Nina Totenberg

The stakes were underlined by the fact that the argument went 49 minutes over the allotted time.

Does signing a form expressing a religious objection to providing birth control to employees burden the religious freedom of employers as much as paying for the birth control?

Ginsburg underwent non-surgical treatment Tuesday for a benign gallbladder condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, a statement from the U.S. Supreme Court said.

At issue is whether the government can require private nonprofits to denounce prostitution in order to qualify for U.S. foreign aid grants aimed at fighting the worldwide AIDS epidemic.

The Supreme Court has heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that tests whether the government can require nonprofits to denounce prostitution in order to qualify for funds to fight AIDS abroad.

Judge Thomas Griffith denied allegations that he was pushed to step down to allow Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to fill his seat with a longtime ally, Justin Walker.

Justice Clarence Thomas, who often goes years without asking a question, asked several. But for others, the format froze follow up.

The Supreme Court, for the first time, livestreamed its oral argument on Monday. It has discussed whether generic terms can become protected trademarks by the addition of a dot-com domain.

Beginning Monday, for the first time in the Supreme Court's 231-year history, the justices will hear oral arguments by phone in a slate of important cases.

The high court begins two weeks of oral arguments — the first time the proceedings will have live audio and the first occasion on which the arguments themselves will be conducted by phone.

Under the law, the money was promised to companies as part of the start-up costs of Obamacare. But a GOP-led Congress reneged on the promise.

The justices threw out as moot a challenge to New York City's strict gun regulations, but gun-safety advocates worry that gains in the states may be taken away by a conservative court majority.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a gun rights case in New York and ruled in favor of insurance companies seeking compensation for their losses.

In Wisconsin, the conservative justices forced thousands to choose between their health and the right to vote. Is this a harbinger of things to come?

The justices struck down laws in two states that allowed convictions for serious crimes without unanimous jury verdicts.

The Supreme Court said unanimous jury verdicts are required in criminal trials for serious offenses. At issue is a case from Louisiana in which the defendant was convicted of murder on a 10-2 vote.

The Supreme Court will hear three cases involving subpoenas for President Trump's financial records. They are part of a series of oral arguments the court will hear next month by telephone conference.

They are among a series of oral arguments the court said Monday it would hear by telephone conference in the first half of May.

The state banned all elective medical procedures, including abortions, amid the outbreak. Abortion-rights activists say Texas is "exploiting this crisis to ... ban abortion in the U.S."

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's workout routine is being modified — as are timelines for cases the Supreme Court is considering as the coronavirus outbreak forces changes to the way it operates.