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The Fourth Amendment's Erratic Year at the Supreme Court

The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure had a rocky 2025.

Reason

The DOJ Assails D.C.'s 'Assault Weapon' Ban As an Arbitrary, Historically Ungrounded Gun Law

The department's lawsuit notes that the prohibited firearms are "in common use" for "lawful purposes," meaning they are covered by the Second Amendment.

Reason

Refusing To Let Trump Deploy the National Guard in Chicago, SCOTUS Adds a New Wrinkle To the Debate

The justices suggested the president is misinterpreting "the regular forces," a key phrase in the statute on which he is relying.

Reason

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When Courts of Appeals Decide Issues Pending Before the Supreme Court

The practice is not consistent.

Reason

SCOTUS Sounds Ready To Let Trump Fire FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter

Plus: It's the final day of Reason's webathon.

Reason

US supreme court appears set to back Trump on FTC firing in major expansion of power

Conservative justices seem to signal support for president over move to fire Democrat Rebecca Slaughter in March

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase

The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over birthright citizenship. It will likely hand down a ruling next summer.

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Why Does SCOTUS Hear So Few Second Amendment Cases?

The right to keep and bear arms occupies a curious place in American legal history.

Reason

Trump's Lawyer at the Supreme Court Cites a Letter from James Madison That Says Tariffs Are Taxes

During oral argument at the Supreme Court, Solicitor General D. John Sauer cited a letter by James Madison that completely undermines the administration’s case that its tariffs are legal.

Reason

The most conservative Supreme Court justices will likely join the liberals against Trump's tariffs, analyst says

"The more likely scenarios would all have Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch voting to strike down the IEEPA tariffs or to curtail them, in our view."

Fortune

On Tariffs, It Was Gorsuch vs. Trump at SCOTUS

The legal challengers to Trump's tariffs had a good day in court.

Reason

Lutnick, Bessent – and John Mulaney? The surprising mix of dignitaries monitoring Trump’s ‘life or death’ tariffs case

In one of the largest cases for Trump in his second term, justices will decide if his signature economic policy is legally sound

The Independent UK

US citizens on the threat of being racially profiled by ICE: ‘I carry my passport card at all times’

Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending the daily routines of US citizens and permanent residents of color

The Guardian - US

Voting Rights Act on the line: key takeaways from supreme court hearing

Majority of US justices appear sympathetic to weakening key civil rights law in Callais v Louisiana case

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Supreme Court signals willingness to pare back Voting Rights Act

Its ruling could open the door to a new wave of gerrymandering across red states.

The Independent UK

Attempted assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sentenced to more than eight years in prison

Sophie Roske pleaded guilty to the assassination attempt in April

The Independent UK

California resident gets over 8 years in prison for attempt to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh

A California resident who attempted to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his Maryland home has been sentenced to over eight years in prison

Roll Call

Judge gives 8-year sentence in Brett Kavanaugh assassination plot - Roll Call

A federal judge sentenced the attempted assassin of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh to more than eight years in prison Friday.

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ICE Arrested a U.S. Citizen—Twice—During Alabama Construction Site Raids. Now He's Suing.

“I got arrested twice for being a Latino working in construction,” says Leo Garcia Venegas, the lead plaintiff in a new lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice challenging warrantless ICE raids on construction sites.

The Independent UK

The Latest: Federal judge tosses Trump’s $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

A federal judge in Florida on Friday tossed President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times

Reason

Immigration Agents Held a U.S. Citizen—and Veteran—for 3 Days Without Checking His ID

George Retes was denied access to an attorney, wasn’t allowed to make a phone call, was not presented to a judge, and was put in an isolation cell before being released with no charges.

Reason

Kavanaugh Flouts the Fourth Amendment and Blesses Trump's Racial Profiling

The justice’s stance on immigration enforcement is undermined by the facts of the case before him.

We Got This Covered

The Supreme Court just sided with Donald Trump and it could make being a Latino in Los Angeles an ‘intrusion on their liberty’

They can claim it's not discrimination if they make sure you don't have a voice to object with.

The Guardian - US

US supreme court ‘effectively legalized racial profiling’, immigration experts warn

Court ruled federal agents can stop people in LA based on race, language, job or location amid Trump’s crackdown

Reason

Supreme Court Issues Dubious "Shadow Docket" Ruling Staying Injunction Against Racial Profiling in Immigration Enforcement

There is no majority opinion, so the reasoning is unclear. But Justice Kavanaugh's concurring opinion undercuts principle that government must abjure racial discrimination.

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