Lawrence Hurley

Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's contentious attempt to limit citizenship at birth for those born on U.S. soil, delivering a major blow to his agenda.

A review of this term's decisions shows the court's conservatism sometimes intersects with Trump's, but not always. Though Trump had major losses, he also won new powers.

The move came after the president's attorneys launched a long-shot bid to the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to hear his appeal of a sexual abuse and defamation verdict

Litigation over the Alien Enemies Act is mired in the courts while the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro could have undermined the administration's legal arguments.

Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are testifying before Congress as judges throughout the judiciary have seen an uptick in threats.

Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday recounted a recent "swatting" incident at her home in testimony before

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The Supreme Court ruled in late June that the Trump administration could continue with its plan to strip temporary protected status from about 350,000 Haitians.

The deadline for the administration to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider the ruling that struck down the president's effort to limit birthright citizenship was Monday night.

The president has called for an investigation into the once-obscure scientific manual, and Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who wrote its foreword, has faced calls to recuse herself from an upcoming case.