
The NVRA, also known as the Motor Voter law, allows people to register to vote with relative ease at motor vehicle agencies and government offices.
The court rejected Republicans’ argument that federal law prevails over a Mississippi law permitting late-arriving ballots.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s spoken dissent seemed to come as a surprise for Justice Samuel Alito, who responded extemporaneously to it.
Conflicting appeals court rulings have caused confusion, and ‘geographical happenstance’ shouldn’t govern detention, the government argued.
The Supreme Court is expected to release even more consequential rulings next week.
Hawaii’s law required gun owners to get permission to carry their weapons in stores and hotels.
The court held that a civil rights law may not be used to compel a state to hand over voter registration records.
A Chinese green card holder challenged a border official’s decision to place him on immigration parole because he was charged with counterfeiting.
A Michigan family whose home was foreclosed by the county over unpaid taxes argued that they should have been paid the fair market value of their home.
A federal appeals court previously ruled a lower court had not properly analyzed legal issues in the case.