Supreme Court (US)

Virginia Officials Ask Supreme Court to Restore Voting Map Drawn by Democrats

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State officials asked the justices to overturn a Virginia Supreme Court decision that struck down a congressional map, a major defeat for Democrats.

The G.O.P. Rush To Break Up Majority-Black Districts

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Republican-controlled legislatures in the South are breaking up majority-Black congressional districts in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti describes what it means for the midterms.

Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Allow it to Use New Voting Map

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State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama’s congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act.

Did This Appeals Court Go Rogue on Abortion Pills?

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The Fifth Circuit, reversed more than any other appeals court, has a reputation for taking extreme positions.

Supreme Court Agrees to Fast-Track Louisiana Voting Map Decision

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Louisiana voters who successfully challenged the state’s voting map as an illegal racial gerrymander had asked the justices to quickly return the case to the lower courts, clearing the way for a new map.

Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail

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A lower-court ruling had reinstated a Food and Drug Administration requirement that patients visit a health care provider in person to obtain mifepristone.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Map, Another Blow to Voting Rights Act

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The court struck down the voting map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a move that could make it harder for lawmakers to create majority-minority voting districts.

Supreme Court Grapples With Trump’s Plan to Revoke Deportation Protections

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The case deals with Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians but could have implications for more than a million from troubled nations.