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American democracy might not survive another year – is Europe ready for that?

Trapped between Putin and Trump, EU citizens understand the grave dangers facing the continent. Their leaders urgently need to face reality, too, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

The Guardian - UK

NSW Police lost a huge strip search lawsuit. It has national implications

This week, the Supreme Court of New South Wales delivered a landmark judgment against the NSW Police Force for unlawful strip searches. The class action was brought by lead plaintiff Raya Meredith on behalf of all people unlawfully strip searched at music festivals between July 2016 and July 2022.

The Conversation

Caleb Nelson's Originalist Critique of Unitary Executive Theory

The prominent originalist legal scholar argues the Constitution does not require that the president have the power to fire executive branch officials.

Reason

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A Fifth Circuit Disgrantle in the Alien Enemies Act Case

Judge Southwick dissents from the grant of rehearing en banc, Judge Ho cites his Abbott concurrence on the Invasion Clause.

Reason

Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Immediately Firing Fed Governor

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday barred Donald Trump from immediately firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, as the president mounts multiple challenges that have tested the independence of the central bank.

International Business Times

Reversing The Burger Court

The Supreme Court has largely left Warren Court precedents in place, but is consistently undoing precedents from the Burger Court.

Reason

Supreme Court keeps Fed’s Cook in place, sets January hearing - Roll Call

The Supreme Court said the Fed's Lisa Cook can keep her post until it hears arguments in the case about President Trump's attempt to fire her.

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New in Civitas: Trump Is Refighting The "War" That Congress and the Burger Court "Waged" Against President Nixon

"The Burger Court approved this war. Trump is now successfully refighting that war."

Reason

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

Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations of Non-Citizen Students and Academics Violate the First Amendment

The decision is the most thorough in a line of recent court decisions reaching similar results.

Reason

McCarthyism’s shadow looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity

Texas AM University announced the resignation of its president, Mark A. Welsh III, on Sept. 18, 2025, following a controversial decision earlier in the month to fire a professor over a classroom exchange with a student about gender identity.

The Conversation

Donald Trump rump gives in, begs Supreme Court to support his last-ditch effort to strip Americans of their longheld right

Trump has no other options.

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After Repeatedly Losing in Lower Court, Trump Asks SCOTUS To Review His Birthright Citizenship Order

Plus: Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote a book.

Reason

The Coming Storm Over the Comptroller General

If the Comptroller General is an Executive Branch Officer, he could be removed at will, and his suit against the President would not be justiciable.

Reason

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Ghislaine Maxwell petition discussed by Supreme Court as Congress appears set to vote on Epstein files release

Maxwell’s lawyers say prosecutors should not have pursued a case against her because Epstein sought a deal with prosecutors more than a decade earlier

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Ghislaine Maxwell may take a huge step towards freedom today, Supreme Court now mulling her release

A legal technicality means she may soon be a free woman.

The Guardian - US

A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court

Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake

The Guardian - US

The US government is facing a crisis of legitimacy

As the constitutional order frays, the US could look to Brazil as a demonstration of a functioning democracy

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South Central 45: Karnataka’s socio-educational survey, producers vs govt on Rs 200 movie ticket cap

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss the controversy in Karnataka over the socio-educational survey, wrongly called the caste census. The hosts are joined by guests Anisha Sheth, TNM’s Karnataka Bureau Chief, and Shivasundar, writer and activist.

Reason

Why Can't The Court Schedule Emergency Docket Conferences?

Justice Kagan peels back the curtain on the Court's failure to schedule conferences for emergency cases.

Benzinga

Trump Pushes Supreme Court To Rule on Ending Birthright Citizenship

The Trump administration has officially asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide on the legality of an executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship under specific conditions.

The Independent UK

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren't American citizens

Benzinga

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.

Roll Call

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.

Reason

The 9th Circuit Overturns a Man's Conviction for Holding a Shotgun on the Sidewalk in Front of His House

The decision, which hinges on an exception to the Gun-Free School Zones Act, does not say whether that law is consistent with the Second Amendment.

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