the way for these service members to regain lost benefits.
The opinion was briefly posted on the court’s website and the document suggests the Supreme Court will conclude it should not have gotten involved in the Idaho case so quickly.
A majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a poll finds.
President Joe Biden gave a dire warning on a historic Supreme Court ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts.
A Group of Seven summit opened Thursday with agreement reached on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral.
Thursday’s ruling sidesteps immediate seismic political effects, but the issue is still center stage this election year, and the court has another major abortion case ahead. Here are key takeaways.
A series of landmark decisions reflects a deep and sometimes bitter divide on a court in which conservatives, including three appointed by former President Donald Trump, have a two-to-one advantage.
Jay Johnston, 55, of Los Angeles, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison after pleading guilty to civil disorder, a felony.
The New Jersey Democrat was accused of accepting bribes of cash, gold and a luxury car from three businessmen and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt.
Biden has been increasingly vocal about his belief that the court is abandoning mainstream constitutional interpretation.
The Democratic president is calling on Congress to establish term limits and an ethics code for the court’s nine justices.
President Joe Biden unveiled a long-awaited proposal Monday for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices.
Thomas agreed to follow updated requirements on reporting trips and gifts, including clearer guidelines on hospitality from friends, the U.S. Judicial Conference wrote.
“We believe these judges are acting as judicial activists rather than honest arbiters of the law,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
The Republican president's administration filed emergency appeals as it faces more than 130 lawsuits over his executive orders.
