Justin Sullivan / Getty Images SCOTUS Rules Against Cops Who Shot Woman Trying to Flee The ruling dealt with a 2014 case where a woman was shot as she fled from police. She later filed a lawsuit claiming excessive use of force. By C. Douglas Golden March 26, 2021
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Supreme Court Paves the Way for Deportation of Criminal Illegal Immigrants The Supreme Court made it easier to deport illegal immigrants who have been convicted of a crime. By The Associated Press March 4, 2021
Apu Gomes - AFP / Getty Images SCOTUS Decision Partially Strikes Down California Restrictions on Worship One of California Gov. Gavin Newsom's lockdown edicts has been thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court.x By Jack Davis February 6, 2021
Darren McGee / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP Cuomo Rails Against Supreme Court After His Church Restrictions Are Struck Down 'The restrictions at issue here ... strike at the very heart of the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty.' By Jennifer Jean Miller November 27, 2020
Alex Wong / Getty Images Justice Gorsuch Savaged Cuomo in SCOTUS Ruling Protecting Churches 'There is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues and mosques.' By Elizabeth Stauffer November 27, 2020
Mark Makela / Getty Images Supreme Court Allows State To Ignore Election Law, Count Mail-In Ballots Received 9 Days Late The Supreme Court upheld an order extending North Carolina's mail-in ballot deadline. By The Associated Press October 28, 2020
Chase Stevens / Pool / Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP Dem Governor May Back Down in Church's Fight for Religious Freedom Gov. Steve Sisolak said he may relax Nevada's 50-person limit on religious gatherings. By The Associated Press September 3, 2020
Ethan Miller / Getty Images Nevada Church Refuses To Wave White Flag in Battle Against Double Standard COVID Rules A church near Reno, Nevada, has filed new lawsuits against the state's restrictions on religious gatherings. By The Associated Press September 3, 2020
Joe Raedle / Getty Images Mike Pence Unloads on Chief Justice John Roberts: 'A Real Disappointment to Conservatives' The vice president called Roberts' actions 'a reminder of just how important this election is for the issue of the Supreme Court.' By Kipp Jones August 6, 2020
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Op-Ed: Surprise! Same Principle That Denies Babies Personhood Was Also Used To Deny Women Personhood 'This Fifth Amendment prohibition surely warranted a more careful examination than Justice Blackmun accorded it in Roe.' By Rita Joseph July 29, 2020