The Latest Breaking News from the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has always ruled on politically controversial issues. From elections to civil rights, from abortion to free speech, the justices frequently weigh in on the country’s most debated problems.

7/17/1862: Congress enacts the Confiscation Act, which empowers the government to seize the property of the rebels. The Supreme Court… The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 17, 1862 appeared first on Reason.com.

In response to a Second Amendment lawsuit, the government says the restriction "serves legitimate objectives" and "only modestly burdens" the right to arms.

After the Supreme Court decided Trump v. CASA, the Wall Street Journal editorial page took a victory lap. The editors, who… The post Professor Barrett Was At Home In CASA appeared first on Reason.com.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor calls the decision "indefensible."

Public schools promise to prepare young people for the “real world,” but sometimes the rules inside those hallways look more like a dystopian plot twist than a civics lesson. From restricting self-expression to searching through lockers like they’re bank vaults, schools often push the line on what’s actually legal—or fair.

The disgraced British socialite was jailed for 20 years in 2022.

“An innocent woman is in jail,” Ghislaine Maxwell's brother said, asserting that she always “maintained” that there was no such a thing as a “client list.”

The Trump administration was given the green light by the Supreme Court on July 14, 2025, to proceed with mass layoffs at the Department of Education – part of a wider plan to dismantle the agency. In doing so, the conservative majority on the bench overruled a lower court judge…