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SCOTUS Rules Catholic Charity Should Be Tax Exempt

Ruling may impact tax status of religiously affiliated nonprofits nationwide

(Newser) - In a third unanimous decision of the day, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of granting a tax exemption to a Wisconsin Catholic charity that could reshape how religiously-affiliated nonprofits nationwide are treated under the law, per the AP . The ruling addresses whether charitable work rooted in faith deserves...

Supreme Court Blocks Mexico's $10B Suit vs. US Gunmakers

Blockbuster case claimed that flow of guns over the border have fueled cartel violence

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a $10 billion lawsuit that Mexico filed against top firearm manufacturers in the US, alleging the companies' business practices have fueled tremendous cartel violence and bloodshed. The unanimous ruling tossed out the case under US laws that largely shield gunmakers from liability when their...

SCOTUS Clears Way for 'Reverse Discrimination' Cases

Unanimous decision sides with woman who said she was demoted because she's straight

(Newser) - A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn't get a job and then was demoted because she's straight. The justices' decision affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where,...

SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to State Assault Weapons Ban

Maryland law to remain in place—for now

(Newser) - The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Maryland's ban on assault weapons—semiautomatic rifles that are popular among gun owners and have also been used in multiple mass shootings. The justices turned down a case against the Maryland law passed after the 2012 shooting at...

SCOTUS Lets US Revoke Protection of 500K Immigrants

Ruling allows White House to strip Biden-era legal status of people from 4 nations

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Friday again cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip temporary legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants, per the AP . The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole protections in place for more than 500,000 migrants from four countries: Cuba,...

SCOTUS Utah Case Is a Loss for Environmentalists

Court unanimously allows railway from oil fields in the northeast to move forward

(Newser) - The Supreme Court delivered a loss to environmentalists on Thursday in a closely watched case out of Utah. In a unanimous verdict, the court gave its blessing to a proposed 88-mile-long railway that would connect oil fields in remote northeastern part of the state to national rail lines, reports...

Native American Rights Defender Gorsuch Slams Court's Move

SCOTUS declines to take case about mining on tribal land, and the justice criticizes the decision

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take a case brought by Native Americans trying to stop mining on land they consider sacred, reports USA Today . The move means copper mining can move forward in a section of Tonto National Forest in Arizona, even though the San Carlos Apache Tribe...

Supreme Court Won't Hear Case on Teen's T-Shirts

Seventh-grader was barred from wearing shirt that read: 'There are only two genders'

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has decided not to hear a case brought on behalf of a middle schooler and his T-shirts. As NBC News reports, the unidentified seventh-grader in Middleborough, Massachusetts, was sent home from school in 2023 when he showed up to class wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "...

FBI Reinvestigating White House Cocaine Find

Agency also examining leak of Dobbs decision, pipe bombs planted at party headquarters

(Newser) - The FBI will reinvestigate several incidents that have become "popular talking points on America's political right wing and among conspiracy theorists," per the Guardian . Writing Monday on X , Dan Bongino, the podcaster named deputy director of the FBI, said the agency would launch new investigations into the...

Supreme Court Doesn't Halt Independent Agency Firings

Victory for Trump includes a caution about the Federal Reserve chair

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to immediately reinstate the heads of two independent regulatory agencies removed by President Trump, saying the president may well have the authority to fire them. The decision, a temporary one in effect while the issue is considered by lower courts, sets the stage for...

Supreme Court Blocks First Religious Public School in US

Justices deadlock 4-4 in Oklahoma case after Amy Coney Barrett recuses herself

(Newser) - A big ruling handed down by the Supreme Court on Thursday means Oklahoma won't be able to establish the first public religious school in the nation:
  • The court deadlocked 4-4, with Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself, reports the Washington Post . The tie means a lower-court ruling against the charter
...

SCOTUS Sides With Maine Lawmaker After Post About Trans Kid

High court restores state legislator's voting power

(Newser) - Republican Maine state lawmaker Laurel Libby will have her voting power back in the state's next legislative session, thanks to the highest court in the land. Libby had been censured by the Democrat-controlled Maine House after social media comments she made earlier this year regarding the Maine high school...

Lawyers Hit Indiana Execution as 'Finality Over Fairness'

State puts cop killer Benjamin Ritchie to death by lethal injection, in state's 2nd execution since 2009

(Newser) - In a rare move for Indiana, the state has executed Benjamin Ritchie, marking only its second use of the death penalty since 2009. Ritchie, 45, was executed by lethal injection early Tuesday at Indiana State Prison, after being convicted in 2002 for the 2000 shooting death of Beech Grove...

At Supreme Court, an Unprecedented Move

5 justices recuse themselves from alleged plagiarism case following a new code of ethics

(Newser) - Ta-Nehisi Coates and Oprah Winfrey are celebrating a court victory delivered through an unprecedented move by the US Supreme Court. The court had been set to hear a copyright dispute involving claims that Coates' The Water Dancer, an Oprah's Book Club selection, plagiarized from Ralph W. Baker, Jr.'...

Supreme Court Gives Trump a Win on Migrants

Justices let White House revoke the protected status of 350K Venezuelans in the US

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a victory to President Trump on immigration: It ruled that the White House can revoke temporary legal protections that had been granted to about 350,000 Venezuelans in the US, reports the Washington Post . The move now opens them to deportation. Only one justice...

Supreme Court Maintains Block on Wartime Law Deportations

Decision keeps Trump administration's plan suspended while case is decided

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Trump administration's appeal to let it quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law. Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who have been accused of being gang members, a designation...

Samuel Alito: You Can't Always Trust Judges
Samuel Alito: You Can't
Always Trust Judges
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May 15, 2025 12:39 PM CDT

Samuel Alito: You Can't Always Trust Judges

Supreme Court hears arguments in case on power of federal judges, birthright citizenship

(Newser) - The Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday in a case that could limit the scope of rulings by federal judges, and Samuel Alito made a point that might not sit well with many of them:
  • "There are 680 district court judges, and they are dedicated and they are scholarly
...

SCOTUS Case Has Big Implications for Trump Agenda
SCOTUS Case Has Big
Implications for Trump Agenda
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May 15, 2025 6:30 AM CDT

SCOTUS Case Has Big Implications for Trump Agenda

Judges will hear arguments on birthright citizenship and federal judges' power

(Newser) - The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Thursday in a case that has major implications for President Trump's agenda. The case revolves around Trump's wish to end birthright citizenship , but it will focus on whether federal judges have the power to stop such policy moves nationwide and not...

Former SCOTUS Justice David Souter Dead at 85
Former SCOTUS Justice
David Souter Dead at 85
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May 9, 2025 8:39 AM CDT

Former SCOTUS Justice David Souter Dead at 85

New Hampshire Republican who became a liberal darling retired in '09, was replaced by Sotomayor

(Newser) - Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85, reports the AP . Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire, the Supreme Court said in...

SCOTUS Says Transgender Military Ban Can Proceed

Court's 3 liberal justices dissent

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Trump's administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military while legal challenges proceed. The court's three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold, the AP reports. The court acted in the dispute over a...

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