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The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power

President Donald Trump set the tone for his second term by issuing 26 executive orders, four proclamations and 12 memorandums on his first day back in office. The barrage of unilateral presidential actions has not yet let up.

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Supreme Court Hands Trump A Major Win, Allows $4 Billion In Foreign Aid Freeze To Stay In Place As Congressional Deadline Looms

On Friday, the Supreme Court gave the Donald Trump-led administration permission to keep $4 billion in foreign aid frozen, which was set to expire on Sept. 30.

Benzinga

Supreme Court allows US to cancel $4 billion in foreign aid funds - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to effectively cancel about $4 billion in appropriated foreign aid funds.

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What Should We Call the "Shadow Docket"?

Should it be the interim docket? The emergency docket? The emergency orders docket? The short order docket? Something else?

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‘They don’t have our backs’: Judges slam Supreme Court’s scant rulings in Trump cases as president asks for another appeal

With its conservative majority, the Supreme Court has frequently overturned lower courts’ decisions in Trump’s favor — but offered only brief explanations to support those rulings

The Independent UK

Trump Can Fire a Lot of People. What's Special About the Federal Reserve?

"The Federal Reserve is a uniquely structured, quasi-private entity," the Supreme Court wrote in a ruling this year.

Reason

The US supreme court paved the way for Texas’s gerrymandering mess

In a 2019 case, John Roberts said federal courts shouldn’t intervene in such matters. Trump’s team is taking advantage

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Justice Kavanaugh on the Peril of Writing Shadow Docket Opinions

Rushing out opinions can lock in erroneous conclusions and create problematic precedent.

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US Supreme Court says Trump can remove Democrats from consumer safety panel

The nation’s highest court has frequently ruled in favour of Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential powers.

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Supreme Court permits firings at consumer product safety agency - Roll Call

Supreme Court ruling impacts three members of the five-member consumer product agency who were appointed by former President Joe Biden.

Roll Call

Justice Kagan on Universal Injunctions in 2022

Justice Kagan said "it just can't be right" that a single court judge can stop a federal policy in its tracks nationwide.

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Liberal supreme court justices’ dissents reveal concerns that the US faces a crisis

As the supreme court upends precedent again and again, the liberal justices reveal the divisions within the legal body

The Guardian - US

A Flawed, but Encouraging Nondelegation Decision

The Supreme Court may have reached the wrong result in FCC v. Consumers Research. But ruling emphasizes there are significant constitutional limits to legislative delegation to the executive.

Reason

Texas can require porn websites to verify users’ ages, Supreme Court rules

The case involves a 2023 state law requiring adult websites to verify users’ ages, but the ruling is expected to have broader implications for free speech law.

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Supreme Court upholds Texas age-verification law for online porn - Roll Call

The Supreme Court upheld a Texas law that required pornography websites to verify the age of their users in a ruling Friday.

Roll Call

Supreme Court upholds FCC universal service program - Roll Call

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Congress did not give up too much of its power when it created a framework pursuing universal service.

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Supreme Court rules Trump can rapidly deport immigrants to Libya, South Sudan and other countries they aren’t from

For the past several months, the Trump administration has been trying to deport immigrants to countries they are not from – despite an April 2025 federal ruling that had blocked the White House from doing so.

The Conversation

Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent

What may be one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most important and far-reaching rulings in decades dropped in late May 2025 in an order that probably didn’t get a second – or even first – glance from most Americans.

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Second Amendment Roundup: S&W Sí, Mexico No

“The AR–15 is the most popular rifle in the country.”

Reason

Is the Supreme Court Really That Divided? The Facts Say No.

Unanimous rulings on discrimination, guns, and religion once again challenge the common media narrative that the Court is hopelessly polarized.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court strikes down Mexico’s lawsuit against US gun manufacturers

Mexico’s government had argued that negligent gun sales have fuelled its struggles against cartels and criminal groups.

Roll Call

Supreme Court halts Mexico lawsuit against US gun manufacturers - Roll Call

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Mexico can't pursue a lawsuit to hold American gunmakers liable for Mexican drug cartel violence.

Reason

The Executive Power Case That Unites Donald Trump and Franklin Roosevelt

Trump’s firing of a federal agency head may soon spell doom for a New Deal era precedent that limited presidential power.

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Trump fumes as Supreme Court says it won’t favor ‘the president over our precedent’

The Supreme Court doesn't like where this power grab is going.

Reason

What Does AI Think Will Happen In The Birthright Citizenship Cases?

A guest post from Professor Seth Chandler.

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