U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has struck down the federal ban on bump stocks, declaring that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it banned the devices.

The court said that the challengers, a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, had no right to be in court at all since neither the organization nor its members could show they had suffered any concrete injury.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that two schools’ race-conscious admissions policies were unconstitutional. It means some Kentucky schools may have to change the way they review applicants.

The latest Gallup poll also finds increased political polarization. Some 60% of Democrats said abortion should be legal under any circumstances, compared with 8% of Republicans.

Justice Clarence Thomas' disclosure form had been eagerly awaited in the wake of news reports that he accepted luxury trips worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

At a White House event with Breyer, Biden said it was his intention to name a nominee by the end of February, and that it will be a Black woman.

Justices allowed the abortion providers' challenges to go ahead against Texas licensing officials — but not anyone else.

This is not the first time the court has been asked to reverse Roe. But the court currently has six justices who have opposed abortion rights.

The vote was 5-4, with three Trump-appointed justices joining two other conservative justices.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron requested to defend Kentucky’s ban on a common abortion procedure, which was blocked by lower courts.