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August 31, 2026
Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote rules for Trump and his new ballroom, dismisses legal challenge
Trump's White House ballroom will be built with mostly private funds and without approval of Congress.
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August 24, 2026
Supreme Court allows Trump's plan to regulate but not block use of mail ballots
The court's order stressed the new regulations do not put new requirements on the states this year.
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August 21, 2026
Trump cites national security as Supreme Court weighs challenge to ballroom
The Trump administration says the massive new White House ballroom is urgently needed for national security, to protect the president, his staff and guests from attacks.
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August 18, 2026
Supreme Court is urged to block Trump's huge new ballroom so Congress can decide
The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued to block the ballroom, arguing that the president lacks authority to erect new buildings on government property.
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August 3, 2026
Democratic states urge Supreme Court to block Trump's new limits on mail ballots
President Trump's executive order required the U.S. Postal Service to use state-by-state lists of eligible voters who may send a ballot by mail.
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July 27, 2026
Trump lawyer urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms
Lawyers for California and 22 other Democratic-led states sued, arguing that the states, not the federal government, have the constitutional authority to set the rules for voting and elections.
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July 26, 2026
Justice Kennedy reflects on his time deciding the Constitution's promise of liberty and equality
While Kennedy has refrained from commenting on the current court or President Trump, he has written a memoir that explains the reasoning behind the major decisions of his era.
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July 12, 2026
On birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court 'originalists' split on history and Trump
The conservative justices see 'originalism' as a guiding principle to prevent judges from changing the Constitution to adjust to changing times. But that flipped this year.
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July 2, 2026
How Roberts led a fractured Supreme Court to wins for the right and defeats for Trump
In President Trump's second year back in the White House, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and the court punctured his claim to have power with no limits.
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June 30, 2026
Supreme Court will decide a gun-rights challenge to blue-state bans on assault weapons
California's long-standing ban on semiautomatic assault rifles could be struck down by the Supreme Court.
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June 30, 2026
Supreme Court strikes down Watergate-era limits on campaign funds for political parties
The Supreme Court ruled again that campaign funding is free speech protected by the 1st Amendment.
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June 30, 2026
Supreme Court rules states may ban trans athletes from girls' sports teams
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho which forbid transgender athletes from from competing on the girls sports teams. uphold state laws in Idaho and W Va.
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June 30, 2026
Supreme Court rejects Trump's plan to limit birthright citizenship
The justices said Trump may not revise the Constitution and change citizenship laws in an executive order.
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June 29, 2026
Supreme Court limits police use of cellphone data to find crime suspects
Unwary crime suspects could be tracked by investigators who had access to their phone location records.
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June 29, 2026
Supreme Court turns away Alan Dershowitz's defamation suit against CNN
Justice Clarence Thomas says the court should 'reconsider' past rulings that protect press from libel suits.
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June 29, 2026
Supreme Court: Trump may fire heads of independent agencies, but not the Federal Reserve
The court's conservatives said the president had the authority to remove all officials who wield executive authority, even if the agency officials had fixed terms set by law.
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June 29, 2026
Supreme Court allows late-arriving mail ballots, leaving California's system unaffected
The 5-4 majority rejected Republicans' bid to restrict balloting by mail.
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June 29, 2026
Supreme Court refuses Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll's $5-million sexual abuse verdict
Trump says he was wrongly accused of a pattern of sexually abusing women based in part on his own words.
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June 25, 2026
Asylum seekers may be turned away at the southern border, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court sharply limited the right to asylum for migrants who say they are fleeing persecution.
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June 25, 2026
Supreme Court rules Trump may end legal protection for Haitians and Syrians
The court said Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security the power to cancel temporary protections for migrants from unsafe countries.
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June 25, 2026
Gun owners may carry a weapon into stores, Supreme Court rules, rejecting a California law
Supreme Court extends the right to carry in public
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June 23, 2026
Inmates may not sue prison officials who violate their religious rights, Supreme Court rules
A Rastafarian inmate lost his dreadlocks and religious-liberty suit against Louisiana prison officials.
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June 22, 2026
Supreme Court says ex-LAPD officer may be sued for excessive force in street shooting
Judges agreed officer had reason to fire four shots at a knife-wielding suspect but not six.
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June 18, 2026
Drug users don't lose their gun rights, Supreme Court rules
A unanimous court rules for gun rights and against the drug laws.
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June 15, 2026
Supreme Court will decide if 'criminal aliens' can be held indefinitely while they fight deportation
The case could give the administration more power to arrest and hold immigrants, including green card holders, who have criminal records.
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