Lawrence Hurley

The decision indefinitely blocks an appeals court ruling that would have restricted availability of the drug, especially in states with strict anti-abortion laws.

The conservative justice has no financial conflict that would require him to step aside from the case, a court spokeswoman told NBC News

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is pushing back on calls to step aside in a major upcoming case involving climate change due to his oil and gas stock.

The decision leaves in place a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that concluded the process leading up to a referendum approving a new map was legally flawed.

This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on May 15, 2026.

The politically tinged lawsuit arose after a high-profile crash in Florida last year involving a commercial truck driver from India, in which three people died.

The case focused on the contentious issue of qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that protects cops accused of constitutional violations.

The Supreme Court threw out a long-shot lawsuit in which Florida sought to sue the states of California and Washington for allegedly allowing people who entered the country illegally to obtain commercial truck driver licenses.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who secured Trump's endorsement last week, defeated incumbent John Cornyn in their Senate primary runoff yesterday.

The court's decision means Terry Pitchford's conviction is thrown out after prosecutors excluded several Black jurors at his trial.