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These Supreme Court Cases Could Reshape Gun Rights, Elections, and Parental Rights
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall in cases involving the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, parental rights, and election integrity. Here are five key cases to watch. 1. Another Test for the Second Amendment On Dec. 2, justices will consider whether state and local governments can ban semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15… -
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A 6-Pack, an Airplane, and Excessive Fines
Imagine a judge imposing a million-dollar fine for jaywalking. Or suppose a shoplifter stole a tube of toothpaste from CVS and was ordered to pay $10,000. Those punishments would strike nearly everyone as outrageous—not because the offenses are imaginary, but because the penalties would be wildly disproportionate to them. The Eighth Amendment’s excessive fines clause… -
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‘WICKED PRESUMPTION’: Social Worker Sues Over School Transgender Policy Requiring ‘a Conspiracy to Lie to Parents’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—An Albuquerque social worker is speaking out after suing to block a school district policy, alleging that it violates her First Amendment rights by forcing her to lie to parents about their students’ gender identities. “I’m a social worker. My job is to support … emotional development, mental health, decision-making processes… -
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Parents Give NC School District 15 Days to Protect Religious Freedom or Face Lawsuit
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A group of parents has given a North Carolina school district 15 days to provide religious accommodations related to a transgender teacher or face a lawsuit, according to a demand letter obtained by the Daily Signal. Thomas More Society attorneys argue that recent Supreme Court precedents require the Wake County Public… -
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Trump Slams Supreme Court Mail-In Voting Decision
President Donald Trump slammed the Supreme Court for rejecting his bid to restrict mail-in ballots before the midterm elections. “Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give, and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally… -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules on Trump Mail-In Ballot Rules
The Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s mail-in ballot rules to go into effect Monday, upholding a federal judge’s preliminary injunction blocking them. “The government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the district court’s preliminary injunction,” the court ruled in an unsigned order. The court ruled that “the equitable factors… -
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Parents Can’t Escape Washington’s Transgender Policies by Changing Schools, Supreme Court Brief Argues
The Supreme Court’s recent parental rights ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta is giving new momentum to a challenge against Washington state’s transgender policies, as parents urge the nation’s highest court to block laws that create an “incentive” for gender-confused children to run away. In 2023, Washington lawmakers enacted laws allowing youth shelters to refrain from… -
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Trump Administration Renews Supreme Court Bid to Limit Mail-in Voting
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters)—The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a plan that could limit mail-in ballots ahead of November’s congressional elections, after a federal judge last week blocked those restrictions. Lawyers for the Trump administration filed an emergency application to the nation’s highest court to allow… -
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‘The Supreme Court Failed’: Roy’s Birthright Citizenship Hearing Will Scrutinize SCOTUS Ruling
Immigration and legal experts will testify against the Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship before a key subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary. The Daily Signal has learned that former acting United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and Immigration Accountability Project Policy Director Rosemary Jenks… -
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Supreme Court Allows White House Ballroom Construction to Continue
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a lower federal court injunction that blocked construction of President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom renovations at the White House. The massive project of the East Wing ballroom is estimated at $400 million, funded through private donations rather than tax dollars. The lawsuit returns to lower courts, but the key… -
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‘You Can’t Stay Here’: DHS Responds to Increased ICE Presence in Springfield, Ohio, to Remove Haitian Migrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ramping up its activities in Springfield, Ohio, following a major victory for President Donald Trump at the Supreme Court in June that allowed the administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, among other nationalities. Springfield’s sizable Haitian community, many members of which are believed to have received TPS,… -
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With Crucial Win at the Supreme Court, Trump Administration Has Path to Security, Transparency Rules in Mail Balloting
The Supreme Court delivered a big win to the Trump administration this week that could clear the way for better election integrity across the U.S. Trump v. California, decided on Monday, cleared a major hurdle in the ongoing legal fight over President Donald Trump’s executive order “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections” issued… -
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Will Supreme Court Ruling Make It Harder for Noncitizens to Vote?
The Supreme Court’s Monday decision cleared the way for the Department of Homeland Security to establish a state-by-state list of eligible voters based on a crosscheck of citizenship data, the Social Security database, and other government information. “The DHS can determine who is eligible to vote because the federal government does not want to be… -
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Supreme Court Backs Trump Election Integrity Order in Mail Ballot Fight
The Supreme Court on Monday sided with President Donald Trump in a mail-in ballot case stemming from his election integrity executive order. The case is not over, but the high court allowed the federal government to continue implementing the election integrity policies while the case is on appeal. The justices decided in a 6-3 shadow… -
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Supreme Court Again Rebuffs Trump in $5 Million E. Jean Carroll Case
REUTERS—Rebuffing President Donald Trump for a second time, the Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear his appeal of a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine columnist. The justices rejected Trump’s request to reconsider their previous decision in… -
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow White House Ballroom Construction to Continue
REUTERS—President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to continue construction of his $400 million White House ballroom after an appeals court ruled the project lacked the necessary approval from Congress. The Trump administration asked the justices to keep the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District… -
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Fast-Track Fight Over Mail-In Ballot Order
Solicitor General John Sauer asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to expedite review of a court order blocking President Donald Trump’s mail-in ballot policy. In June, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of Massachusetts, a Barack Obama appointee, blocked Trump’s mail ballot order for 23 states challenging the policy. The president’s order prevents the U.S. Postal Service… -
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Supreme Court to Hear Case of Catholic Preschool Excluded From Colorado Program Over State’s LGBTQ Policy
The Supreme Court in November will hear the case of a Catholic school excluded from Colorado’s universal preschool program over its views on LGBTQ issues. On Tuesday, the high court released its calendar of arguments for November that includes the case of St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, scheduled for Nov. 3. The calendar also… -
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Supreme Court Announces 1st Arguments for October Term
The Supreme Court will hear seven arguments in early October on cases including immigrant detention and the environment. The high court on Tuesday released its schedule for oral arguments in seven cases from Oct. 5 through Oct. 14. On Oct. 13, justices will hear arguments in the case of Genalo v. Black, concerning whether, at… -
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4th Circuit Ducked the Real Question in Pronoun Case
A Maryland school district can order a substitute teacher to use a student’s chosen pronouns and, according to the same policy, forbid her from telling that student’s parents. Kimberly Polk sued Montgomery County Public Schools over that combination, and in January the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against her, 2-1. The panel’s reasoning…