U.S. Supreme Court Archives

Court allows Trump administration to bar asylum-seekers for now

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 13, 2019

The Supreme Court issued an unsigned order late Sept. 11 that will temporarily allow the Trump administration to enforce its new rule preventing many Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States, while the legal battle over this issue continues to work its way through the courts.

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use funds for border wall

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 30, 2019

In a 5-4 vote July 26, the Supreme Court said the Trump administration could use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to pay for construction and repairs of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Book on Kavanaugh argues nomination process is dysfunctional

Interviews
Jul 29, 2019

Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino’s new book ‘Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court’ argues the judicial confirmation process, on the point of breakdown for thirty years, has now proved utterly dysfunctional.

Justice Stevens changed death penalty views during three decades on court

Catholic News Service, Obituary
Jul 17, 2019

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who served on the court for nearly 35 years, died July 16 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 99 after suffering complications from a stroke the previous day.

Supreme Court to take up DACA case, not abortion law, next term

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 28, 2019

In its next term, the Supreme Court will examine if the Trump administration illegally tried to end a program that protects young adults brought to the U.S. as minors without documentation.