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Alito recuses from case that could toss climate suits against oil companies

Justice Samuel Alito on Monday recused from a major climate case set to be heard next week, stepping aside with no explanation after previously...

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to OK transgender inmate policy

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to lift a judge’s block on its policy restricting transgender inmates’ access to...

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Supreme Court’s liberals see dash of progress on emergency appeals, or ‘shadow docket’

The Supreme Court’s liberal justices keep dissenting, but they also are seeing some progress on one front as the Trump administration floods the...

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Supreme Court blocks use of GOP-favored map in Missouri — again

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked a directive for Missouri Republicans to use their favored congressional map, again, making clear to officials they...

25.09.2026 8

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Supreme Court, overall liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms

The Supreme Court cleared the way on Friday for the Trump administration to implement its overhauled immigration database, which it says is aimed at...

25.09.2026 8

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Jackson warns Supreme Court’s emergency rulings imposing ‘institutional costs’

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson implored her Supreme Court colleagues Thursday to dip into emergency docket cases less frequently, warning that it is...

24.09.2026 9

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Judge orders White House to immediately restore access to CNN, MS NOW, Politico

A federal judge ordered the White House early Thursday to immediately restore press credentials for reporters at CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ruling that...

24.09.2026 20

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The overlooked argument that could doom Trump’s media ban

Watch The Gavel Live: Hill Insider members can join us live today at 3 p.m. EDT as Legal Affairs Editor Zach Schonfeld and Media Reporter Dominick...

23.09.2026 30

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Missouri redistricting fight reaches Supreme Court for third time

The messy legal fight over Missouri’s congressional map reached the Supreme Court for a third time in as many weeks late Tuesday as the parties...

23.09.2026 10

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Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined a surrogate’s emergency bid on Tuesday to intervene in her custody fight that drew national attention...

22.09.2026 7

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Lawsuit over White House media ban assigned to Trump nominee

The judge who will decide whether President Trump constitutionally banned a trio of media outlets from the White House is one of the president’s own...

21.09.2026 4

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Judge says government must give 30 days notice before demolishing Kennedy Center

A federal judge on Thursday declined Rep. Joyce Beatty’s (D-Ohio) request for an emergency hearing to review the Kennedy Center board’s latest...

17.09.2026 10

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Supreme Court’s mail ballot ruling brings giant sigh of relief to Trump critics

Nevada’s top election official was at dinner with a friend on Monday night when his phone started blowing up. The Supreme Court’s mail ballot...

16.09.2026 10

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Supreme Court won’t restore Trump’s mail-in voting plan for midterms

The Supreme Court refused to clear the way for President Trump’s mail-in voting plan for the midterms on Monday over the dissents of two...

14.09.2026 9

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Second judge freezes Trump mail ballot plan as Supreme Court ruling looms

A second federal judge blocked the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from implementing President Trump’s executive order targeting mail-in voting, adding a...

14.09.2026 20

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Supreme Court blocks Missouri's use of GOP-favored congressional map

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked an order that told Missouri to keep implementing Republicans' favored 7-1 congressional map, which sparked...

10.09.2026 20

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Supreme Court races against midterms clock

President Trump’s mail voting restrictions are on the emergency docket again, but ballots have already begun going out in one state. Justice Brett...

09.09.2026 30

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DHS asks Supreme Court to reinstate overhauled immigration tool for midterms

The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to restore the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) overhauled immigration...

08.09.2026 10

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Prediction markets' regulation draws closer to Supreme Court

Prediction markets have arrived at the Supreme Court’s doorstep. New Jersey this past week urged the justices to settle how prediction markets...

07.09.2026 40

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Missouri asks Supreme Court to restore GOP-friendly congressional map

Missouri launched an effort at the Supreme Court late Friday to restore its Republican-friendly congressional map, warning that a lower ruling...

05.09.2026 20

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Billionaire Leon Black challenges House subpoena for Epstein testimony

Private equity investor Leon Black filed a lawsuit Thursday to stave off subpoenas demanding he testify and hand over documents as part of a...

03.09.2026 20

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Mine safety commissioner fired by Trump gives up legal fight, citing Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s expansion of President Trump’s firing power is sweeping into mine safety. Moshe Marvit, whom Trump sacked from the Federal...

03.09.2026 20

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Can anything stop the White House ballroom?

A preservationist group likely has no standing to stop the White House ballroom, the Supreme Court says. So, does anyone? Not necessarily. Let's start...

02.09.2026 20

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Trump can’t appeal New York conviction in federal court, judge rules again

A federal judge on Friday rejected President Trump’s latest bid to fight his criminal conviction outside of New York’s state courts, a strategy...

28.08.2026 10

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Blue states launch new suit to stop Trump's mail-in voting restrictions

Democratic-controlled states brought a new lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s mail-in voting restrictions on Wednesday, hoping they’ll...

26.08.2026 10

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Trump petitions Supreme Court to take up Mexico border asylum ban

The Justice Department (DOJ) is asking the Supreme Court to sign off on President Trump’s Day 1 proclamation shutting down asylum claims at the...

26.08.2026 10

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What the Supreme Court’s mail ballot ruling means

The Supreme Court’s mail-in voting ruling on Monday in favor of President Trump stirred up the dust just ahead of the midterms. “Only time will...

26.08.2026 40

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Jackson calls Supreme Court’s mail-in voting ruling a ‘Kafkaesque nightmare’

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s junior liberal justice, excoriated her colleagues for lifting a block on President Trump’s mail-in...

24.08.2026 9

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Chief Justice Roberts briefly allows White House ballroom construction

Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday temporarily blocked a ruling that was set to halt construction on the White House ballroom, ruling that work can...

21.08.2026 10

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Trump lawyer to liberal think tank: Retract National Guard report that defames president

President Trump has demanded a liberal think tank retract a critical report on his National Guard deployments by Friday evening, threatening to file a...

21.08.2026 10

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Mangione state trial in limbo as judge weighs double jeopardy

Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea in federal court has thrown his upcoming New York criminal case into doubt. Mangione’s defense team wants the state...

19.08.2026 20

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Preservationist group urges Supreme Court to keep White House ballroom paused

The preservationist group trying to stop President Trump’s White House ballroom urged the Supreme Court to deny the administration’s emergency...

18.08.2026 20

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DOJ moves to restore gun rights for some convicted of felonies

The Justice Department (DOJ) has finalized a way for people convicted of certain, nonviolent felonies to restore their gun rights, Attorney General...

18.08.2026 30

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Supreme Court rejects Trump's long-shot effort to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict

The Supreme Court on Monday denied President Trump’s long-shot request to reconsider his appeal of writer E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million sexual...

17.08.2026 10

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Supreme Court emergency docket roars back

The Supreme Court’s emergency docket has flared up in the thick of the justices’ summer recess. President Trump is urging the justices to revive...

16.08.2026 20

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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow White House ballroom construction

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to immediately allow construction on the White House ballroom and berated lower judges for...

14.08.2026 10

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Court backs Trump on rescinding de minimis tariff exemption

A federal trade court agreed Thursday that President Trump lawfully ended a tariff exemption for low-cost goods last year. Trump did so by invoking...

14.08.2026 10

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DOJ's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the Trump administration’s civil rights lawsuit against Harvard University that accused the school of turning...

13.08.2026 10

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Gun law in limbo as Justice Department holds off appeal

The Trump administration has yet to appeal a key firearms ruling handed down last week, leaving gun control groups worried and Second Amendment...

13.08.2026 40

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Lawsuit launched over sale of early access to Truth Social posts

A left-leaning publication sued President Trump’s media company on Wednesday over its new product that gives paying Wall Street firms faster access...

12.08.2026 10

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Trump pushes boundaries of Supreme Court losses

President Trump is reframing his Supreme Court losses on tariffs, birthright citizenship and the Federal Reserve as victories in disguise. Exuding...

12.08.2026 30

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Supreme Court schedules November arguments in major religion case

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Nov. 3 in its major case asking whether Colorado can force Catholic preschools to enroll children of...

11.08.2026 10

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ACLU targets Trump's new birthright citizenship order in court

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday launched its first effort to challenge President Trump’s new attempt at restricting birthright...

11.08.2026 10

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Trump names Will Scharf as new White House counsel

President Trump named Will Scharf as his new White House counsel on Sunday, a shakeup in the key legal role. Scharf will assume the role on Sept. 1...

09.08.2026 10

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Alito to WSJ: ‘Obviously I’m here for another term’

Justice Samuel Alito shut down any notion he’s planning to imminently retire from the Supreme Court in an interview with The Wall Street Journal...

07.08.2026 10

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Appeals court blocks Trump's White House ballroom construction

A federal appeals court panel blocked President Trump’s White House ballroom in a 2-1 vote on Friday, saying that work must stop except for...

07.08.2026 10

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Tariff refunds boost quarterly earnings for some of biggest US companies

Tariff refunds are showing up on Wall Street. The latest quarter spanned the Trump administration handing back the bulk of the $100 billion returned...

07.08.2026 40

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Judge formally dismisses Reflecting Pool charge against Olympian

A local judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday formally dismissed the felony charge accusing Olympic canoeist David Hearn of vandalizing the Lincoln...

06.08.2026 10

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Judge rules Trump can avoid turning over business empire details to BBC, for now

A federal judge has halted, for now, a Thursday deadline for President Trump to hand over documents detailing the finances of his business empire to...

06.08.2026 10

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Federal regulations on firearm silencers, some guns cannot stand, judge rules

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that some federal gun restrictions can no longer stand after Republicans last year zeroed out the taxes that...

06.08.2026 20

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