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N.C. Lawmakers Move to Stop Votes From Being Discarded Based on Postelection Rule Changes

by Doug Bock Clark

April 10, 2025, 3:55 pm EDT
Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

March 27, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
Alaska Judge Vows to Reduce Trial Delays: “We Must, and We Will, Improve”

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

February 14, 2025, 4:30 pm EST

Series

69 stories published since 2017

Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony

by Pamela Colloff

November 3, 2025, 4:10 pm EST
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America

by Doug Bock Clark

October 30, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
The Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been the Testing Ground for the Trump Administration’s Latest Legal Strategy

by Robert T. Garrett for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

August 25, 2025, 11:45 am EDT
ProPublica Updates Supreme Connections Database With Newly Released Financial Disclosures

by Sergio Hernández

July 25, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.

by Doug Bock Clark

May 16, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
N.C. Lawmakers Move to Stop Votes From Being Discarded Based on Postelection Rule Changes

by Doug Bock Clark

April 10, 2025, 3:55 pm EDT
Will Extreme Spending and Partisanship Undermine Trust in State Supreme Courts?

by Megan O’Matz

April 6, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

March 27, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
Alaska Judge Vows to Reduce Trial Delays: “We Must, and We Will, Improve”

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

February 14, 2025, 4:30 pm EST
ProPublica Updates Supreme Connections Database With Previously Missing Disclosures

by Sergio Hernández

February 13, 2025, 5:00 am EST
North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.

by Doug Bock Clark

January 18, 2025, 2:00 pm EST
The Neverending Case: How 10 Years of Delays Have Prevented a “Horrendous” Sexual Assault Allegation From Going to Trial

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News; Graphics by Lucas Waldron and Zisiga Mukulu, ProPublica

January 9, 2025, 11:00 am EST
North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”

by Doug Bock Clark

January 8, 2025, 2:50 pm EST
Anchorage Police Say They Witnessed a Sexual Assault in Public. It Took Seven Years for the Case to Go to Trial.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

January 7, 2025, 11:00 am EST
A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid to Overturn His Loss Is Based on Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme

by Doug Bock Clark

December 23, 2024, 12:05 pm EST
Courts Appoint Special Counsel to Oversee Reform of New York’s Troubled Guardianship System

by Jake Pearson

November 8, 2024, 5:00 am EST
A Supreme Court Justice Warned That a Ruling Would Cause “Large-Scale Disruption.” The Effects Are Already Being Felt.

by Eli Sanders for ProPublica, illustrations by Michael Haddid, special to ProPublica

September 23, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket

by Marilyn W. Thompson and Alex Mierjeski

September 17, 2024, 12:50 pm EDT
Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”

by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented

September 4, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Judge Cannon Should Be Removed From Trump Case, Watchdog Group Argues in New Legal Filing

by Marilyn W. Thompson

September 3, 2024, 6:45 pm EDT
Our Editor Won a 6-Year Legal Battle. It Didn’t Feel Like a Victory.

by Charles Ornstein

August 30, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse

by Noah Pransky, Brooke Williams and Andrew Botolino for ProPublica

July 16, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code

by Doug Bock Clark

June 17, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski

June 13, 2024, 4:11 pm EDT
ProPublica Updates Supreme Connections Database With New Justice Disclosures

by Ken Schwencke

June 12, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Reader Tips Propelled Our Supreme Court Reporting. Now Your Info Could Power Our 2024 Election Coverage.

by Justin Elliott

June 12, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

June 7, 2024, 1:32 pm EDT
New Utah Law Prioritizes Child Safety in Custody Courts

by Michael Squires

April 8, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Senate Judiciary Committee Has Yet to Subpoena Harlan Crow or Leonard Leo

by Andy Kroll

February 16, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Senate Investigation “Casts Fresh Doubt” About the Validity of Harlan Crow’s Yacht Tax Deductions

by Paul Kiel

February 6, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Financial Disclosures

by Sergio Hernández, Alex Mierjeski, Al Shaw and Mollie Simon

December 21, 2023, 5:00 am EST
A “Delicate Matter”: Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski and Brett Murphy

December 18, 2023, 6:00 am EST
The Judiciary Has Policed Itself for Decades. It Doesn’t Work.

by Brett Murphy and Kirsten Berg

December 13, 2023, 5:00 am EST
Senate Committee Authorizes Subpoenas of Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo as Part of Supreme Court Ethics Probe

by Andy Kroll

November 30, 2023, 5:10 pm EST
The Supreme Court Has Adopted a Conduct Code, but Who Will Enforce It?

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski

November 13, 2023, 4:47 pm EST
The Scandal That Never Happened

by Anat Rubin, Illustrations by James Lee Chiahan, special to ProPublica

November 4, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Trump’s Court Whisperer Had a State Judicial Strategy. Its Full Extent Only Became Clear Years Later.

by Andrea Bernstein and Andy Kroll

October 23, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority

by Andy Kroll, Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz, illustrations by Nate Sweitzer for ProPublica

October 11, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
It’s Not Personal: Why Clarence Thomas’ Trip to the Koch Summit Undermines His Ethics Defense

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski

October 5, 2023, 6:00 am EDT
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

September 22, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Clarence Thomas Acknowledges Undisclosed Real Estate Deal With Harlan Crow and Discloses Private Jet Flights

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

August 31, 2023, 4:25 pm EDT
Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel

by Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski

August 10, 2023, 5:45 am EDT
How Harlan Crow Slashed his Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises

by Paul Kiel

July 17, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Senators Ask Billionaire Paul Singer and Power Broker Leonard Leo for Full Accounting of Gifts to Supreme Court Justices

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski

July 12, 2023, 5:00 pm EDT
Behind the Scenes of Justice Alito’s Unprecedented Wall Street Journal Pre-buttal

by Jesse Eisinger and Stephen Engelberg

June 25, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski

June 20, 2023, 11:49 pm EDT
Supreme Risk

by Ian MacDougall and Sergio Hernández

June 1, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
The Origins of Our Investigation Into Clarence Thomas’ Relationship With Harlan Crow

by Stephen Engelberg and Jesse Eisinger

May 11, 2023, 11:00 am EDT
Clarence Thomas’ Friend Acknowledges That Billionaire Harlan Crow Paid Tuition for the Child Thomas Was Raising “as a Son”

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski and Brett Murphy

May 4, 2023, 7:50 pm EDT
Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition.

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

May 4, 2023, 6:00 am EDT