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The Supreme Court just handed anti-abortion centers a shield against state probes but the battle over donor lists is far from over

The Supreme Court just handed a major procedural win to a New Jersey crisis pregnancy center fighting a state subpoena for its donor list. According to the New York Post, in a unanimous decision, the justices ruled that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers can challenge the demand in federal court,…

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Alabama, Tennessee governors call for special sessions on redistricting

More states on Friday began planning special sessions next week to revisit their congressional maps as they consider the fallout from a Supreme Court ruling this week limiting the Voting Rights Act. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee joined Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey in announcing a special session as states race to…

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DACA renewal delays leave ‘Dreamers’ without status and fearing detention

Some of the program’s beneficiaries have waited months for an answer, only to see their deadline pass without a decision

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Redistricting decision hamstrings potential congressional response

The Supreme Court’s decision limiting the Voting Rights Act appears to hamper Congress from passing legislation to restore the law’s protections for minority voters when states draw new congressional districts, legal experts say. In the hours after Wednesday’s 6-3 decision invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.,…

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Photos of the week | April 24-30, 2026

A shooting at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, a visit from King Charles III, and contentious testimony from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the week in Washington politics. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists — plus one from our editor-in-chief.

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Brazil's Congress reduces ex-President Bolsonaro's coup prison sentence

Lawmakers defied President Lula da Silva’s veto and moved to adopt a bill that would dramatically reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup following his loss in the October 2022 presidential elections.

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Hillary Clinton Calls Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling "Overlooks Reality For a Self-Serving Right-Wing Fantasy"

Hillary Clinton accused the Supreme Court's conservative majority of demolishing what remained of the Voting Rights Act, warning that Republican-led states are already moving to redraw congressional maps in ways that could dilute Black voting power.

Latin Times

What is the US supreme court’s voting rights ruling about and will it affect midterms?

Rightwing justices in Louisiana v Callais led 6-3 vote to redraw congressional maps in blow to Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US

Louisiana governor postpones House primaries after Supreme Court ruling

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday postponed his state’s May 16 primaries for the House, one day after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s congressional map as an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” “Allowing elections to proceed under an unconstitutional map would undermine the integrity of our system and violate the…

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The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act and Louisiana’s Black voters are the first casualty

The Supreme Court just delivered a crushing blow to the Voting Rights Act, and Louisiana’s Black voters are feeling the impact first. According to The Guardian, in a 6-3 decision split along partisan lines, the court effectively dismantled Section 2 of the landmark 1965 law, the last stronghold preventing racial…

The Mary Sue

Supreme Court voting rights ruling empowers Texas Republicans to redraw more partisan maps

Texas lawmakers will be able to draw more aggressively partisan maps for the state House, Senate and education board when they return in 2027.

The Texas Tribune

At the Races: A reprieve for Republicans?

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari House Republicans got a sudden influx of good news beginning Wednesday…

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Trump uses assassination attempt to justify his assault on first amendment rights to free speech

The Trump administration has called on TV network ABC to “take a stand” after a joke from its late night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel offended the US president and first lady.

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Louisiana to suspend early voting after Supreme Court ruled its election maps unconstitutional

MAGA’s Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has seized upon the Supreme Court ruling to suspend voting in the imminent primary elections, which critics said was ‘legally shaky at best’

Axios

Supreme Court supercharges the death of competitive districts

Increasingly, elections are decided in the party primary.

Reason

Justice John Marshall Harlan and Birth Tourism

Justice Harlan provides a middle ground for the Supreme Court on the question of birthright citizenship.

The Conversation

Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

Divided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. That provision, known as Section 2, prohibited any discriminatory voting practice or election rule that results in less opportunity for minority groups…

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Supreme Court bolsters donors’ free speech rights in unanimous crisis pregnancy center ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for a chain of crisis pregnancy centers based in New Jersey to challenge a subpoena from New Jersey’s attorney general.

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Supreme Court considers how much states can protect consumers when federal agencies won’t

Chemical giant Monsanto has argued for years that if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approves a pesticide label without requiring a cancer warning, states cannot hold its manufacturer liable in court for failing to warn consumers about cancer risks. The U.S. Supreme Court has now taken up the question after…

Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: April 30, 1789

4/30/1789: President Washington's inauguration. He would appoint eleven members to the Supreme Court: Chief Justices Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth, and… The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 30, 1789 appeared first on Reason.com.

The Independent UK

Brazil's Senate blocks Lula's Supreme Court nominee, first rejection in 132 years

Brazil’s Senate dealt a political blow to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday by rejecting his appointee to the Supreme Court, the first in more than 130 years

Reason

Free Speech Unmuted: "Defamacast" and More: How American Defamation Law Works

Jane and I lay out the structure of American defamation law, using the recent lawsuits brought by FBI Director Kash Patel as a launching point. Special bonus: Almost no discussion of New York Times v. Sullivan (an important case but one that listeners have doubtless heard much about elsewhere).

Axios

Supreme Court boosts DeSantis' GOP congressional map

The ruling helps DeSantis but doesn't finish the job.

The Conversation

Supreme Court considers whether police can use Big Tech data to capture info from all cellphone users in a place and time

Google tracks the vast majority of cellphones in the United States, collecting your location, usage and device data through installed software and apps. The tracking occurs by various autonomous processes you cannot see or stop, even when you turn off location history, and Google and other companies keep that data…

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