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Supreme Court weighs gender-affirming care for minors
The case is being weighed by a conservative-dominated court. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
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Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee's ban on medical treatments for transgender minors
The court is considering a challenge to a Tennessee law that bars the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
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Supreme Court grapples with FDA's refusal to approve flavored vapes
As e-cigarettes have flooded the market, the FDA’s role in approving new tobacco products is put under a microscope.
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Supreme Court won't hear challenge to graphic cigarette warning labels
The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.
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South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life
South Carolina has put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection for the fatal shooting of a store clerk in Spartanburg.
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Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania voters who sent defective mail-in ballots to cast provisional ones in person
The Supreme Court on Friday handed a loss to Republicans by allowing Pennsylvania voters who sent mail-in ballots that were flagged as being potentially defective to submit a separate provisional in-person ballot.
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Thousands of ballots are at stake as the Supreme Court considers Pennsylvania voting rules
Mail ballots with issues that prevent them from being counted could number in the thousands in this election.
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Supreme Court rejects push to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from ballot in two swing states
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the presidential ballot in two battleground states.
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Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Biden plan to crack down on ‘ghost gun' kits
The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it is likely to uphold the Biden administration’s move to regulate “ghost gun” kits that allow people to assemble deadly weapons at home while skirting existing regulations.
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The threat of election chaos looms as the Supreme Court returns to action
The new Supreme Court term starts Monday with new cases on the docket and the possibility that emergency election-related cases could arise in the coming weeks.
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Major cases before the Supreme Court deal with transgender rights, guns, nuclear waste and vapes
The Supreme Court’s new term is opening with a handful of important cases set to be heard and the possibility that the justices will be asked to get involved in election disputes.
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What is court packing?
The term “court packing” is thrown around during election seasons, but what does it actually mean? Here’s what you need to know.
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Alaska man charged with sending graphic threats to kill Supreme Court justices
An Alaska man accused of sending graphic threats to injure and kill six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members has been indicted on federal charges.
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Supreme Court Justice Alito reports German princess gave him $900 concert tickets
Justice Samuel Alito has reported that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people.
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Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden's latest student loan debt relief plan
Republican-led states challenged the plan aimed at reducing the burden on borrowers, including a provision that would reduce their monthly payments.
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Supreme Court partly grants GOP request to enforce Arizona's proof-of-citizenship voting law
The Arizona measure, enacted in 2022 but never enforced, would impose new requirements on people registering to vote and could affect thousands of voters.
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Supreme Court temporarily rejects Biden administration request that would expand Title IX protections
The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Biden administration from enforcing parts of a major regulation on sex discrimination in education that is embroiled in litigation over its protections for transgender students.
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Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed 2010 trip with GOP megadonor, Democratic senator finds
The Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow’s private jet.
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Biden: ‘We are a nation of laws, not kings and dictators'
President Biden criticized the controversies surrounding the Supreme Court on Monday at LBJ Presidential Library in Texas.
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Biden calls for Supreme Court, presidential reforms: ‘No one is above the law'
President Joe Biden outlined his reform proposal for the Supreme Court and executive branch in a Washington Post op-ed on Monday.