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Refusing To Let Trump Deploy the National Guard in Chicago, SCOTUS Adds a New Wrinkle To the Debate

The justices suggested the president is misinterpreting "the regular forces," a key phrase in the statute on which he is relying.

Reason

Texas National Guard’s deployment in Illinois blocked by U.S. Supreme Court

Around 200 Texas National Guard troops were deployed to the Chicago area in early October, despite opposition from local and state governments in Illinois.

The Texas Tribune

SCOTUS Tackles Illegal File Sharing, Internet Music Piracy, and Copyright Law

Plus: It’s webathon time.

Reason

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USPS customer’s lawsuit could pave the way for ‘a ton of suits about mail’

Major concern has been expressed about opening the doors to frivolous litigation

The Independent UK

Supreme Court blocks ruling on Texas congressional map deemed likely racially based

The justices have previously blocked lower-court rulings in redistricting disputes, notably in Alabama and Louisiana

The Independent UK

Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas’ new congressional map

The administrative ruling is a first step before the court decides whether to pause the use of the 2025 map, drawn to increase GOP seats in the U.S. House, for the rest of the legal battle.

The Texas Tribune

Who Is Kim Davis? Ex-Clerk Who Refused Gay Marriage Licences Loses Supreme Court Appeal

The Supreme Court declined to hear Kim Davis's appeal, leaving her liable for damages and effectively reaffirming marriage equality a decade after her defiance made global headlines.

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The most conservative Supreme Court justices will likely join the liberals against Trump's tariffs, analyst says

"The more likely scenarios would all have Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch voting to strike down the IEEPA tariffs or to curtail them, in our view."

Fortune

Will the US Supreme Court consider a request to overturn same-sex marriage?

It’s been a decade since the US Supreme Court recognised a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in the landmark case, Obergefell v Hodges. The US Supreme Court will meet today to consider a request to overturn that 2015 decision.

The Conversation

On Tariffs, It Was Gorsuch vs. Trump at SCOTUS

The legal challengers to Trump's tariffs had a good day in court.

Reason

Listening to the Law review – Amy Coney Barrett offers little comfort about state of US law

Conservative US supreme court justice’s memoir affirms that she is first and foremost a Trump appointee

The Guardian - US

How the conservative Federalist Society will affect the Supreme Court for decades to come

During the 2016 presidential election campaign, candidate Donald Trump took the unprecedented move of releasing a list of his potential Supreme Court nominees.

The Conversation

Supreme Court Supports Trump In Legal Battles

Conservative Supreme Court justices express concern over lower courts defying decisions, emphasize adherence to precedents.

Top News

Trump is making plans to avoid an RBG situation on the Supreme Court, his next picks could be even more right-wing

President appointed three of the nine judges on the Supreme Court during his first term

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The supreme court is giving a lawless president the green light

The Department of Education case is the latest example of an unexplained decision bowing to Trump

The Independent UK

Why two justices could hand Republicans their own ‘Ginsburg moment’ next year

NEWS ANALYSIS: Two aging conservatives on the bench have given no indications of their plans to retire, leaving some on the right worried about 2026, writes John Bowden

Al Jazeera

Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order in class-action lawsuit

The injunction would bar Trump from denying citizenship to US-born babies based on their parents’ immigration status.

The Guardian - US

‘Accelerated censorship’: advocates criticize US supreme court ruling on LGBTQ+ books

Opponents say the decision allowing parents to let their kids opt out of lessons featuring LGBTQ+ themes will hurt the US education system

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In LGBTQ+ storybook case, Supreme Court handed a win to parental rights, raising tough questions for educators

The Supreme Court tends to save its blockbuster orders for the last day of the term – and 2025 was no exception.

Reason

Trump Is Now More Powerful Thanks to the Supreme Court. But Will It Last?

Plus: Conservatives won big overall this year at the Supreme Court.

Reason

School Choice Could Fix the Conflicts That Led to the Supreme Court's Mahmoud Decision

There’s no need to fight over lessons if you’re not forced to learn in government-run battlegrounds.

Al Jazeera

What cases did the US Supreme Court decide at the end of its 2024 term?

The Supreme Court delivered victories for religious freedom advocates and the Trump administration on its final day.

Reason

Supreme Court Rules 6–3 for Trump, Limits 'Nationwide Injunctions' in Birthright Citizenship Case

“Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch,” declared Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court rules schools must let kids opt out of LGBTQ+ book readings

Court sides with parents in Maryland who protested against exposure to storybooks they found objectionable

The Independent UK

Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books

The Supreme Court has ruled that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ storybooks

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