Mark Sherman

Visitors wait to enter the Supreme Court as a winter snow storm hits the nation’s capital making roads perilous and closing most Federal offices and all major public school districts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. The Supreme Court is ruling unanimously that the Constitution’s ban on excessive fines applies to the states. The outcome Wednesday could help an Indiana man recover the $40,000 Land Rover police seized when they arrested him for selling about $400 worth of heroin. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

“Excessive fines” ban applies to states, Supreme Court says

February 20, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled the Constitution鈥檚 ban on excessive fines applies to the states as well as the federal government.

President Donald Trump gestures to the ...

Trump declaration faces uncertain fate in coming court fight

February 15, 2019 at 10:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Let the lawsuits begin.

FILE — Flowers left by anti-abortion demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, Jan. 22, 2019. The Supreme Court has blocked a Louisiana law that its opponents say could have left the state with only one doctor in a single clinic authorized to provide abortions; Chief Justice John Roberts joined the courts’ liberal wing in a 5-4 ruling. (Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times)

Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion clinic law

February 7, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

A divided Supreme Court stopped Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court's views on abortion rights.

In this Oct. 5, 2018 photo the U. S. Supreme Court building stands quietly before dawn in Washington. The Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. New Justice Brett Kavanaugh and three other conservative justices sided with the administration. The court’s order Friday leaves in place lower court rulings that blocked President Donald Trump’s proclamation in November automatically denying asylum to people who enter the country from Mexico without going through official border crossings. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump administration plea to enforce asylum ban

December 21, 2018 at 3:14 p.m.

A divided Supreme Court won't let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

Nominated by President Bill Clinton, ...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has surgery to remove cancerous growths

December 21, 2018 at 3:17 p.m.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Friday to remove two malignant growths in her left lung, the third time the Supreme Court抖阴ap oldest justice has been treated for cancer since...

FILE – This Oct. 23, 2018 file photo shows HealthCare.gov website on a computer screen in New York. A federal judge’s ruling that the Obama health law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans, who’ve seen the politics of health care flip as Americans increasingly value the overhaul’s core parts, including protections for pre-existing medical conditions and Medicaid for more low-income people. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

After judge鈥檚 ruling against Obamacare, what happens now?

December 17, 2018 at 1:16 p.m.

A federal judge's ruling would, if upheld, wipe away the entire Affordable Care Act, the health care overhaul championed by President Barack Obama and twice sustained by the Supreme Court.

IN this Aug. 13, 2018, file photo, Tyson Timbs poses for a portrait at his aunt’s home in Marion, Ind. Five years ago, Timbs had his $42,000 Land Rover taken by the government in a process known as “civil asset forfeiture,” after he pled guilty to selling $260 of heroin. Lawyers for Timbs and the State of Indiana will argue whether Eighth Amendment protection from “excessive fines” applies to civil forfeitures at the state level, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 28, 2018. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

U.S. Supreme Court likely to say states can鈥檛 levy excessive fines

November 28, 2018 at 8:40 p.m.

The Supreme Court left little doubt Wednesday that it would rule that the Constitution's ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help an Indiana man...

Trump administration seeks quick ruling on transgender troops case

November 23, 2018 at 11:47 p.m.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to issue an unusually quick ruling on the Pentagon's policy of restricting military service by transgender people.

AP Fact Check: Trump wrong on birthright citizenship

October 30, 2018 at 12:33 p.m.

President Donald Trump has astonished legal scholars with his claim that he can end birthright citizenship with a swipe of his pen. No, they say, he can't.

In this Sept. 21, 2018, photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. On Monday, the court will begin its new term with the crack of the marshal's gavel and not a camera in sight.

Supreme Court term amid starts in shadow of Brett Kavanaugh

October 1, 2018 at 7:19 a.m.

It's the storm before the calm at the Supreme Court. It's the storm before the calm at the Supreme Court. An empty seat on the bench often forces a push...

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