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There’s a big, important limit on Trump’s power to seize control of DC’s police

On Monday, President Donald Trump released an executive order invoking a rarely used federal law that allows him to temporarily seize control over...

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There’s only one type of American who still trusts the Supreme Court

A new Gallup poll finds public approval of the Supreme Court falling below 40 percent for the first time in the poll’s history. The poll aligns with...

07.08.2025 7

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A new Supreme Court case asks whether children still have First Amendment rights

Let’s give credit where it is due. The current Supreme Court has a decent record on free speech issues.  There have been some worrisome moves, such...

06.08.2025 3

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The Supreme Court just revealed its plan to make gerrymandering even worse

One of the biggest mysteries that has emerged from the Trump-era Supreme Court is the 2023 decision in Allen v. Milligan.  In Milligan, two of the...

05.08.2025 40

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Brett Kavanaugh says he doesn’t owe the public an explanation

Justice Brett Kavanaugh defended the Supreme Court’s recent practice of handing victories to President Donald Trump without explaining those...

01.08.2025 10

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Trump’s new plan for retribution against Democrats, explained

On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump called for Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to eliminate what Trump called the “‘Blue...

30.07.2025 5

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3 Supreme Court justices just said they’re fine with race discrimination in elections

Last month, two Republican federal appeals court judges effectively abolished the law banning  race discrimination in elections in seven states. On...

25.07.2025 70

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The absurd fight over Trump’s MAGA prosecutor in New Jersey, explained

About four months ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Alina Habba, one of Trump’s personal lawyers, as the top federal prosecutor in New...

23.07.2025 3

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The lawsuit seeking to kill Trump’s tariffs is back

Three very important tariff-related stories loom over the US economy this month. The first is that, after a few weeks of relative quiet, President...

23.07.2025 10

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The conservative case against Trump’s worst judicial nominee

Emil Bove is one of President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense lawyers. He’s now a senior Justice Department official — and he’s widely...

22.07.2025 4

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A new Supreme Court case is an existential threat to the Voting Rights Act

In mid-May, two Republicans on a federal appeals court declared that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — the landmark law that a Senate report once...

22.07.2025 30

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The Supreme Court just handed Trump his biggest victory of his second term

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Trump administration may fire more than half of the Department of Education’s workforce — mass...

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What the Supreme Court did to America in 2025

There are two big winners in the Supreme Court’s most recent term. One is social and religious conservatives.  In the last two days of its term,...

02.07.2025 10

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The hilarious implications of the Supreme Court’s new porn decision

The Supreme Court upheld a Texas anti-pornography law on Friday that is nearly identical to a federal law it struck down more than two decades...

28.06.2025 30

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The Supreme Court just imposed a “Don’t Say Gay” regime on every public school in America

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that parents with religious objections to books with LGBTQ characters must be allowed to opt their children out of...

27.06.2025 7

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The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision isn’t as devastating as you think

On Friday, the Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Trump v. CASA, a case challenging President Donald Trump’s attempt to strip many...

27.06.2025 10

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The Supreme Court’s disastrous new abortion decision, explained

Federal law says that “any individual eligible for medical assistance” from a state Medicaid program may obtain that care “from any institution,...

26.06.2025 30

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How the Supreme Court paved the way for ICE’s lawlessness

Last week, federal agents arrested Brad Lander, a Democrat running for mayor of New York City and the city’s incumbent comptroller, after Lander...

24.06.2025 10

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The Supreme Court just stripped thousands of immigrants of their right to due process

In a short, one-paragraph order, the Republican justices ruled on Monday evening that President Donald Trump may effectively nullify a federal law and...

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The Supreme Court’s incoherent new attack on trans rights, explained

It was obvious, if you listened to the Supreme Court’s oral argument in United States v. Skrmetti last December, that the Court would vote — most...

18.06.2025 10

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The enormous stakes in a new Supreme Court case about Trump’s mass firings

In late May, a federal court handed down an order pausing President Donald Trump’s plans to fire a simply astonishing amount of federal workers. As...

12.06.2025 10

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Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture

Federal law states that the United States shall not “expel, extradite, or otherwise effect the involuntary return of any person to a country in...

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Justice Jackson warns the Supreme Court is manipulating the rules to benefit Trump

On Friday, the Supreme Court handed down a brief order permitting the Department of Government Efficiency, the enigmatic White House entity that...

09.06.2025 6

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Why the Supreme Court just handed a big victory to gun manufacturers

The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion on Thursday that shuts down a lawsuit brought by the nation of Mexico against US gun companies.  In...

06.06.2025 6

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The Supreme Court’s blessedly narrow decision about religion in the workplace, explained

In 2018, shortly before Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation shifted the Supreme Court drastically to the right, Democratic Justice Elena Kagan...

05.06.2025 8

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The Supreme Court’s rare moment of unanimity against a DEI rule, explained

On Thursday, the Supreme Court handed down a raft of mostly unanimous opinions, three of which reached a conservative outcome despite the fact that...

05.06.2025 10

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A federal court’s novel proposal to rein in Trump’s power grab

Federal civil servants are supposed to enjoy robust protections against being fired or demoted for political reasons. But President Donald Trump has...

04.06.2025 2

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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Will Make It Easier to Build Stuff, Good and Bad

This story was originally published by Vox.com, and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Supreme Court handed down an...

31.05.2025 7

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The Supreme Court just gave 500,000 immigrants some truly awful news

The Supreme Court handed down a very brief order on Friday, which effectively permits the Trump administration to strip half a million immigrants of...

30.05.2025 3

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Trump just threw one of his most powerful allies under the bus

On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump publicly split with the Federalist Society, the powerful conservative lawyers’ group that he relied on...

30.05.2025 10

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The Supreme Court wants to make it easier to build

The Supreme Court handed down an opinion on Thursday that reads like it was written by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, the authors of an influential...

29.05.2025 2

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The sweeping federal court order blocking Trump’s tariffs, explained

A federal court ruled on Wednesday evening that the massive tariffs President Donald Trump imposed shortly after beginning his second term are...

29.05.2025 60

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The Supreme Court just revealed one thing it actually fears about Trump

On Thursday evening, the Supreme Court handed down a brief order, which temporarily permits President Donald Trump to fire two federal officials who,...

23.05.2025 30

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The religious right just suffered a rare setback in the Supreme Court

Surprise! The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it is unable to decide a case asking it to force states to fund religious charter schools. The...

22.05.2025 4

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The Supreme Court stands up for democracy — and for an anti-trans lawmaker

There are no heroes in Libby v. Fecteau, a decision about an anti-trans lawmaker that the Supreme Court handed down on Tuesday. With only two justices...

21.05.2025 10

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The Supreme Court just got an important police violence case right

The most closely watched news out of the Supreme Court on Thursday was the argument in Trump v. CASA, a case asking whether President Donald Trump has...

17.05.2025 40

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The first federal court hearing on Trump’s tariffs did not go so well for Trump

A federal court held the very first hearing on President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging, so-called Liberation Day tariffs on Tuesday, offering the...

13.05.2025 3

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The Federalist Society is surprisingly ambivalent about Trump

Few organizations have profited as handsomely off of President Donald Trump’s rise to power as the Federalist Society, a kind of bar association for...

12.05.2025 4

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The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship case isn’t really about birthright citizenship

On May 15, the Supreme Court will hear three cases — consolidated under the name Trump v. CASA — which concern his unconstitutional attempt to...

09.05.2025 6

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A federal court is about to decide whether to strike down Trump’s tariffs

On Tuesday, May 13, a three-judge panel of the US Court of International Trade will hear a lawsuit asking it to strike down President Donald Trump’s...

07.05.2025 20

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The Supreme Court just let Trump ban trans people from the military

Editor’s note, May 6: The Supreme Court issued a brief order temporarily blocking a lower court’s decision, which had prevented President Donald...

06.05.2025 4

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An anti-trans lawmaker brings a Supreme Court case that she absolutely must win

The Supreme Court has been asked to decide a case that combines two of the most charged issues in the US at the moment: trans participation in sports,...

06.05.2025 30

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The religious right is headed toward a revolutionary victory in the Supreme Court

During an oral argument on Wednesday, the Supreme Court appeared all but certain to divide along party lines in a case that seeks to fundamentally...

01.05.2025 10

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Neil Gorsuch is the hero America deserves

Eight years ago, at the dawn of the first Trump presidency, the White House was the locus of an ambitious project to weaken the president.  Justice...

29.04.2025 6

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Trump will almost certainly get away with banning trans people from the military

Almost immediately after he began his second term, President Donald Trump ordered the military to ban transgender people from serving in the US...

25.04.2025 8

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The Supreme Court’s “Don’t Say Gay” argument went disastrously for public schools

Three years ago, Montgomery County, Maryland, approved several books with LGBTQ characters for use in public school classrooms. Not much else is known...

22.04.2025 3

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Kavanaugh and Barrett appear likely to ride to Obamacare’s rescue

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could lead health insurance plans to offer narrower coverage. The case, known as...

21.04.2025 3

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The Supreme Court signals it might be losing patience with Trump

Shortly after midnight early Saturday morning, the Supreme Court handed down a brief order forbidding the Trump administration from removing a group...

19.04.2025 10

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The nightmarish problem with trying to make Trump obey court orders

Top officials within the Justice Department, the State Department, and possibly even the White House may be barrelling toward a criminal conviction...

19.04.2025 40

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A Supreme Court case would take a wrecking ball to separation of church and state in schools

The Supreme Court’s Republican majority certainly seems eager to make taxpayers fund religious education.  Over the past few decades, the Court has...

16.04.2025 10

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