July 02, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court pulled the plug Friday on House Democrats' long-running fight to obtain grand jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe after the U.S. deputy solicitor general and the House Judiciary Committee both urged the justices to vacate the case because it's now moot.
November 20, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to cancel a Dec. 2 hearing over whether the U.S. Department of Justice must give a House committee secret grand jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation after the committee said the case should wait until the new Congress and President-elect Joe Biden take office.
November 17, 2020
The House Judiciary Committee asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to cancel a December hearing over whether it can demand secret grand jury materials from the special counsel's Russian investigation, saying the election results might alter the committee's commitment to continuing its probe into President Donald Trump's conduct.
October 02, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court comes back into session Monday to take on historic cases, including disputes over LGBTQ rights and the Affordable Care Act, but with only eight members following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and still closed to in-person attendance because of the coronavirus pandemic.
August 31, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that giving House impeachment investigators full access to former special counsel Robert Mueller's report on 2016 presidential election interference would be "an invitation for abuse," citing the challenge of preventing leaks from members of Congress who aren't subject to judicial oversight.
July 02, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments on whether the Trump administration has to give the House Judiciary Committee access to grand jury materials produced by former special counsel Robert Mueller has dealt a significant blow to Democrats' yearlong legal bid to secure those records before the November election.
July 02, 2020
The Supreme Court will decide whether the DOJ has to give the House Judiciary Committee unredacted materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury investigation, taking up the Trump administration's appeal on Thursday morning.
June 15, 2020
House Democrats on Monday railed against the U.S. Department of Justice's "backwards" appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court over an order compelling the DOJ to release evidence from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
June 03, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court should review and reverse the D.C. Circuit order forcing the U.S. Department of Justice to give House Democrats unredacted materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury investigation, the DOJ told the justices in a new petition.
May 08, 2020
Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on an order forcing the U.S. Department of Justice to hand over secret grand jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference, pausing the order until the House Judiciary Committee can file a response.