Trump's birthright citizenship order lands in Seattle appeals court Federal appeals court judges in Seattle on Wednesday questioned a Trump administration lawyer and Washington’s solicitor general over the president’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Does the US Supreme Court ruling on public camping bans criminalize homelessness? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities can ban camping and sleeping in public, even if there is no shelter to send them to, overturning a previous ruling that has guided cities' approaches to homelessness for years. Dyer Oxley
Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. Sarah Donaldson
Supreme Court upholds funding structure for CFPB The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented. NPR Washingtion Desk
Justice Thomas decries 'nastiness' and 'lies' against him The Supreme Court justice told attendees at a judicial conference that he and his wife have faced "nastiness" and "lies" over the last several years and decried Washington as a "hideous place." The Associated Press
Saying he was too nice in his first term, Trump plots an aggressive second chance In a new interview with TIME Magazine, Trump promises to prosecute President Biden, unleash the National Guard on immigrants and says it's "irrelevant" if he's comfortable criminalizing abortions. Stephen Fowler
Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats. Nina Totenberg
Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room. Nina Totenberg
What's at stake as the Supreme Court hears Idaho case about abortion in emergencies The Supreme Court will consider the question: Should doctors treating pregnancy complications follow state or federal law if the laws conflict? Here's how the case could affect women and doctors. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Why anti-abortion advocates are reviving a 19th century sexual purity law The Comstock Act is the latest front in the fight over reproductive rights. Here's what you need to know about the 1873 law and the consequences if it's enforced the way some conservatives would like. Danielle Kurtzleben
