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Supreme Court ends Trump’s birthright citizenship change

The Supreme Court on Tuesday wiped out President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to redefine birthright citizenship, an effort to restrict American citizenship without Congress that cut against more than a century of legal precedent. The 6-3 decision, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing a five-justice majority opinion,…

Roll Call · Jun 30

Supreme Court backs state transgender athlete bans

The Supreme Court backed state laws banning transgender girls from participating in scholastic girls’ sports in a decision issued Tuesday, upholding a legal argument used by the Trump administration in seeking to ban transgender athletes nationwide. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, in a majority opinion that turned aside challenges to West…

Roll Call · Jun 30

Royalties. Teaching gigs. A concert in Puerto Rico. Financial forms offer view inside Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was gifted concert tickets in Puerto Rico last year as members of the high court continued to accept international teaching gigs and and receive royalties for books they have authored

The Independent UK · Jun 29

Supreme Court backs US power to strip green cards

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal border officials can use an indictment or other accusation to temporarily strip green cards from immigrants as they reenter the country. The 6-3 opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, says the officials do not need to have “clear and convincing” evidence of offenses…

Roll Call · Jun 23

On Marijuana and Guns, Clarence Thomas Still Wants To Limit Federal Power

The conservative justice continues to wage a lonely legal crusade over the Commerce Clause.

Reason · Jun 23

UT fires public radio station leader who challenged university statements about festival security

KUT’s Debbie Hiott believes University of Texas officials terminated her because she publicly pushed back against administration claims that the station’s security plans for an inaugural festival were insufficient.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 15

The Supreme Court just blocked an Alabama execution. The method causes ‘severe pain over and above death itself’

Alabama has already executed 7 inmates with this controversial method.

We Got This Covered · Jun 14

Alabama wants to execute a man by nitrogen hypoxia. That is cruel

To put it plainly, nitrogen hypoxia kills by starving someone of the oxygen needed to sustain life

The Guardian - US · Jun 11

Your Location Data Exposed: Supreme Court Rules Against AT&T and Verizon in $100M Privacy Battle

The US Supreme Court has upheld the FCC's power to pursue roughly $100 million in fines against AT&T and Verizon over alleged mishandling of customer location data.

International Business Times UK · Jun 5

Supreme Court sides with FCC power in forfeiture process

The Supreme Court upheld on Thursday the Federal Communications Commission’s power to issue findings that companies broke the law, turning aside challenges from telecommunications giants that the agency had to go to the courts first. The 8-1 decision found that the FCC’s forfeiture process does not run afoul of the…

Roll Call · Jun 4