At issue was a 25-year precedent that allows local governments to create protest-free buffer zones around all health-care ...

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The two cases questioned a longstanding precedent that upheld such laws, which opponents say violate free speech rights.

The Supreme Court turned away two appeals asking the justices to overrule a 25-year-old decision that allowed for buffer ...

The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the legality of buffer zones used to protect access to ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court handed abortion rights advocates a rare win when they declined to take up a pair of cases ...

The Supreme Court turned down an opportunity to overturn its precedent permitting buffer zones around abortion clinics over ...

The Supreme Court opted against hearing arguments in a pair of appeals Monday seeking to wipe out protest buffer zones around ...

The Court refuses a case on ‘sidewalk counseling,’ over a vigorous dissent.