Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, whose new book, “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country,” comes out this week, sat down with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford. He addressed President Trump’s criticisms of the Court and the leak of the draft of his abortion opinion that overturned…
Washington — Justice Samuel Alito sat down with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford for discussions touching on a host of issues, including his future on the Supreme Court, his majority opinion in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade and the charged rhetoric of political leaders from both parties. The rare interview came…
Minnesota’s law banning AI “nudification” images has been put on hold after a federal appeals court sided with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted an injunction sought by xAI, pausing enforcement of the law while the company’s appeal moves forward. The court issued a brief, one-sentence…
Walking across the gritty New Jersey ball field for the first time since he played here as a boy, Samuel Alito couldn’t help but stop to analyze the playing surface. The pebbles were bigger back then, he said, the field more uneven. These sounded like minor details for anyone to notice, but Alito saw something…
The Justice Department said Thursday it was seeking to end more than 50 long-standing consent decrees dating back decades that sought to curb unlawful racial segregation that was prevalent during the Jim Crow era. Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said her office was “ending prolonged federal oversight…
Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that’s bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected. The steep-sided hole measured about 728 feet across, the length of two football fields, and up to 141 feet deep, equivalent to three vertically stacked yellow…
The family of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia at the age of 37 when she was 20 weeks pregnant, has filed a lawsuit in Texas, saying she was denied an abortion that could have saved her life as her health quickly deteriorated. Lawyers for Walker’s family filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Bexar County District…
The Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted to immediately close the institution for renovations, a source familiar with the vote said, after President Trump and his allies on the board repeatedly warned of financial and physical ruin for the center if no action is taken. Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge again blocked the board — which…
Two boaters were found dead and the third, a teenager, was rescued alive after their fishing boat capsized in the Bering Sea off Alaska, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Crews initiated a search early Monday for three people who were reported missing by Alaska State Troopers at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday evening, after their…
The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked the state from moving forward with a new House map that favors Republicans in this year’s midterm elections, ordering a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map. The decision Thursday marks a rare setback for Republicans in the national redistricting battle, as they fight…
