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July 7, 2026
Supreme Court justices to make rare appearance before Congress
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, a liberal and a conservative, are set to testify before a House subcommittee next Tuesday.
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June 30, 2026
Supreme Court sides with GOP, loosens campaign spending rules
The decision is the latest in which the Supreme Court has weighed in on campaign finance rules.
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June 30, 2026
Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender women in female athletics
The ruling is the latest blow to the LGBTQ+ community, which has faced repeated losses at the Supreme Court in recent years.
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June 25, 2026
Migrants not entitled to apply for asylum while standing on Mexico side of border, Supreme Court rules
The 6-3 decision clears the way for the Trump administration to resume allowing federal agents at the border to turn back asylum seekers before they enter.
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June 18, 2026
Government can’t restrict gun ownership over habitual weed use, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court on Thursday found that a Texas man could not be prosecuted under a federal law that prohibits regular users of controlled substances, such as marijuana, from possessing firearms.
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May 28, 2026
Supreme Court sides with Mississippi man on death row in racial bias case
For two decades, Terry Pitchford has agued his conviction was not valid, pointing to what he says were racially biased selections of the jurors who heard the case.
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May 11, 2026
Supreme Court hands Alabama major boost in redistricting fight
Alabama legislators are hoping to boost the GOP in November’s midterm elections in the wake of last month’s Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act.
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May 5, 2026
Supreme Court clears path for Louisiana to redraw map in redistricting fight
The justices’ action follows last week’s opinion weakening a central element of the Voting Rights Act.
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May 4, 2026
Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill by mail for now
The order reinstates mail access to the drug for one week while the justices consider emergency applications by drugmakers.
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May 2, 2026
Tortured in China, they want to sue Cisco. The Supreme Court may say no.
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether members of the Falun Gong religious group can sue Cisco for its alleged role in a Chinese government crackdown.
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April 29, 2026
Supreme Court wrestles with Trump effort to end temporary protections for migrants
The conservative justices appeared sympathetic to the administration’s contention that it can cancel humanitarian protections for Haitian and Syrian nationals.
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April 28, 2026
A Supreme Court justice’s personal ties to Haiti highlight stakes in asylum case
The court is considering President Donald Trump’s effort to end temporary protected status for Haitians. Justice Amy Coney Barrett has two adopted children from Haiti.
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April 27, 2026
Supreme Court weighs whether police can demand Google location data
The justices are considering whether police can use “geofence” warrants, which cover everyone who was in a certain place at a certain time.
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April 20, 2026
Supreme Court to review Catholic preschools’ bid for LGBTQ exemption
The Colorado schools say they’re being excluded from funding because of their denial of enrollment to children of LGBTQ parents, which the state deems discriminatory.
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April 20, 2026
Supreme Court justices are writing children’s books — and earning big
The trend is fueled by their status as political celebrities in a deeply divided country.
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