Tag Archives: Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down longstanding federal limits on how much national political party committees can spend in coordination with individual candidates, ruling the restrictions violate the First Amendment’s protection of free speech. In a 6-3 decision, the court sided with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws that prohibit transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports, delivering another significant victory for states defending restrictions on transgender participation and marking the latest setback for LGBTQ rights before the nation’s highest court. In a 6-3 decision, the justices …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reaffirmed the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants and certain temporary visa holders. In a 5-4 decision on constitutional grounds, the …

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may continue counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day so long as they were postmarked by the voting deadline, preserving election laws used across much of the country and rejecting a Republican-backed legal challenge. In a 5-4 decision, the justices upheld a …

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforcement searches for the location history of cellphones near crime scenes are covered by the Fourth Amendment, requiring warrants to obtain the data. But the high court left unsettled when searches for the information are reasonable — likely meaning the justices will …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a pair of landmark rulings that delivered both a victory and a setback for President Donald Trump, preserving Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s job for now while dramatically expanding presidential authority over most independent federal agencies. In two decisions authored by Chief Justice …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal seeking to overturn a civil jury verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and later defamed her, leaving intact a $5 million judgment against the president. Without comment, the justices denied Trump’s petition for …

State courts cannot find liability for labeling shortcomings in pesticides and similar products because such products are covered by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday in a decision backing agricultural giant Monsanto. The justices, in a 7-2 decision, threw out a $1.25 million verdict a Missouri court awarded to …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed President Donald Trump a major immigration victory, ruling that his administration may proceed with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than one million immigrants living in the United States, despite legal challenges arguing the move ignored humanitarian conditions in their home countries. …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts, handing Republicans a significant victory as they seek to protect their narrow U.S. House majority ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, …

The Supreme Court of the United States is entering the final stretch of its term with more than two dozen major cases still awaiting decisions, including disputes over birthright citizenship, transgender athletes in women’s sports and President Donald Trump’s authority to fire federal officials. Traditionally, the high court releases its …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Alabama officials to seek reinstatement of a congressional map previously ruled racially discriminatory, injecting new uncertainty into the state’s elections just days before primary voting is set to begin. The high court overturned a 2023 ruling blocking Alabama’s Republican-backed congressional …

Virginia Democrats on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a state court ruling that invalidated a voter-approved constitutional amendment aimed at creating four additional competitive U.S. House districts favorable to Democrats. The emergency appeal follows a 4-3 decision Friday by the Supreme Court of Virginia striking down the …

Samuel Alito on Monday temporarily blocked a lower court order that would have sharply curtailed access to the abortion pill mifepristone, preserving for now a federal rule allowing the drug to be prescribed online and delivered by mail. The administrative stay pauses a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals …

The federal government will launch a new online portal next week allowing businesses to seek refunds for tariffs ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court, potentially opening the door to as much as $175 billion in repayments — though companies may face a complicated and lengthy process to recover their …