CHICAGO -- President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the country's high court. After a president nominates someone to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Senate votes - which requires a simple majority. That means ...

Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works. Please note that the views of outside contributors do […]

An important deadline is approaching this week in the South Carolina Supreme Court appeal of convicted murderer Richard "Alex" Murdaugh, with several more legal steps ahead before the high court can decide if it will hear Murdaugh's case. Murdaugh was ...

A judge has ordered Moon Dancer Winery to close once again, but the winery vowed to appeal its case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and remain open while that appeal is heard. The winery and wedding venue at 1282 Klines Run Road in Lower Windsor ...

A short rebuttal from the Supreme Court, they argue, makes it seem like they did shoddy work and are biased against Trump ... fast-tracked outside the court’s normally monthslong appeals process: the “shadow docket.” Those are emergency cases ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to decide by Sept. 2 whether the administration must spend billions of dollars in foreign assistance approved by Congress. If the administration must meet that fast-approaching deadline, it ...

Democratic Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan and the county have formally asked the state Supreme Court to hear an appeal of their recent Commonwealth Court loss in a legal dispute over replacing former Democratic Commissioner Matt McGloin.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to grant the Trump administration emergency relief and clear the way for Mr. Trump to remove Cook from her position.