What the Supreme Court Ruling Against ‘Universal Injunctions’ Means for Court Challenges to Presidential Actions
The Supreme Court just made it harder for judges to block presidential policies nationwide, but lawmakers hold the key to changing that.
Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship Heads to the Supreme Court
By Jean Lantz Reisz / The Conversation For more than 150 years, almost all people who were born within U.S. territory automatically received citizenship – regardless of their parents’ immigration…
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Trump Birthright Citizenship Case
"All persons born on U.S. soil are U.S. citizens, that is what our Constitution dictates and is something President Trump cannot undo by waving a pen," one Democratic congresswoman said.
How Elon Musk, George Soros and Other Billionaires Are Shaping the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History
Ten years ago, Wisconsin approved unlimited political spending. Now, as spending for its Supreme Court race surpasses more than $80 million, some campaign reformers are wondering if the state is…
Why Federal Courts Are Unlikely to Save Democracy From Trump’s and Musk’s Attacks
By Maya Sen / The Conversation State governments, community groups, advocacy nonprofits and regular Americans have filed a large and growing number of federal lawsuits opposing President Donald Trump’s barrage…
‘Major Blow to Freedom of Expression’: US Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban
One ACLU campaigner blasted the justices for "giving the executive branch unprecedented power to silence speech it doesn't like."
Texas Supreme Court Removes Temporary Block to Robert Roberson’s Execution
The state’s highest civil court ruled that legislators can’t use subpoenas to block death row inmates’ executions, but suggested there’s still time for Roberson to testify before a Texas House…
In These Five Social Media Speech Cases, Supreme Court Set Foundational Rules for the Future
By David Greene / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) The U.S. Supreme Court addressed government’s various roles with respect to speech on social media in five cases reviewed in its recently…
The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier to Criminalize Homelessness—and That’s a Win for the Prison System
The Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling found that arresting homeless people is not a violation of our Constitutional right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
Schumer Unveils No Kings Act to Undo Supreme Court Presidential Immunity Ruling
The bill would effectively invalidate the ruling granting presidents an extreme and unprecedented amount of power.
Iowa’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Called ‘Cruel Future’ GOP Wants for Entire Nation
Denouncing "extremist Republicans," EMILY's List says the new state law exemplifies why voters "have to stop them at the ballot box this November."
The Solution to Homelessness Is Housing
The Supreme Court just greenlit cruel measures to arrest and prosecute unhoused people. Instead, lawmakers should invest in what really works.
Ellen Brown: The Supreme Court Takes on the Administrative State
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost In a highly controversial decision, the Supreme Court on June 28 reversed a 40-year old ruling, reclaiming the Court’s role as interpreter of…
Ralph Nader: The Dictatorial Trump Court Has Put Our Democracy’s Rule of Law on Quicksand
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org The six “corporate state” U.S. Supreme Court Justices, occupying unaccountable lifetime unelected positions, handed over dictatorial power for presidents and corporations that disassembled our Founders’…