Nina Totenberg

Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson speaks, with DACA recipient Greisa Martinez Rosa, left, and former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, right, after leaving the Supreme Court after oral arguments were heard in the case of President Trump's decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Nov. 12, 2019.

The U.S. Supreme Court takes up the issue of vaping and e-cigarette regulation on Monday. If you don't know much about vaping, be assured that teenagers do.

The focal point of the case is 2009 law enacted by Congress that gives the Food and Drug Administration a mandate to curb the availability of nicotine products for minors. In the years since then, Congress has strengthened that mandate and the FDA has made it all but impossible for vaping companies to sell their products using flavors that appeal to kids, flavors like jimmy-the-juiceman-peachy strawberry, rainbow road, and mother's milk and cookies. The companies contend that the FDA has acted in an arbitrary manner, effectively setting standards that are a moving target.

Front and center at the Supreme Court on Wednesday is the battle over the rights of transgender children . At issue is a state law in Tennessee that blocks minors from accessing gender-affirming care in the state.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

Updated December 04, 2024 at 18:13 PM ET The Supreme Court's the conservative majority on Wednesday seemed very likely to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

The Supreme Court declined to intervene or overturn a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed the state to prosecute a man carrying a loaded pistol without a license.

The Supreme Court has declined to review an elite public school admissions process based on zip codes. The court's action was the second time the justices declined to intervene in an admissions program based on geography since their 2023 ruling invalidating affirmative action in higher education.

Can the federal government have a favorite when it comes to states? The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would hear a case that tests that assertion in the context of a state that imposes tougher clean air standards than the federal government.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether charities run by religious groups have to pay unemployment taxes that cover their employees.