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  'Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense', rules US Supreme Court

  World | June 24, 2022 0:00 IST

  President Joe Biden said in a statement he was “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court ruling, which he said "contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all”.

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  Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson as first African-American woman to US Supreme Court

  World | February 25, 2022 22:17 IST

  In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries.

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  Texas Abortion Law: Women’s March targets Supreme Court

  World | October 03, 2021 12:39 IST

  The day before the march, the Biden administration urged a federal judge to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas since early September.

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  US Supreme Court rejects Trump's lawsuit to overturn presidential election results

  World | December 12, 2020 10:16 IST

  The ruling is widely seen as a death blow to Trump's efforts to reverse his Democrat rival and President-elect Joe Biden's projected Electoral College victory.

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  Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote

  World | October 27, 2020 7:21 IST

  Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come.

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  Donald Trump to nominate a woman for US Supreme Court as Ginsburg replacement

  World | September 20, 2020 8:53 IST

  President Donald Trump is likely to nominate a female candidate to the US Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

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  US Supreme Court puts hold on Trump's financial records ruling

  World | November 19, 2019 7:11 IST

  The ruling was set to go into effect on Wednesday. The subpoena from the House Oversight and Reform Committee will be unenforceable while the Supreme Court decides whether to take up the case, Xinhua news agency reported.

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  Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as US SC judge after divisive fight

  World | October 07, 2018 10:44 IST

  The Senate voted 58-40 in favour of Kavanaugh, who was under scanner for a long time over sexual misconduct allegations dating back to the 1980s.

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  Trump picks Kavanaugh to succeed Kennedy as US Supreme Court judge

  World | July 10, 2018 8:16 IST

  Trump picked Justice Kavanaugh from his original list of 25 judges. The nomination comes after a selection process marked by a historic degree of transparency.

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  Justice Kennedy retires from US Supreme Court after 30 years of service

  World | June 28, 2018 7:14 IST

  Kennedy, who is considerate a moderate conservative, has cast the deciding vote in several important cases before the high court

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  Muslim prisoner can grow his beard: US Supreme Court

  World | January 21, 2015 9:50 IST

  Washington: The US Supreme Court today unanimously agreed that prisons cannot stop Muslim inmates from wearing beard according to their religious belief. The issue was brought to the apex court's notice by an inmate in

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  US High Court gives green light to same-sex marriage in Kansas

  World | November 13, 2014 10:36 IST

  Washington: The US Supreme Court has authorised same-sex marriages to be held in Kansas, the 33rd state of 50 where it is legal, in addition to the federal capital Washington.The high court yesterday rejected Kansas'

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  US court to hear 1984 Sikh rights violation case on Dec 2

  World | November 05, 2014 12:38 IST

  New York: A US appeals court will hear next month the 1984 Sikh rights violation case filed by a rights group against the Congress Party.The court will hear the case on December 2, Sikhs for

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  US Supreme Court paves way for same-sex marriage

  World | October 07, 2014 6:22 IST

  Washington: The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to revisit the subject of same-sex marriage, announcing that it would not take up any of the seven cases on the issue that were pending before the

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  US court won't hear 'wardrobe malfunction' appeal

  World | September 29, 2015 9:13 IST

  Washington: The US Supreme Court will not hear the government's request to reinstate a $550,000 fine for CBS for singer Janet Jackson's infamous “wardrobe malfunction.”The high court on Friday refused to hear an appeal from