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Attorney General Merrick Garland drafted some of the policies that guarantee the Justice Department's independence from the White House in his first big job after law school. Those policies are now in peril. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court's immunity decision could have implications for the Justice Department
In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court ended a historic and momentous term this week. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A closer look at the Supreme Court's decisions this historic and controversial term
The US Supreme Court on July 1, 2024, in Washington, DC. DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court rules Trump is immune from prosecution for certain official acts
A homeless person walks near an elementary school in Grants Pass, Ore., on March 23. The rural city became the unlikely face of the nation's homelessness crisis when it asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its anti-camping laws. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption
U.S. Supreme Court says cities can punish people for sleeping in public places
Reproductive rights activists demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The statue Guardian or Authority of Law sits above the west front plaza of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 7 in Washington, D.C. Among the rulings the court is expected to issue by the end of June are cases about access to abortion pills dispensed by mail, gun restrictions, the power of regulatory agencies and former President Donald Trump’s bid to avoid criminal charges for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Anti-abortion hardliners want restrictions to go farther. It could cost Republicans
The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander.
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6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election
Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Republicans try to soften stance on abortion as 'abolitionists' go farther
Pedestrians pass through The Ohio State University's student union. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the CFPB is funded. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court upholds funding structure for consumer watchdog agency
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Justice Clarence Thomas poses for a photo at the Supreme Court building in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced "nastiness and lies" over the last several years. He also decried Washington, D.C., as a "hideous place." J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Former Trump White House senior adviser Stephen Bannon speaks to journalists after leaving federal court in Washington, D.C., after being sentenced in 2022. Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Missouri law requires women seeking divorce to disclose whether they're pregnant — and state judges won't finalize divorces during a pregnancy. Darya Komarova/Getty Images hide caption
Pregnant women in Missouri can't get divorced. Critics say it fuels domestic violence
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attends a news conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on April 12, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
The conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it
The Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday about whether a president enjoys broad immunity from criminal prosecution after leaving office. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court appears skeptical of blanket immunity for a former president
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case examining a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case from Idaho that centers on abortion rights. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption