Religious liberty
California Dems, LGBTQ groups spark legal, religious liberty concerns on fight against SCOTUS ruling(The Heartlander)–Democratic lawmakers and LGBTQ groups in California are already looking for workarounds to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling prohibiting the state from censoring private counselor-client conversations about gender identity… Read More
Courts
New legal battle begins over religious charter schools in Oklahoma as Jewish charter group sues statewide boardNearly a year after the Supreme Court left legal questions about the constitutionality of a religious public charter school in Oklahoma unresolved, a new legal fight over the same issue… Read More
Supreme Court
RNC chair urges SCOTUS to overrule late ballot deadlines(The Center Square) – Republican National Committee chairman Joe Gruters called on the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down late arriving mail-in ballot laws across the country. In an exclusive… Read More
Courts
Another ‘huge win’ for the ‘Missouri FIRST Map,’ as State Supreme Court rules it constitutionalMissouri’s highest court has cemented the state’s new mid-decade redistricting map by ruling it entirely constitutional. The 4-3 ruling in Luther v. Hoskins found the map drawn by the GOP-controlled Legislature doesn’t… Read More
Supreme Court
Property rights for religious organizations could get needed protections from SCOTUS(The Heartlander)–After more than 25 years of ambiguity, the U.S. Supreme Court could clarify a law regarding religious organizations’ property rights, according to First Liberty Institute, which filed an appeal… Read More
Opinion
What does ‘Election Day’ mean? The Supreme Court is being asked to decide this consequential question.(The Daily Signal) – Under our Constitution, state legislatures retain primary authority for setting the rules and procedures governing elections—even federal ones. This is true for both congressional and presidential … Read More
Courts
New Jersey Supreme Court: Schools ‘vicariously liable’ in sexual abuse casesIf sexual abuse by a teacher took place outside the scope of the teacher’s employment or off school property, is the district still liable? New Jersey’s Supreme Court believes so,… Read More
Courts
Justices skeptical of counting late-arriving ballots(The Daily Signal) – The Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday seemed particularly skeptical of arguments by the state of Mississippi that mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day should still… Read More
Supreme Court
Justices appear skeptical of late mail-in ballot deadlines(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to strike down state laws allowing mail-in ballots to be received after Election Day. Justices on the court heard… Read More
Courts
SCOTUS agrees to hear Trump bid to rein in temporary protected status(The Daily Signal) – The Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear the Trump administration’s appeal to end Temporary Protected Status for certain immigrants, including those from Syria and Haiti. … Read More
Government
Lawmakers to probe whether free education incentivizes illegal immigration(The Daily Signal) – A House subcommittee will examine whether the Supreme Court’s decision that states cannot deny the children of illegal aliens access to taxpayer-funded K-12 education incentivized… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court hands GOP win, rejects Democrat ‘racial discrimination’ case targeting Latina Republican(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Supreme Court sided with Republican New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis on Monday, preventing her district from being gerrymandered to favor Democrats ahead of the… Read More
Government
Supreme Court leaves key question unanswered as Trump charts new course for tariffs(Daily Caller News Foundation) – President Donald Trump is already pursuing a new path to impose tariffs, but a long road likely remains ahead for companies seeking refunds. Though the… Read More
Supreme Court
Supreme Court strikes down tariffs core to Trump economic agenda(The Daily Signal) – In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive actions on tariffs exceeded his constitutional authority. During oral arguments in November, even … Read More
Government
Trump finds stronger legal path for tariffs after SCOTUS ruling(The Daily Signal) – President Donald Trump said the Supreme Court ruling against his tariffs actually affirms his authority to levy additional national security tariffs, and announced a 10% global… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs under IEEPA(The Daily Signal) – In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump’s executive actions on tariffs exceeded his constitutional authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court could issue decision any day in tariff case Trump calls ‘life or death’The Supreme Court is expected to release opinions Friday, as well as twice next week, as its decision looms in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to invoke sweeping tariffs… Read More
Tariffs
Trump says worldwide tariffs aren’t taxes on U.S. consumers(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump continues to defend his use of tariffs worldwide as businesses await a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the president’s tariff authority. Trump has… Read More
Government
Utah expands Supreme Court ahead of redistricting appeal(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Utah Supreme Court expanded Saturday from five justices to seven with the stroke of a pen by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox. Cox signed … Read More
Courts
Trump DOJ joins legal fight against major med school’s ‘race-based’ admissions(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a complaint seeking to join a lawsuit against a major medical school accused of illegally considering race in its… Read More