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The Latest Breaking News from Samuel Alito

Conservative justices actually consider race – except in correcting inequality

In Louisiana v Callais, the supreme court has openly considered white Republicans in partisan redistricting

The Guardian - US

The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act and Louisiana’s Black voters are the first casualty

The Supreme Court just delivered a crushing blow to the Voting Rights Act, and Louisiana’s Black voters are feeling the impact first. According to The Guardian, in a 6-3 decision split along partisan lines, the court effectively dismantled Section 2 of the landmark 1965 law, the last stronghold preventing racial…

The Mary Sue

First Thing: US supreme court ‘demolishes’ Voting Rights Act

Ruling has gutted provision intended to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Plus, oil tops $126 a barrel to reach highest level since 2022

The Guardian - UK

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SCOTUS Narrows the Reach of the Voting Rights Act

Plus: The Supreme Court says “demands for a charity’s private member or donor information” raises First Amendment problems.

Reason

The conservative supreme court justices behind the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act

Latest ruling is culmination of Justices Roberts and Alito’s campaign to slowly but surely strangle efforts to protect democratic rights of Black and other minority Americans

The Guardian - US

The supreme court’s voting rights decision is a death knell for American democracy

The US was not a true democracy before the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday’s decision has essentially destroyed the law

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling makes it harder to protect minority voting power and alters the landscape of future elections

In a major ruling that would permit weakening the voting power of minorities in the United States, the Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana’s congressional map as “an unconstitutional gerrymander” and altered the court’s interpretation of the Voting Rights Act.

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I thought Alito was history’s worst supreme court justice. But Thomas has outdone him

The supreme court justice recently condemned an entire philosophy of government. How can we believe in his impartiality?

The Guardian - US

A Rare SCOTUS Case That Pitted Thomas Against Alito

Plus: Does Trump expect to lose the birthright citizenship case?

Reason

If Justice Alito resigns before the midterms, a Trump nominee to the Supreme Court is likely to sail through confirmation

Washington is buzzing with the possibility that President Donald Trump might name one or more Supreme Court justices before the November midterm elections.

The Conversation

The Supreme Court's 'Shadow Docket' Has Sprung a Leak

Plus: a credible new report on the Alito retirement rumors.

Reason

Ted Cruz claims Trump spoke to him ‘seriously’ about filling a Supreme Court vacancy

President Donald Trump appointed three justices in his first term and could fill multiple vacancies in his second if the court’s senior conservatives retire

The Independent UK

When SCOTUS Did Lasting Damage to the Bill of Rights

Plus: The Alito retirement rumors keep swirling.

Reason

My Interview with Peter Canellos, Author Of "Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement"

Eleven questions on YLS, SG, OLC, DNJ, CA3, GWB, and SCOTUS.

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The Independent UK

Supreme Court Justice taken to hospital last month after falling ill

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The Guardian - US

Hospital visit fuels speculation about Samuel Alito’s future on supreme court

Veteran justice, 76, was treated for dehydration in March; a retirement would give Trump new chance to shape court

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, 76, was rushed to hospital weeks ago in undisclosed incident

The justice was reportedly administered fluids for dehydration at a Philadelphia hospital after falling ill during a dinner held in his honor

The Independent UK

Supreme Court appears likely to rule for Mississippi death row inmate over racial jury bias

The case has been making its way through the court system for 20 years

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5 years of calling mail-in voting a fraud scheme later, Trump could get exactly what he’s been after

The decision is expected right before the election season.

Reason

Mail-In Ballots, the 2026 Election, and the Supreme Court

What’s at stake in Watson v. Republican National Committee.

Reason

Kavanaugh Should Be Embarrassed by Trump's Praise for His Tariffs Dissent

Plus: Brian Doherty, RIP.

Reason

Virginia's Impending 'Assault Firearm' Ban Is Logically and Constitutionally Dubious

The ban, which targets guns based on criteria that make little sense, seems vulnerable to a challenge under the Supreme Court's Second Amendment precedents.

Reason

Trump's Tantrum Over the Tariff Decision Highlights His Narcissistic Authoritarianism

The president neither understands nor appreciates the vital role of judicial independence in upholding the rule of law.

The Independent UK

Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’

Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, ushered in under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, were unlawfully imposed

Reason

Gorsuch Blasts Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh for Favoring Trump's Illegal Tariffs

What explains the fracture in the Supreme Court's "conservative bloc"?

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