Justice Alito Steps Aside From Supreme Court Climate Case Amid Oil Stock Scrutiny
The recusal comes ahead of arguments in a case examining whether fossil-fuel companies deceived the public about climate change
The recusal comes ahead of arguments in a case examining whether fossil-fuel companies deceived the public about climate change
The court barred the state from using a redrawn congressional map favoring Republicans ahead of November's elections, a setback for the president's party.
The ruling permits use of a database that critics say is unreliable and could lead to eligible citizens being wrongly purged from voter rolls.
Critics have questioned the reliability of the database, warning it could lead to US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.
The court's ruling clears the way for a voter ID verification program that voting rights groups warn could wrongly flag eligible citizens as non-citizens and risk disenfranchisement.
The court revived an expanded immigration database the administration says targets voting by noncitizens, though critics warn it could disenfranchise eligible voters.
In a speech at the University of the District of Columbia's law school, the justice said the way her colleagues handle emergency requests is undermining public confidence in the judiciary.
The court's ruling permits use of a new federal database intended to verify voter citizenship ahead of November's elections, a move critics say could disenfranchise voters.
US Solicitor General D. John Sauer argues a lower court ruling has caused significant practical difficulties for immigration authorities.

Attorney General Todd Blanche is seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that had halted deportations of immigrants to countries other than their own.

US Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department will ask the high court to intervene after a lower court rejected the deportation policy.
The two sides appointed a committee to review selection of candidates for the Supreme Court of Justice.

The U.S. solicitor general has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling that ordered the release of a Georgetown scholar detained over pro-Palestinian activism.

The ruling deals a setback to Republican efforts to gain an edge in the House through redistricting ahead of the midterm elections.

The court ended a long-running legal dispute by ruling the Republican-favored map cannot be used in November, as absentee voting is already under way, according to The Guardian.
Parliament passed an amendment raising the retirement age for Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges as the country tries to clear a growing case backlog.

The court found further investigation was needed after noting no weapon was recovered from the accused, even though a forensic report linked shell casings from the crime scene to a single pistol.
Haaretz has described a Central Elections Committee decision to exclude Arab party lists from the Knesset race as illegal and called on Israel's Supreme Court to intervene.
The Central Elections Committee also disqualified individual lawmakers Ofer Cassif and Sami Abu Shehadeh, pending Supreme Court review.
The Central Elections Committee excluded MK Ofer Cassif at Likud's request over his opposition to the Gaza war, sending the disqualification to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.