Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming prospect of pre-election trial

Roughly 170 Capitol insurrection defendants have been convicted of obstructing or conspiring to obstruct the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress, including the leaders of two far-right extremist groups. 

The current high court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has been increasingly skeptical of the powers of federal agencies. 

The case is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

The high court had put the settlement on hold last summer, in response to objections from the Biden administration.

The ruling came after a day an opinion was briefly posted on the court's website accidently and quickly taken down, but not before it was obtained by Bloomberg News.

The justices ruled that people accused of fraud by the SEC, which regulates securities markets, have the right to a jury trial in federal court.

The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations.

The justices ruled in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners.

The high court found 6-3 that the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks.

The Supreme Court has preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year. 

The unanimous opinion reverses a lower court decision tossing out the gun rights group’s lawsuit against ex-New York State Department of Financial Services Ssuperintendent Maria Vullo.

The Supreme Court has preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling the district discriminated against Black voters.

The Supreme Court has rejected a conservative-led attack that could've undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 

The Supreme Court on Monday restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for the Capitol riot.