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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SCOTUS Clears Way for Coordination With Candidates, Parties in Fundraising
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, further removed restrictions on campaign fundraising. Justices heard arguments in December in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, and a majority seemed inclined to further roll back campaign finance limits. The majority on Tuesday held that the Federal Election Campaign Act’s limits on political party coordinated… -
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Supreme Court Rules on State Laws Excluding Men From Women’s Sports
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled, 6-3, in favor of a West Virginia law preventing men from competing in women’s sports. “The question before the Court is: Under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, may schools maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females? In other words, may schools determine… -
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Supreme Court Cooked Trump’s Efforts to Remove Fed Board Member Lisa Cook From Office
In a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s challenge to lower federal court orders blocking his efforts to fire Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook. Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, accused Cook of untruthfully designating two properties as her… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Monsanto SCOTUS Victory Sparks MAHA Revolt—EPA’s Glyphosate Response Revealed
Despite the backlash since Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling shielding Monsanto from liability, the Environmental Protection Agency is pushing ahead on glyphosate, telling the Daily Signal how it plans to navigate the Make America Healthy Again movement’s growing outrage. In a 7-2 decision on Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Monsanto, now owned by Bayer,… -
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Justices Eye 2 More Election Integrity Cases After Clearing Mail Ballot Counting Case
Although the Supreme Court issued a stinging defeat to President Donald Trump and Republicans in an election integrity case, justices have more such cases in the pipeline. One solidly red state, Mississippi, and two battleground states, Arizona and Pennsylvania, were the focal point of election litigation on Monday. The high court ruled 5-4 to uphold… -
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Supreme Court Takes Up Case Challenging Laws That Treat ‘Non-Affirming Parents’ as Child Abusers
Can Washington state remove parental rights to enable runaway kids to access experimental transgender medical “treatments” without their parents’ knowledge or consent? The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would take up a case on this pivotal issue. In the case, a group of parents represented by International Partners for Ethical Care is challenging the… -
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Trump v. Slaughter: Supreme Court Says Constitution Allows the President to Be President
In a 6-3 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court said that the Constitution grants the president—any president—the power to remove individuals who exercise executive authority. In doing so, it overruled its long-discredited 91-year-old New Deal-era decision of Humphrey’s Executor v. United States. Here’s what happened: Democrat operative Rebecca Slaughter was appointed… -
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‘Irresponsible Escapade’: Alito Rips SCOTUS Majority in Ruling Involving Big Tech Data and a Bank Robbery
The Supreme Court narrowed the conditions for law enforcement to obtain a warrant to access someone’s Google Location History data, ruling that it constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment. In a case involving Big Tech and a bank robbery, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling Monday that individuals have a reasonable expectation of… -
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Trump Calls for SAVE America Act Passage After SCOTUS Ruling
President Donald Trump has called for the SAVE America Act to be passed after the Supreme Court upheld Mississippi’s policy to count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day. Conservative Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three Democrat appointees on the court in drafting the majority opinion. The case of… -
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Supreme Court Deals Massive Blow to the Deep State, Reversing 90-Year Precedent in Humphrey’s Executor
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down the 90-year-old precedent in Humphrey’s Executor that insulated deep state actors when even the president sought to fire them. “Nearly 250 years ago, the Framers decided to vest ‘[t]he executive Power’ in one person—‘a President of the United States of America,’” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in… -
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High Court Makes High-Stakes Ruling in Federal Reserve Case
The Supreme Court held in a 5‑4 ruling that the president can’t fire members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors without cause while litigation continues. The majority held that President Donald Trump’s attempted firing of Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook violated the statutory requirement that the removal be for cause only. The justices… -
Supreme Court Rebuffs Trump’s Appeal in E. Jean Carroll Case
WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters)—The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll in a case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing the former magazine columnist and then defaming her. The justices turned away Trump’s appeal… -
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High Court Rules on Mail Ballots Arriving After Election Day
The Supreme Court determined in an 5-4 ruling that states can continue counting ballots that arrive after Election Day. Justice Amy Coney Barrett authored the majority opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the three Democrat appointees on the court. The case of Watson v. Republican National Committee involved Mississippi’s policy of counting… -
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Religious Freedom Report Reveals How Secularism Forces Some Americans Out of Public Life
President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission released a 224-page report on Friday on the threats to religious freedom, recommending policy changes. The Religious Liberty Commission, established by executive order last May, interviewed more than 100 witnesses across seven hearings. The hearings produced a common theme: “Far too often in our national life, religion is treated… -
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5 Reasons Why Obergefell Remains Constitutionally Vulnerable
The Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges stands as one of the most egregious examples of judicial activism in modern history. In a single stroke, five unelected lawyers redefined the timeless institution of marriage for the entire nation, bypassing the Constitution, the democratic process, and millennia of human experience rooted in biblical truth and human… -
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Supreme Court Sets Hawaii Straight on Second Amendment
This morning, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Wolford v. Lopez, an important opinion clarifying the scope of the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms outside of the home. The issue before the court this time was whether the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that Hawaii may presumptively prohibit the… -
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Supreme Court Rules on Temporary Protected Status for Syrians, Haitians
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with the Trump administration in its removal of Temporary Protected Status for Syrian and Haitian immigrants, denying immigrants’ claims that they are entitled to court orders postponing the removal of protections during litigation. The ruling likely opens them up to deportation proceedings. The case concerned a Department of Homeland… -
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SCOTUS Shoots Down Requiring Permission to Carry Handgun in Public Accommodations
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a Hawaii law banning licensed permit holders from carrying concealed handguns in public accommodations, without the property owner’s authorization, violates the Second and 14th Amendments. Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority in the case of Wolford v. Lopez. The ruling applies to private property open to the public,… -
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Supreme Court Rules CBP Does Not Need Clear and Convincing Evidence to Find Alien Inadmissible
Today, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Blanche v. Lau that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can decline to admit a lawful permanent resident (LPR) into the U.S. based on an ongoing criminal proceeding; a CBP agent is not required to have clear and convincing evidence that the alien committed the crime. When Muk… -
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In Immigration Win for Trump, Supreme Court Decides on Green Card Case
The Supreme Court held Tuesday that immigration law doesn’t require the government to have clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder has committed a crime before deeming him an applicant for admission. The case involved removal proceedings against an immigrant legally residing in the United States who was charged with selling counterfeit products….