Jess Bravin

Using sleuthing, voice actors and AI, a determined professor resurrects unrecorded oral arguments from Brown v. Board. Says one retired justice: A ‘little creepy’ but ‘amazing.’

FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian walks past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

Supreme Court Sees Wave of Emergency Appeals, Led by EPA Challenges

On abortion, the candidates agreed: The Republican position was a political loser. Tim Walz took credit for signing state legislation codifying abortion rights in Minnesota and criticized conservative proposals to impose nationwide restrictions on the procedure. Where Donald Trump has celebrated th

How about Democrats for a Trump nominee? If a high-court vacancy occurs in a split government, lawmakers foresee a standoff.

The commonwealth of Virginia asked the Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate its voter purge that removed some 1,600 alleged noncitizens from the rolls, after lower courts ordered them to be reinstated. In August, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered state elections officials to accelerate cross-ch

Separate emergency voting appeals from Pennsylvania and Virginia have started to draw the Supreme Court into the coming election.

Nonprofit groups that sent letters threatening to publicize Maryland residents who fail to vote in Tuesday’s election have run afoul of the state’s attorney general, who ordered them to [cease and desist](https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/10312024Cease%20and%20DesistMDOAG_Si

The president-elect demanded that the next Republican leader of the Senate agree to allow him to push through at least some nominees without requiring a vote.

The president-elect is calling on the Senate to step aside so he can install some appointees without confirmation. Here’s a closer look at that process.