Supreme Court News
In-depth reporting and commentary on the Court’s rulings and their influence on law, politics, and society.
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Supreme Court Extends Pause on Decision Narrowing Abortion Pill Access
REUTERS—The Supreme Court on Monday extended a pause on a ruling that would curb the abortion pill mifepristone from being prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed through the mail in a challenge by a Republican-led Louisiana lawsuit to a federal rule that had eased access. Justice Samuel Alito kept the matter on hold until May 14,…Reuters -
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The Race-Obsessed Left Complains When the Supreme Court Issues a Colorblind Ruling
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, in the recent case that restricted the use of race in designing a Louisiana congressional district. Thomas wrote: “This Court should never have interpreted [Section)] 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to effectively give racial groups ‘an entitlement to…Larry Elder -
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GOP Governor’s Answer to Georgia Dems’ Racial Gerrymander: Zzzzzz…
Brian Kemp lacks urgency. Georgia’s Republican governor is like a man who learns that the Chattahoochee River is about to breach its banks, and then rather than surround his home with sandbags, he naps in the basement. Republicans are bracing for a potential flood of Trump-hating Left-wing voters who could hand Democrats the U.S. House of Representatives and…Deroy Murdock -
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DEFYING SCOTUS? NJ AG Tries to Force Pregnancy Center to Turn Over Donor Info Despite Supreme Court Ruling
One day after a defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, New Jersey’s attorney general appeared to flagrantly disregard the ruling that her office’s demand for donor information harmed a pregnancy center’s First Amendment rights. Attorney General Jennifer Davenport filed a motion in state court, asking the court to lift its temporary stay on the subpoena…Tyler O’Neil -
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Mehek Cooke Warns Ideological Decisions Are Hurting American Consumers
Mehek Cooke, senior national security and legal analyst at The Daily Signal, warned that the shutdown of Spirit Airlines exposes a broader failure by the Biden administration and Democrat leaders to think through the real-world consequences of ideologically driven policy decisions, which she says are now directly hurting American consumers. Appearing on NewsNation over the…Mehek Cooke -
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Georgia GOP Could Move Toward Redistricting, Top Officials Say
After the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s proposed congressional map for relying too heavily on race, Georgia Republican leaders signaled renewed interest in redrawing the state’s own congressional districts—raising the prospect of expanding the GOP’s delegation. “These new maps must prioritize traditional redistricting principles—contiguity, compactness, respect for political subdivisions, and communities of…Pedro Rodriguez -
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The Supreme Court’s Redistricting Ruling Sent Shockwaves Far Beyond One State—and Democrats Know It
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of video analysis by The Daily Signal’s Senior National Security and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke. Louisiana v. Callais is the test case, but the real fight is in the Southern House map. This is why the Supreme Court ruling matters far beyond one state, one district, and…Mehek Cooke -
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Louisiana Must Redraw Congressional Map After SCOTUS Ruling, Governor Says
After the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana congressional district on Wednesday as “unconstitutional racial gerrymandering,” the state will have to redo its congressional map, Gov. Jeff Landry said in a joint statement with state Attorney General Liz Murrill. Before the Supreme Court ruling, a federal district court issued an injunction against using the current…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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MOLLIE HEMINGWAY: The Left’s War on the Supreme Court
The following is a preview of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s “Signal Sitdown” interview with Mollie Hemingway. The full interview premieres on The Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EST on April 30. This transcript has been slightly edited for clarity. Bradley Devlin: You start at the end of the [Brett] Kavanaugh saga to talk about…Bradley Devlin -
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SCOTUS Says Voting Rights Act Doesn’t Compel Discrimination During Redistricting
The Constitution prohibits sorting citizens based on race. And yet, for far too long, lower federal courts had interpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to require states to do just that—particularly when it came to drawing legislative districts. This put states between a rock and a hard place: They either had to comply…Zack Smith -
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Supreme Court Appears Open to Trump Ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians
The Supreme Court’s conservative-leaning majority seemed favorable to the Trump administration during Wednesday’s arguments about terminating Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Syrian and Haitian immigrants. After President Donald Trump’s second term began, the Department of Homeland Security ended the status for 13 countries. The high court is weighing whether Trump can legally end the…Fred Lucas -
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Supreme Court Fist Pumps for the First Amendment
Today, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a religious nonprofit that provides counseling and resources to pregnant women in New Jersey, had established a present injury to its First Amendment associational rights to confer standing to challenge a subpoena from the state to disclose private donor information. First Choice does…Cully Stimson -
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New Jersey AG Violated Pregnancy Center’s Free Association by Demanding Donor Info, Supreme Court Says
The Supreme Court delivered a unanimous rebuke to New Jersey Democrat Attorney General Matthew Platkin for his demand that a pro-life pregnancy center hand over its donor information. Platkin had issued a subpoena to First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, seeking to prove that the pregnancy center was misleading donors. The Supreme Court cited NAACP v….Tyler O’Neil -
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SCOTUS Issues Redistricting Ruling That Could Impact Midterms
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a Louisiana congressional district’s boundaries relied too much on race, in a redistricting case that could impact which party controls Congress in the years ahead. The district is represented by Rep. Cleo Fields, a Democrat. During arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts said the district was drawn like a “snake,”…Fred Lucas -
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SCOTUS Skeptical of Lawsuit Accusing Cisco of Aiding China’s Torture of Falun Gong
A majority of justices, though sympathetic, seemed reluctant to allow members of the Falun Gong movement to sue a U.S. tech firm they accused of assisting the Chinese communist government of “aiding and abetting” in torture. In the case of Cisco v. Doe, the Supreme Court is considering a lower court’s ruling that would have…Fred Lucas -
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Justices Push Back on Claim That Google Geofence Warrants Are Unconstitutional
Most justices seemed unconvinced Monday that law enforcement’s use of Google data to track a bank robber violates the Constitution. The case stemmed from the prosecution of Okello Chatrie, who conditionally pleaded guilty in 2022 to robbing a Midlothian, Virginia, credit union. He reserved his right to make the case for suppressing evidence if it…Fred Lucas -
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Supreme Court Punts on Parental Rights Case of School District Concealing Gender Transition
The Supreme Court on Monday opted not to hear a gender secrecy case out of Florida, in which parents objected to a policy that kept their child’s school from informing them of a gender transition. The case involves the School Board of Leon County, Florida, which in 2018 said that when students informed their school’s…Fred Lucas -
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Monsanto v. Durnell Could Hand Pesticide Manufacturers Sweeping Liability Protections
Across the country, lawmakers and industry groups are pushing to make it harder to sue pesticide manufacturers when their products fail to adequately warn consumers about risks or how to protect themselves when using these chemicals. That debate between consumers and industry has now found its way to the Supreme Court. On April 27, the…Judy Lopez -
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ALITO: A Fitting Tribute to the Justice Who Overturned Roe v. Wade
As rumors swirl that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito might retire at the end of this term, allowing President Donald Trump to name his replacement before the 2026 midterm elections, the justice could not have wished for a better send-off than Mollie Hemingway’s masterful and well-researched biography. “Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court…Tyler O’Neil -
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Why It Could Be Bad News for Immigrants If Trump Admin Loses This SCOTUS Case
In a case over the removal of a Chinese national with a green card and criminal charges, a majority of Supreme Court justices appeared to lean toward the Trump administration Wednesday but pressed the government for clarity. The plaintiff in the case suing to block his removal is Muk Choi Lau, a Chinese national charged…Fred Lucas