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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Why Did the Liberal Justices Write Unanimous Conservative Rulings at the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court handed down three blockbuster rulings Thursday focused on hot-button cultural issues, and all three of them went in the conservative direction. That’s not exactly a surprise—the court has a conservative majority, after all. The first real surprise was that the rulings were unanimous. The second real surprise? Each of the court’s three… -
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Supreme Court Rules Wisconsin Court Discriminated Against Catholic Charities Bureau
The Supreme Court has unanimously overturned a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that prevented the Catholic Charities Bureau from receiving a religious tax exemption. Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned the opinion for the court, while Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson each filed concurring opinions. The court, in its opinion released Thursday, held that Wisconsin’s court… -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules on Mexico’s Attack on US Gun Manufacturers
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down Mexico's challenge to U.S. gun manufacturers, holding that they cannot be blamed for crime and cartel violence south of the border. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the unanimous opinion of the court. Justices Clarence Thomas and Kentanji Brown Jackson filed concurring opinions. Kagan ruled that because Mexico did not plausibly… -
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Supreme Court Protects Majority Groups From Discrimination
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday upheld the claims of a woman who faced workplace discrimination because of her “majority group” identity—in this case, being a heterosexual. The decision upholds the rights of majority group individuals to be free from “reverse discrimination,” a right considered protected under Title VII of the Civil… -
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Supreme Court to Take on Illinois Late Ballot Case With Far-Reaching Election Integrity Implications
THE CENTER SQUARE—In a move that could have major implications for election procedures across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case brought by Judicial Watch challenging whether federal courts have jurisdiction to hear disputes over ballots received after Election Day. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., and two electors sued over… -
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SCOTUS Allows Trump Administration to Revoke Legal Status for 500K Illegal Aliens
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to revoke temporary protected status for 500,000 illegal aliens living in the U.S. In a 7-2 ruling on Friday, the justices lifted a lower court’s order that barred the Trump administration from deporting illegal aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who entered the U.S. under… -
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Supreme Court Gives Trump a Quiet, Yet Potentially Large Victory Against Administrative State
As Americans began to prepare for Memorial Day weekend, the Supreme Court quietly handed President Donald Trump a significant victory in the fight to rein in the rogue D.C. bureaucracy. In a short, two-page order, the court stayed a district court order that directed Trump to reinstate two federal officials whom he had fired. … -
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WHO VOTED AGAINST? Supreme Court Splits 4-4 on Catholic Charter School
In a tied decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday allowed an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision to stand, disqualifying a Catholic charter school from receiving state funding. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the ruling, resulting in the 4-4 decision. The court did not issue an opinion, only stating, “The judgment is affirmed by an… -
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Supreme Court Allows a Maine Legislator to Legislate
Most injunction stories seem to favor the Left—but here’s one they may not like as much. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court voted 7-2 to grant an injunction requiring the clerk of the Maine House of Representatives to count votes cast by state Rep. Laurel Libby, who had been effectively suspended for her views on gender… -
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‘Victory for Girls and Free Speech:’ Supreme Court Sides With Lawmaker Censured for Defending Women’s Sports
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Maine lawmaker who was censured for defending women’s sports from male intrusion. “This Supreme Court decision is a victory for girls and free speech, and a defeat for woke gender advocates who want to deny biological reality,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told The Daily Signal. “It… -
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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Proceed With Plans to Remove Deportation Protections for Venezuelan Illegal Aliens
The Supreme Court will allow, for now, the Trump administration to proceed with plans to strip temporary legal protected status from thousands of illegal aliens from Venezuela living in the U.S. The court’s decision allows the Trump administration to move forward with plans to cancel Temporary Protected Status for illegal aliens who entered the U.S…. -
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Trump Bashes Supreme Court Following Order Further Blocking Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Illegal Gang Members
The Supreme Court has extended its block on the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal alien gang members from Venezuela. “The Supreme Court has just ruled that the worst murderers, drug dealers, gang members, and even those who are mentally insane, who came into our country illegally, are not… -
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5 Takeaways From Oral Arguments on Universal Injunctions in Birthright Citizenship Case at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on whether nationwide injunctions violate the Constitution, after lower courts have issued 40 nationwide injunctions against the second Trump administration. “Universal injunctions exceed the judicial power granted in Article III which exist only to address the injury to the complaining party,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued. The… -
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Defensive Gun Uses Demonstrate Life and Death Benefits of Supreme Court’s Bruen Decision
In a 2022 case called New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Supreme Court affirmed that ordinary Americans have a right to bear arms in public for self-defense, and struck down New York’s restrictive framework for issuing concealed carry permits. This framework, in effect, left most civilians in the state without any… -
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When Tomatoes Became Veggies: 19th-Century SCOTUS Tariff Ruling Hints at the Questions the Court May Soon Face
President Donald Trump has been using an old tool ignored by recent presidents to target trade abusers like China that impose significant barriers to American products and services—tariffs. We all want free and fair trade, but trade is not free and fair when it is only free and fair on one side. As The Heritage… -
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Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Trans Military Ban
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration’s ban on transgender military service to move forward on Tuesday. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, asserting they would have allowed the pause to stay in place. The high court struck down a nationwide injunction from a district judge, but it will likely… -
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Supreme Court Considers Whether the First Amendment Allows ‘Religious Charter Schools’
One of the Supreme Court’s last argued cases of the 2024-25 term may turn out to be one of its most significant. On Wednesday, the court heard arguments over whether states may insist that charter schools, which they all define as public schools, be nonsectarian. Nearly every state offers charter schools to provide an alternative… -
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Oklahoma Case Offers Supreme Court Chance to Benefit Families
A great many of the cases heard by our nation’s courts, at every level, require the delicate parsing of subtly contradictory facts and opinions leading to a decision that, almost inevitably, will greatly benefit some people while frustrating the lives and purposes of others. Happily, Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond is not one… -
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‘Pride Puppy!’ Talk in Supreme Court Arguments Sparks Attention
An unusual clash in the Supreme Court this week centered on a book titled “Pride Puppy!” During the oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor, Justice Neil Gorsuch pressed Alan Schoenfeld, the laywer representing Montgomery County Public Schools, about the book, and its apparent reference to leather and bondage. “Pride Puppy!” is… -
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4 Takeaways as Supreme Court Hears Maryland LGBT School Books Case
During oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor, Justice Samuel Alito asked about the ages of Maryland elementary school students taught from LGBTQ books in their class. “These books were approved for pre-K, which in Montgomery County could start as early as three if they are going to turn four that fall,”…