Former US President Barack Obama on Friday condemned the US Supreme Court ending constitutional protection for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years
US President Joe Biden said he would try to preserve access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and he called on Americans to elect more Democrats who would safeguard rights
Trump was quick to claim victory, saying in a statement the decision was "only made possible because I delivered everything as promised"
The end of constitutional protection for abortions in the United States on Friday polarised activists around the world, emboldening abortion opponents
Police in the nation's capital are bringing in additional officers and mobilising in anticipation of growing protests outside the US Supreme Court
The court, in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative majority, upheld a Republican-backed Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.
The vote came the same day the Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required people to show a special need to carry a handgun in public
The decision represents the court's most important statement on gun rights in more than a decade
The decision, the high court's first major gun decision in more than a decade, was 6-3 with the court's conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent
The justices are considering NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the lawsuit to move forward
The US Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law that would ban large social media companies from removing posts based on the views they express
The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down the constitutional right to abortion has unleashed a wave of threats against officials and others, an internal government report says.
Sens. John Cornyn said threats to Supreme Court justices and their families are disgraceful and attempts to intimidate the independence of the judiciary branch shouldn't be tolerated
In the nation's capital, abortion rights protesters stood outside the Supreme Court, holding signs that said abortion is a human right, or Abort the Court
She drew sharp contrasts with Republicans, who she said sought to limit the freedom of women and other Americans
When the U.S. Supreme Court's final decision is handed down, expected in late June or early July, the world will be watching
Politico said it obtained the initial draft majority opinion, which was signed by Justice Samuel Alito
President Joe Biden says the basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that the U.S. Supreme Court not overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalised abortion nationwide. In a statement Tuesday, Biden said he would work to codify the right to abortion into federal law. Politico released a draft opinion that suggested the court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case. A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year's elections. It's unclear if the draft represents the court's final word on the matter opinions often change in the drafting process. ___ OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: Washington: The Supreme Court is known for keeping secrets. Year after year, in major case after major case, there's little beyond what the justices say during oral arguments that suggests how they will rule. That's what makes the leak of an apparent draft of an opinion in a major abortio
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was expected to sign a abortion ban into law as the state moves to join a growing conservative push ahead of a US Supreme Court decision that could limit access nationwide.
The United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to sit in the country's highest court.