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The Supreme Court Is Considering 2 College Admissions Cases. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s many cases this term include two that pertain to affirmative action in college admissions. The justices of the nation’s highest court heard arguments for about five hours Oct. 31 in the cases. One is Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College; the other is Students for Fair… -
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Tom Cotton Slams Merrick Garland for Allowing Illegal Protests at Supreme Court Justices’ Homes
Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton slammed Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday for allowing illegal protesting to continue outside the homes of Supreme Court justices. More than six months after the leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion indicating that Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned, pro-abortion activists continue to illegally demonstrate outside justices’… -
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Protester Arrested for Disrupting Supreme Court Oral Arguments Leads Group Protesting at Justices Homes for Months
A protester arrested for disrupting Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday leads one of the pro-abortion groups organizing protests outside the justices’ homes over the last six months. “TONIGHT!! Join me in annoying the pants off the fascists!!” tweeted Nikki Enfield on June 1 as she urged pro-abortion activists to protest outside the homes of Supreme… -
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Big Cases to Watch During New Supreme Court Term
The Supreme Court is back. The nine justices will be hearing several blockbuster cases this term and weighing in on everything from affirmative action to election districts and even a case that involves Californians’ access to bacon. “Last term was certainly a very big term with big cases,” Zack Smith, a legal fellow at The… -
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Big Tech’s Big Moment Finally Arrives at Supreme Court
In what is shaping up to be an action-packed term at the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices upped the ante Tuesday by granting review in another banner case: Gonzalez v. Google. The case centers on interpretation of a law that has plagued social media users, especially conservatives, for some time by allowing tech giants to… -
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Supreme Court Set to Hear Major ‘Culture Wars’ Cases This Term
The Supreme Court begins hearing cases for its new term Monday, following its customary summer recess. If this term is anything like the last one, conservatives and constitutionalists will rejoice. In the most recent term, conservatives achieved secured massive wins on abortion (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization); gun rights (New York State Rifle &… -
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Look Who’s Talking, Justice Kagan
Supreme Court justices return to work next month following a tumultuous last session in which the majority issued some controversial rulings, most notably the overturning of Roe v. Wade.Liberals in general, and Justice Elena Kagan in particular, are upset by the decisions of the conservative majority. Kagan recently spoke at Northwestern University School of Law… -
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9 Key Cases Supreme Court Will Hear in 2022-23 Session
It will be tough—if not impossible—for the Supreme Court to top the 2021-22 term when it comes to both drama and results that pleased the conservative legal community (not to mention conservatives in general). As I wrote elsewhere in July at the end of the term, “[t]he three words that best describe the Supreme Court’s… -
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What’s Ahead for Supreme Court After ‘Blockbuster Term’
Few times in American history has the Supreme Court received more attention than in the past two months. What will history say about this past Supreme Court term? Will we ever know who leaked the draft majority opinion in the Dobbs case? And how is new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson going to change the Supreme… -
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Supreme Court Decisions Will Change Political Landscape
With the Supreme Court concluding one of the most historic and consequential terms in its history, it leaves in its wake consequences and implications for the direction of our country. One very important result may well be a movement of black and Hispanic voters to the right. It is reasonable to conclude that conservatives are… -
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5 Monumental Cases That Highlighted the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term
The Supreme Court has just finished what will likely go down as one of the most momentous and memorable terms in history. In addition to the court deciding many blockbuster cases from abortion to the limits of the power of the federal bureaucracy, Justice Stephen Breyer retired, now-Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to… -
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Supreme Court Decision May Force Young Women to Confront Sexual Reality
Thanks to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, young women are confronting some basic truths about men and women that feminism has denied for the last half-century. Like other left-wing movements, feminism is based on a denial of reality (or, if you prefer, on lies). The best-known example is the feminist insistence that, except for… -
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In Allowing Coach to Pray, Supreme Court Says First Amendment Doesn’t Contradict Itself
The First Amendment to the Constitution has two connected clauses on religion, one prohibiting an “establishment of religion” and the other protecting the “free exercise thereof.” The case of Kennedy v. Bremerton School District involved a high school football coach, Joe Kennedy, who routinely kneeled midfield after games to offer a private prayer of thanks,… -
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Touchdown! Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Football Coach’s Right to Prayer
It’s the end of the fourth quarter. There’s no time remaining on the clock. The final score: 6-3. Coach Joe Kennedy has won. After a seven-year legal battle, the Supreme Court on Monday affirmed Kennedy’s right to take a knee in silent prayer in view of the public after high school football games. “The Free Exercise… -
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Supreme Court’s Decision Is a Huge Win for Constitution
In the 2008 case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court recognized the individual right to gun ownership in the home. In the 2010 case of McDonald v. Chicago, it recognized that the right of individual gun ownership extended to states and local municipalities. This week, in New York State Rifle and Pistol… -
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Democrats Call for Expanding Supreme Court After String of Losses
Democratic lawmakers called for expanding the Supreme Court and abolishing the filibuster following a string of Supreme Court rulings not in their favor this week. Many Democrats and liberals reacted with anger over the three rulings that covered the exclusion of religious schools from a taxpayer-funded voucher program, expanded gun rights involving concealed carry and overturned Roe v. Wade’s… -
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Life Wins: In Overturning Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Issues Victory for Rule of Law
Roe v. Wade—one of the most contentious Supreme Court decisions of the modern era—was sent to history’s dustheap on Friday. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, stating: We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected… -
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What We Saw at Supreme Court Around Dobbs Decision
The Daily Signal was at the Supreme Court on Friday morning. Here’s what our team saw. -
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Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade in Dobbs Decision
The Supreme Court overturned its Roe v. Wade ruling Friday with a 5-4 decision in a Mississippi case that returns the issue of abortion to the American people and their elected lawmakers after nearly 50 years. The high court’s dramatic and historic ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was not a surprise to… -
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We Hear You: Praying for ‘Praying Coach’ in Supreme Court Case
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience is solidly behind Joe Kennedy, the high school football coach who lost his job for silently praying on the field after games, judging by the mailbag at [email protected]. Take a look.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I can't tell you how frustrated I feel right now, having read Virginia Allen’s…