The Latest Breaking News from Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Supreme Court appeared conflicted over how to handle Donald Trump’s claim that his presidency shielded him from federal prosecution.

Conservatives on the court expressed varying degrees of skepticism about the charge of obstructing an official proceeding.

Liberal Supreme Court justices lean towards interpreting federal obstruction law broadly in the context of January 6 rioters.

The decision is unanimous, though some related issues have been left for later resolution.

The anti-choice case relies on outlandish legal leaps. And if they can’t win there, they’ll redouble efforts to win the White House

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared poised to reject restrictions imposed by a lower court on an abortion pill widely used in the United States to terminate pregnancies.

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for millions of American women and for scores of drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

Justices appear skeptical of arguments against mifepristone as pharmaceutical industry considers case existential threat

If partisans have one thing in common, it's confirmation bias.

Justice Jackson, like Justice Breyer (whom she replaced and for whom she clerked), seems to be considering an approach that is more embracing of speech restrictions that she views as especially urgent—including perhaps ones that departs from precedents such as the Pentagon Papers case.

The government is entitled to try to persuade social media to take down posts, but not to coerce them to do so.