Roberts admonishes both sides in impeachment

The Associated Press January 24, 2020

In this image from video, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks Tuesday during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)

Chief Justice John Roberts drew little attention to himself in the beginning 12 hours of his first impeachment trial.

Court takes another look at Native American adoption law

The Associated Press January 24, 2020

In this March 13, 2019, file photo, Tehassi Hill, tribal chairman of the Oneida Nation, stands outside a federal appeals court in New Orleans, following arguments on the constitutionality of a 1978 law giving Native American families preference in adoption of Native American children. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill, File)

NEW ORLEANS — A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children was getting a ...

Voter purge ruling appealed to Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Associated Press January 24, 2020

In this April 5, 2016, file photo, Wisconsin voters cast their ballots in the state's primary at the South Shore Park Pavilion in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

A conservative law firm on Tuesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s order putting on hold a ruling that would have forced the removal of up to 209,000 people from the state’s voter rolls.

Wyoming, Montana seek ruling on coal exports

The Associated Press January 23, 2020

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon talks to reporters at a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Cheyenne about a request by Wyoming and Montana for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Washington state's denial of a key permit to build a coal export port facility in Longview, Washington. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

Wyoming and Montana asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule on Washington state’s denial of a permit for a port facility that could boost U.S. coal exports.

Supreme Court abortion case looms large

The Associated Press January 23, 2020

Anti-abortion activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 18, 2019, during the March for Life in Washington. Anti-abortion activists will gather in Washington on Friday for this year’s march. (AP file photo)

Anti-abortion activists gather this week in Washington for their annual March for Life.

Visits to immigrant courts find nonstop chaos

The Associated Press January 22, 2020

In this Nov. 15, 2019, photo, detainees walk through the halls at the Stewart Detention Center, in Lumpkin, Georgia. (AP photo: David Goldman)

LUMPKIN, Ga. — In a locked, guarded courtroom in a compound surrounded by razor wire, Immigration Judge Jerome Rothschild waits — and stalls. A Spanish ...