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Virginia's Impending 'Assault Firearm' Ban Is Logically and Constitutionally Dubious

The ban, which targets guns based on criteria that make little sense, seems vulnerable to a challenge under the Supreme Court's Second Amendment precedents.

Reason

The Postal Service's Recent Supreme Court Win Is Bad News for Government Accountability

Federal officials enjoy too much immunity from being sued over their misconduct.

Reason

In Tariffs Dissent, Clarence Thomas Embraced a Dangerous Theory of Executive Power

The conservative justice’s regrettable opinion in Learning Resources v. Trump.

Reason

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Trump's Tantrum Over the Tariff Decision Highlights His Narcissistic Authoritarianism

The president neither understands nor appreciates the vital role of judicial independence in upholding the rule of law.

Reason

Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’

Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, ushered in under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, were unlawfully imposed

The Independent UK

Gorsuch Blasts Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh for Favoring Trump's Illegal Tariffs

What explains the fracture in the Supreme Court's "conservative bloc"?

Reason

Trump Tariffs Supreme Court Ruling: What's Next for Consumers and Retailers

This landmark decision will reshape U.S. trade policy and could define the outer boundaries of presidential economic power for years to come.

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Judging the Alito Retirement Rumors

Is the conservative Supreme Court justice planning to retire this year?

Reason

The Scalia Revolution

Antonin Scalia's legacy ten years after his death.

Reason

Supreme Court likely to reject limits on concealed carry but uphold bans on gun possession by drug users

The U.S. Supreme Court in early 2026 will hear oral arguments in two cases testing the limits of gun rights under the Constitution.

The Conversation

The Supreme Court Should Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Gonzales v. Raich

Raich is one of the Court's worst federalism decisions, holding that Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce allows it to ban possession of marijuana that never crossed state lines, and was never sold in any market.

Reason

A Case That Briefly United Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor

Plus: Jimmy Cliff, RIP.

Reason

Good news, the Supreme Court isn’t even going to consider overturning same sex marriage

They didn't even give it the time of day.

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Will SCOTUS Resolve the Circuit Split on a Law That Disarms People With Nonviolent Criminal Records?

Steven Duarte is one of several petitioners who are asking the justices to address the constitutionality of that absurdly broad gun ban.

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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."

The Independent UK

Will the Supreme Court overturn same-sex marriage? Justices on Friday consider unlikely challenge from Kim Davis

IN FOCUS: Legal experts are skeptical but advocates fear the conservative majority court will once again take up a major case aimed at LGBT+ rights

Reason

On Tariffs, It Was Gorsuch vs. Trump at SCOTUS

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

The Guardian - US

‘My vote is my voice’: protesters fight for democracy as Trump casts shadow

Outside the supreme court, protesters invoked the legacy of civil rights giants with a key Voting Rights Act plank at stake

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Even a former law clerk for conservative Justice Clarence Thomas is warning about giving Trump too much power

Justices have handed Trump sweeping authority while also insulating him from being prosecuted from potential crimes committed in office

Reason

Supreme Court Declines To Address Section 230 in Two Cases for This Term

Weakening or removing Section 230 would not fix the problems of social media, and in fact it could make things worse.

The Guardian - US

Retired US supreme court justice fears ‘democracy is not guaranteed to survive’

Anthony Kennedy told NPR ‘partisanship is becoming ... more prevalent and more bitter’ in the high court’s opinions

The Guardian - US

Clarence Thomas says precedent might not determine cases on upcoming supreme court docket

The court is expected to weigh in on same-sex marriage next session, which it legalized in 2015

The Conversation

How the conservative Federalist Society will affect the Supreme Court for decades to come

During the 2016 presidential election campaign, candidate Donald Trump took the unprecedented move of releasing a list of his potential Supreme Court nominees.

The Independent UK

Trump is making plans to avoid an RBG situation on the Supreme Court, his next picks could be even more right-wing

President appointed three of the nine judges on the Supreme Court during his first term

The Independent UK

Why two justices could hand Republicans their own ‘Ginsburg moment’ next year

NEWS ANALYSIS: Two aging conservatives on the bench have given no indications of their plans to retire, leaving some on the right worried about 2026, writes John Bowden

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