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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New Supreme Court Case Poses Question: ‘What’s Point of Antidiscrimination Law?’
A case that the Supreme Court will hear this year raises a fundamental question about why we outlaw some types of discrimination. It’s worth thinking through that question, given that discrimination is, unfortunately, an ever-present human phenomenon, and because America, unique among other nations, is so deeply committed to stopping it. The case is Ames…GianCarlo Canaparo -
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The Biggest Cases on the Supreme Court’s New Docket
The Left might hate the Supreme Court, but it’s the Left that keeps the court in business by shoving its strange obsessions onto its docket. For this new term that begins Monday, the Left has forced the court to confront its obsessions with child “sex changes,” banning guns, and protecting pornographers from laws that keep…GianCarlo Canaparo -
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Supreme Court to Decide Whether Gun Manufacturer May Be Liable for Cartel Crimes
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Supreme Court will hear a case to decide whether Mexico may sue American gun manufacturers and distributors for crimes committed by drug cartels with their firearms, according to court documents released Friday. The high court will rule on whether gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson and firearms distributor Interstate Arms are protected…Wallace White -
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Dems Hatch Another Plot to Pack Supreme Court
After suffering a series of losses before the U.S. Supreme Court, leftists in Congress are once again trying to remake the court to suit their own political purposes. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday introduced the Judicial Modernization and Transparency Act, which would expand the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 15 over the next…S.A. McCarthy -
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4th Circuit Decision Sets Up Next Potential 2A Showdown at Supreme Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld Maryland’s ban on so-called assault weapons earlier this month, likely setting the stage for the next major Second Amendment showdown at the Supreme Court. The case, Bianchi v. Brown, features Maryland residents who challenge the constitutionality of a 2013 state law that generally prohibits them…Amy Swearer -
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Biden’s Supreme Court ‘Reforms’ Are ‘Shameful’ and ‘Dangerous,’ Legal Expert Warns
President Joe Biden’s proposed changes to the Supreme Court are “shameful” and “dangerous,” legal expert John Malcolm says. Last week, Biden announced a “bold plan to reform the Supreme Court,” including ending lifetime appointments in favor of 18-year terms, implementation of an enforceable code of ethics, and an attempt to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court’s…Virginia Allen -
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Left Lets Mask Slip on Plans to Demolish the Supreme Court
The Left has let the mask slip and made clear that it intends to pack or otherwise decimate the Supreme Court. President Joe Biden announced last week in a Washington Post op-ed that he would promote a “reform” of the nation’s highest court that would include term limits and new “ethics” rules for justices. The…Jarrett Stepman -
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Democrats Promise to Save ‘Democracy’ by Destroying Supreme Court
It’s difficult to make substantive arguments against the Democrats’ Supreme Court “reform” proposal, since everyone knows it’s just a cynical ploy to delegitimize both the court and the Constitution. Ask yourself this: Would any Democrat support the president’s court-packing scheme if they believed Republicans would win both houses of Congress and the presidency? Of course…David Harsanyi -
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How The Heritage Foundation Helped Deprogram Me From the Cult of Social Justice as a Teen
I have a confession to make. If you told me five years ago that I’d be an intern at The Heritage Foundation, the most influential conservative think tank in America, I would have been stupefied. I’m a Californian born and raised, so inevitably, I was a very passionate liberal for most of my teenage years….Bethany Huang -
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You Can Challenge Old Regulations Before the Government Sues You, Justices Rule
Certain that bureaucrats know best, the modern administrative state has long labored to snuff out challenges to its actions. So, when Corner Post—a convenience store and truck stop in North Dakota—challenged a federal rule governing fees for debit-card transactions shortly after it opened for business, but years after the regulation had taken effect, the government…Seth Lucas -
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AOC Aims to Impeach Supreme Court Justices Over Presidential Immunity Ruling
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says she intends to file articles of impeachment against Supreme Court justices. The Supreme Court ruled Monday in Trump v. United States that presidents have immunity from prosecution pertaining to “official acts” taken in office. Afterward, Ocasio-Cortez said in a post on X that she intends to file articles of impeachment against the justices and…Rebeka Zeljko -
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The Supreme Court Is Not Red v. Blue
The United States Supreme Court has been lauded by such diverse members as conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist and liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the “crown jewel” of the Constitution for its power of judicial review. The court should be venerated not because of the happenstance of personalities or ideological persuasion but because of…Armstrong Williams -
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Supreme Court Gives Ominous Forecast for State Laws Regulating Social Media
The modern public square is private. That paradox is the lesson handed down by the Supreme Court in NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, two cases in which the world’s largest social media empires challenged state laws in Texas and Florida that curtailed their practice of online content moderation. Just a few terms ago,…Jack Fitzhenry -
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Supreme Court Charts New Course in Sea Change for Administrative Law
A few fishermen just brought about a sea change in administrative law. In Loper Bright v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, herring boat owners took aim at a mainstay of the Supreme Court’s administrative law jurisprudence: the doctrine of Chevron deference that required judges to defer to executive branch agency interpretations of ambiguous laws….Jack Fitzhenry -
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Supreme Court Decides Legislatures, Not Judges, Should Address Homelessness
The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision Friday holding that the government may punish the homeless by fines or imprisonment for trespassing or camping on public property. In 2013, the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, had a population of roughly 38,000 and as many as 600 homeless individuals on any given day. Many of…John G. Malcolm -
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Supreme Court Rules on Anti-Obstruction Law in Jan. 6 Case
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a Capitol riot defendant, a decision that could affect hundreds of other cases, and raises the question of whether federal prosecutors went too far in enforcing a statute about “corruptly” obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding. The high court’s ruling could affect the prosecutions of about…Fred Lucas -
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Supreme Court Throws Back ‘Chevron Deference’ in Ruling on Fishermen’s Case Against Government
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of commercial fishermen who challenged the U.S. government’s imposition of charges for onboard federal inspections. The case deals a massive blow to the power of federal agencies. Commercial fishermen in New Jersey initiated the case, Loper Bright Enterprises vs. Raimondo. The fishermen argued that they were unjustly charged…Jarrett Stepman -
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Supreme Court Rules Cities Can Ban Homeless Sleeping Outside
The Supreme Court sided with a small Oregon city’s crackdown on homeless people sleeping in public in its ruling Friday in the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who dissented along with Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, wrote, “Sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime. For…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Supreme Court Deals Major Blow to the Administrative State
The Constitution separates power, the administrative state fuses it. The Constitution gives Congress the power to make law, the president the power to enforce law, and the courts the power to apply law to specific cases. The administrative state takes all three for itself. On Thursday, however, the Supreme Court delivered an important blow against…GianCarlo Canaparo -
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Americans’ Right to Speak Suffers a Body Blow From Supreme Court
In a setback for First Amendment free speech rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held in Murthy v. Missouri that no plaintiff in the case had established standing to challenge the government’s coordinated censorship of dissenting views on COVID-19 and the 2020 election on social media platforms. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion,…Jack Fitzhenry