A Supreme Court that has in recent days shown that it is sharply divided along ideological lines is poised to wrap up its work this week and to announce some of the biggest decisions of the term. The justices pride themselves on reaching unanimous results, often publicizing their ability to find common ground in a…
The Supreme Court on Monday restored nationwide access to a widely used abortion medication in a temporary order that will, for now, allow women to once again obtain the pill mifepristone by mail. In a brief order, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. paused a lower-court ruling from Friday that had prevented abortion providers from prescribing…
All six conservative members of the Supreme Court attended President Trump’s state dinner Tuesday honoring King Charles, the night before they heard an important case about Mr. Trump’s immigration policies. None of the three liberal justices were present. It was not clear whether the missing justices had been invited. But the picture created by the…
Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power. April 18, 2026 Just after 6 p.m. on a February evening in 2016, the Supreme Court issued a cryptic, one paragraph ruling that sent both climate policy and the court itself spinning in new…
