Supreme Court Decisions on Voting and Libel

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up a long-running dispute regarding a pair of Arizona voting laws that require Americans to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to vote. The justices granted the Republican National Convention’s (RNC) request to review an appeals court decision that found the st

Justice Clarence Thomas renewed his calls for the Supreme Court to revisit its 1964 landmark decision that makes it difficult to bring defamation suits against public figures. The conservative justice’s urging came as his colleagues declined to take up an appeal from longtime Harvard law professor

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a pair of challenges to Texas’s ban on paid voter assistance, leaving in place an appeals court ruling that upheld the restrictions. The decision is a setback for civil rights and voting rights groups, which argued the state law undermines a section o

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort by President Trump to toss a $5 million civil verdict that found he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll.Why it m