/news/tags/u-s-supreme-court U.S. Supreme Court en-US Copyright Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:48:44 GMT /2023-06-30/supreme-court-to-consider-whether-domestic-abusers-can-own-guns At issue is a 1994 amendment to the Federal Firearms Act that prohibits those who are actively subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:48:44 GMT /2023-06-30/supreme-court-to-consider-whether-domestic-abusers-can-own-guns Meghanlata Gupta /npr-news/2023-06-26/supreme-court-declines-case-challenging-schools-skirts-only-dress-code-for-girls The decision lets stand a lower court ruling that the North Carolina charter school's dress code violated federal law. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:41:18 GMT /npr-news/2023-06-26/supreme-court-declines-case-challenging-schools-skirts-only-dress-code-for-girls Meghanlata Gupta /npr-news/2023-05-02/partisan-divide-drives-senate-hearing-on-supreme-court-ethics Senators heard from witnesses, ranging from judicial ethics experts to a former attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, but used their questioning to reinforce their own arguments. Tue, 02 May 2023 09:00:31 GMT /npr-news/2023-05-02/partisan-divide-drives-senate-hearing-on-supreme-court-ethics Nina Totenberg /npr-news/2023-05-01/the-senate-holds-its-supreme-court-ethics-hearing-this-week-with-no-justices Ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform, Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono tells 91¸£Àû that the highest court in the U.S. should have the highest ethical standards. Mon, 01 May 2023 11:18:00 GMT /npr-news/2023-05-01/the-senate-holds-its-supreme-court-ethics-hearing-this-week-with-no-justices Rachel Treisman /2023-04-25/chief-justice-roberts-declines-to-testify-before-senate-panel The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine proposals to hold Supreme Court justices to the same ethical standards as the rest of the federal judiciary. Tue, 25 Apr 2023 23:35:16 GMT /2023-04-25/chief-justice-roberts-declines-to-testify-before-senate-panel Nina Totenberg /2023-04-24/justice-thomas-gifts-scandal-highlights-double-standard-for-ethics-in-government Ethics watchdogs are raising alarms after a report showed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts without disclosing them as required. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 09:00:53 GMT /2023-04-24/justice-thomas-gifts-scandal-highlights-double-standard-for-ethics-in-government Domenico Montanaro /2023-04-20/roberts-invited-to-testify-at-senate-hearing-on-supreme-court-ethics The invitation to attend a Senate judiciary hearing comes amid reports that Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose luxury trips. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:30:10 GMT /2023-04-20/roberts-invited-to-testify-at-senate-hearing-on-supreme-court-ethics Dustin Jones /npr-news/2023-04-14/supreme-court-briefly-puts-on-hold-lower-courts-limits-on-abortion-drug-mifepristone Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has placed a hold on a lower court ruling that restricts access to the abortion drug mifepristone until Wednesday night. Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:28:38 GMT /npr-news/2023-04-14/supreme-court-briefly-puts-on-hold-lower-courts-limits-on-abortion-drug-mifepristone Ximena Bustillo, Lexie Schapitl /2023-04-13/justice-department-will-ask-the-supreme-court-to-restore-full-access-to-abortion-pill The Justice Department is seeking emergency relief from the U.S. Supreme Court in a Texas case involving limited access to the abortion drug mifepristone. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:42:12 GMT /2023-04-13/justice-department-will-ask-the-supreme-court-to-restore-full-access-to-abortion-pill Sarah McCammon, Washington desk, Becky Sullivan /2023-04-10/senate-panel-will-hold-a-hearing-on-the-supreme-courts-ethical-standards The hearing — which will happen in the coming days, says Sen. Dick Durbin — comes in the wake of a news report about lavish trips Justice Clarence Thomas took from a friend but did not disclose. Mon, 10 Apr 2023 21:03:00 GMT /2023-04-10/senate-panel-will-hold-a-hearing-on-the-supreme-courts-ethical-standards Washington desk