Supreme Court

The Supreme Court seems open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography. But the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography, though the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measure affects adults’ free-speech rights.

A panel of appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age as the First Amendment debate rises to the U.S. Supreme Court this week for oral arguments over a similar Texas law.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting to uphold a Texas law that requires pornographic sites to have age verification.

The Supreme Court is declining to hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change.

Challengers raised religious and procedural objections to some of the requirements.

The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.

A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.

TikTok asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a bipartisan-backed law that would ban the social media app in the United States if the company’s Chinese-based owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell the platform to an American owner.

For the second time since the court ended the consideration of race in college admissions, the justices declined to hear a case challenging a program aimed at bolstering diversity in public schools.

The court is considering a challenge to a Tennessee law that bars the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy.

As e-cigarettes have flooded the market, the FDA’s role in approving new tobacco products is put under a microscope.

The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the neighboring country of Mexico can file lawsuits against American gun companies.

A far-reaching case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court may allow foreign countries to sue American gun makers. As NBC 5’s Phil Prazan reports Mexico blames them for the country’s long-running violence.

South Carolina has put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection for the fatal shooting of a store clerk in Spartanburg.

The Supreme Court on Friday handed a loss to Republicans by allowing Pennsylvania voters who sent mail-in ballots that were flagged as being potentially defective to submit a separate provisional in-person ballot.

Mail ballots with issues that prevent them from being counted could number in the thousands in this election.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the presidential ballot in two battleground states.