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What Made Justice Kagan Change Her Mind on Universal Injunctions?
When judges change their mind, they explain their reasons. Or at least they ought to, because that’s what makes their judgments trustworthy. But when the Supreme Court decided Trump v. CASA this term, Justice Elena Kagan suddenly changed her mind on universal injunctions—and didn’t explain why. There, the Supreme Court held that federal courts likely… -
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US Supreme Court to Take Up Two Transgender Athlete Cases
THE CENTER SQUARE—The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to take up two cases in its next term on laws banning men from participating in girls and women’s sports, based on biological sex. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. The cases come out of Idaho and… -
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Supreme Court Upholds Porn Age-Verification Law
Last Friday, the Supreme Court held in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton that states can require pornographic websites to verify that users are over 18. States now have much more leeway to ensure that children are protected from internet pornography. In 2023, Texas introduced the law challenged in Paxton. The law requires pornography websites to… -
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Here’s Why the Supreme Court Striking Down Nationwide Injunctions Won’t End the Judicial Insurrection
The Supreme Court case Trump v. CASA cut right to the heart of the judicial insurrection, the trend of district court judges siding with leftist activists to block President Donald Trump’s policies through nationwide preliminary injunctions. The court’s decision rightly struck down the judicial insurrection’s No. 1 strategy, but that doesn’t mean rogue judges won’t… -
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Supreme Court Delays Delegation’s Reckoning for Another Day
The Supreme Court punctuated its 2024 term with a decision that allowed the Federal Communications Commission to continue charging Americans billions of dollars annually for its Universal Service program. Universal Service, a subsidy program meant to bring communications technologies to rural and low-income areas, survived a consumer group’s challenge that argued that the FCC’s seemingly… -
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Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law for Porn Sites
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday regarding a Texas law that makes it more difficult for children to access pornography. The ruling in the case of Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton could have a larger reach beyond the Lone Star State. Texas joined 19 other states to require pornographic websites to verify their users are… -
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Supreme Court Ruling Means Parents Can Follow Their Faith in Raising Children
In one of its final decisions this term, the Supreme Court has affirmed the right of religious parents to follow their faith in making decisions about their children’s public school education. In Mahmoud v. Taylor, the court sided with parents who asked that they be notified and given the chance to opt their children out… -
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Trump Reacts to Supreme Court Clearing Obstacle to His Agenda
President Donald Trump is looking forward to proceeding with his agenda after the Supreme Court on Friday granted the administration’s request to narrow the scope of nationwide injunctions by federal judges. “We can now promptly file, proceed with numerous policies that have been wrongly enjoined on a nationwide,” Trump said at a press briefing Friday…. -
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Supreme Court Lets South Carolina Ban Abortion Clinics from Medicaid
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic to uphold South Carolina’s strategy for protecting taxpayers from subsidizing abortion through Medicaid. This case reveals how abortion advocates try to force taxpayers to subsidize their agenda—and how pro-life states can respond. Congress’ power to “provide for the… general welfare” is often… -
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Supreme Court Rules on Parents’ Religious Freedom in LGBTQ School Book Opt-Out Case
The Supreme Court upheld the religious freedom of Maryland parents who challenged a school district policy that prevented them from opting their children out of lessons involving LGBTQ+ books. The court ruled, 6-3, that the Maryland parents were entitled to a preliminary injunction. The case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, involved Maryland parents of various faith backgrounds—Protestant, Catholic, Jewish,… -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Strikes Down Courts Applying Universal Injunctions
The Supreme Court struck down a lower court injunction blocking the Trump administration’s executive order on birthright citizenship, laying out clear rules for courts utilizing universal injunctions going forward. The case, Trump v. CASA, concerns universal injunctions that lower court judges have ordered pausing President Donald Trump’s order interpreting the 14th Amendment as not guaranteeing… -
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How This Term’s Supreme Court Cases Are Reshaping America
The decisions of the Supreme Court reverberate throughout the nation, defining the limits of government power and often directing our culture. The 2024-2025 term of the Supreme Court is now coming to a close, bringing with it a wide range of cases. I spoke with Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s… -
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Supreme Court Rules Whether States Can Block Planned Parenthood From Receiving Medicaid Funding
The Supreme Court ruled against Planned Parenthood Thursday, handing a significant win to the pro-life movement. In the case Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the justices ruled, 6-3, that South Carolina can legally block Planned Parenthood facilities from receiving Medicaid funding. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Justice… -
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Judicial Insurrection Breaks New Ground as Judge Defies Supreme Court Itself
District court judges aren’t just striking down President Donald Trump’s orders, arguably taking presidential power on themselves. In at least one case, a district judge appears to have openly defied the Supreme Court itself. The Supreme Court Monday issued a stay on an April 18 injunction in the case D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security…. -
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Supreme Court Gives Trump Administration Green Light to Deport Illegal Aliens to Third-Party Countries
In a win for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court issued a brief order Monday allowing the Trump administration to restart deportation flights of illegal aliens to nations other than their own. The high court’s order lifts, for now, a lower court’s order allowing illegal immigrants to challenge their deportation order before their removal. … -
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Supreme Court Says the Constitution Does Not Second-Guess the People on ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care
In one of the most-anticipated decisions of its 2024-25 term, United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court held that a Tennessee law prohibiting so-called gender-affirming medical interventions for minors does not violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. That was the only question before the Supreme Court, and it got the answer right. Tennessee is… -
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Supreme Court Rules on Whether States Can Protect Kids From Transgender Procedures
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states have the constitutional right to pass laws protecting children from irreversible transgender medical interventions. In a 6-3 ruling the court upheld a Tennessee law prohibiting minors from attempting to medically change their sex. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the opinion of the court, in which Justices Clarence Thomas,… -
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Supreme Court Takes Up Case After Democrat AG Demands Sensitive Docs From Pro-Life Pregnancy Center
The Supreme Court Monday took up the case of a pro-life pregnancy center that claimed religious and political discrimination after New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, a Democrat, issued a subpoena demanding documents on the suspicion that the center had violated a consumer fraud law. Lower courts had ruled that the pregnancy center, First Choice… -
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Supreme Court Insists It Will Resolve AR-15 Question ‘Soon’
Last week, the Supreme Court declined to review a 4th U.S. Circuit Court opinion upholding the constitutionality of Maryland’s ban on the possession of certain semiautomatic rifles the state arbitrarily deems “assault weapons.” Faced with a prime opportunity to reinforce its Second Amendment jurisprudence against repeated and flagrant efforts to undermine it, the nation’s highest… -
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Supreme Court Says No to ‘Denominational Preferences’
Catholic Charities performs religious works, according to a unanimous Supreme Court decision in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission. Was that really so hard? Apparently not. Per Justice Sonia Sotomayor, author of the majority opinion, “There may be hard calls to make” where the free exercise of religion is concerned, “but…