What you need to know about the Supreme Court’s decision on West Virginia v. EPA

A blow at the government's ability to regulate climate change is just the beginning.

The court reads free-market economics into the Constitution (again)

Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 shot mandate case that is similar to Maine’s

The current case involves a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that doesn't offer an exemption for religious reasons.

Jackson sworn in, becomes first Black woman on Supreme Court

The 51-year-old Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the court’s 116th justice, replacing Justice Stephen Breyer, whose retirement was effective at noon Thursday.

Young women react with shock, resolve to court’s decision to overturn abortion rights

As some women in their 20s feel they have lost a constitutional right many had taken for granted, Maine law still allows for abortions.

Supreme Court sides with doctors convicted in pain pill schemes

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that prosecutors must prove that doctors knew they were illegally prescribing powerful pain drugs in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.

Maine prepares for increase in out-of-state abortion seekers

Within hours of Friday's Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England had already fielded calls from three women living in a so-called 'dark state' in search of an abortion appointment in Maine, a spokeswoman says.

Maine likely won’t see big impact from high court’s religious schools ruling

The state's requirements for tuition vouchers, including prohibitions on discrimination, will make some institutions ineligible.

Waterville demonstrators protest overturn of Roe v. Wade

By late morning, about 30 people carrying signs stood on sidewalks in downtown Waterville, decrying the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying there is recourse: a large voter turnout in the midterm elections.

Here’s where each U.S. state stands on abortion

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that sets up the potential for legal fights between the states.