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WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court is taking its time to rule on a case challenging the legality of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs given the "enormous" stakes involved, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court of the United States is weighing a series of important cases during its current term involving issues such as presidential powers, tariffs, birthright citizenship, guns, race, transgender athletes, campaign finance law, voting rights, LGBT "conversion therapy," religious rights and capital punishment.
The Supreme Court is siding overwhelmingly with President Donald Trump when challenges arrive via the emergency docket, a Bloomberg Law analysis found.
California lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday to not hear an appeal challenging the state’s contentious Proposition 50 election. Republicans challenged the congressional redistricting measure favoring Democrats in a lawsuit filed late last year.
In 2025, the United States saw a surge in executions after a period of decline. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 47 people were put to death in 11 states, the highest annual execution total since 2009.
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Supreme Court will hear birthright citizenship case on April 1
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 1 in the challenge to President Donald Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship – that is, the guarantee of citizenship to […] The post Supreme Court will hear birthright citizenship case on April 1 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
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Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court said money is speech
Last week marked the fifty-year anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision enshrining the absurd idea that money in politics is not corruption, but constitutionally protected speech. As the Lever unearthed in our recent audio series and book Master Plan,
How four reporters are examining the most secretive branch of government — and the nine justices who shape the law.