Politics Dec 05 Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
Politics Dec 04 Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn congressional map favorable to GOP in 2026 The Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year’s elections to be held under the state’s congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and pushed by President Donald Trump despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely…
Politics Nov 21 Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts The justices could say as soon as Monday whether they will hear President Donald Trump's appeal of lower court rulings that have uniformly struck down the citizenship restrictions. They have not taken effect anywhere in the United States.
Politics Nov 10 Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target ahead of midterms Mississippi is among 18 states and the District of Columbia that accept mailed ballots received after Election Day as long as the ballots are postmarked on or before that date, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Politics Nov 10 Supreme Court rejects call to overturn decadeold same-sex marriage decision The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court's 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
Politics Oct 06 The Supreme Court begins a new term that will examine Trump's expansive claims of presidential power Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda.
Politics Oct 03 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants The justices issued an emergency order, which will last as long as the court case continues, putting on hold a lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco that found the administration had wrongly ended temporary protected status for…
Politics Sep 19 DOJ asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 300,000 Venezuelan migrants The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing it to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants.
Politics Sep 09 Chief justice keeps Trump funding freeze in place for now Chief Justice John Roberts acted on the Trump administration's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in a case involving billions of dollars in congressionally approved aid.
Education Aug 25 DC school year starts with parents on edge over Trump's armed patrols As schools opened across the capital city, parental social media groups and listservs were buzzing with reports and rumors of checkpoints and arrests.