Nina Totenberg

There are, however, no witnesses presenting the central players in the current drama over high court ethics — no member of the court.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard its last scheduled argument of the term — a case brought by a 94-year-old grandmother in Minneapolis whose condo was seized for failure to pay property taxes.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case brought by a grandmother whose condo was auctioned after she failed to pay property taxes. The county reportedly kept the $25,000 over the amount she owed.

At issue in the case before the Supreme Court is the way at least a dozen states handle the sale of homes to pay off overdue taxes.

Chief Justice John Roberts released a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin declining his invitation to testify about the ethical standards maintained by the Supreme Court.

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.

The Supreme Court has left the case in the hands of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has scheduled oral arguments in the case for May 17.

The Supreme Court is considering whether to block lower court decisions that have have reached a variety of verdicts about the drug mifepristone.

The court hears arguments Wednesday in a case that looks at whether the prosecution has to show that the defendant frightened his target intentionally.

The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case about how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of their employees.

The Supreme Court hears arguments in an important case that pits religious employees against others who have to pick up the slack on Sundays.

Arguments on Tuesday center on a powerful tool for fighting fraud in government contracts and programs. The case examines whether major pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid.

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an administrative stay in a Texas case involving limited access to the abortion drug mifepristone.

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block a settlement in a long-running suit involving the adjudication of applications for the cancellation of student loan debts at 151 for-profit colleges.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas responded to reporting from ProPublica that details how he did not disclose private, expensive vacations paid for by a conservative billionaire.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has responded to a news report about his failure to disclose lavish trips paid for by a conservative billionaire — trips with a value in the millions of dollars.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas responded to a news report about his failure to disclose trips paid for by a conservative billionaire friend, saying he had been advised they were not reportable.

The state's law was challenged by a 12-year-old transgender girl named Becky Pepper-Jackson, who has lived as a girl since fourth grade, according to court papers.

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case about whether a federal law that prohibits inducing unlawful immigration violates the First Amendment.

At Wednesday's argument, the justices struggled to reconcile their own previous decisions enforcing the nation's trademark laws and what some of them saw as a potential threat to free speech.