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Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to allow NIH diversity-related cuts Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow the government to proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants as part of the Republican president's crackdown on diversity initiatives.

Even as an uproar over files relating to Jeffrey Epstein engulfs President Donald Trump and Congress, the controversy is set to widen to the U.S. Supreme Court in short order, as his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal of her criminal conviction ripens.

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"Today’s order clarifies only one thing: Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial," Sotomayor wrote in a dissenting opinion. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

BREAKING - The U.S. Supreme Court lifts limits a judge had imposed to protect eight men who the government sought to send to politically unstable South Sudan, again siding with Trump admin in a legal fight over deporting migrants to countries other than their own

US Supreme Court won't consider reviving Montana abortion parental consent law The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to hear a bid by Montana to revive a law that requires parental consent for minors to obtain an abortion, a measure challenged by reproductive health and abortion provider Planned Parenthood as a violation of the Republican-led state's constitution.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to hear a bid by Montana to revive a law that requires parental consent for minors to obtain an abortion, a measure challenged by reproductive health and abortion provider Planned Parenthood www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a bid by West Virginia and Idaho to enforce their state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

BREAKING - US Supreme Court says it will decide legality of state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools

Trump wins as Supreme Court curbs judges, but may yet lose on birthright citizenship The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling blunting a potent weapon that federal judges have used to block government policies nationwide during legal challenges was in many ways a victory for President Donald Trump, except perhaps on the very policy he is seeking to enforce.

The Supreme Court's landmark ruling blunting a potent weapon that federal judges have used to block government policies nationwide during legal challenges was in many ways a victory for President Donald Trump, except perhaps on the very policy he is seeking to enforce www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

US Supreme Court backs South Carolina effort to defund Planned Parenthood The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for South Carolina to strip Planned Parenthood of funding under the Medicaid health insurance program in a ruling that bolsters efforts by Republican-led states to deprive the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider of public money.

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for South Carolina to strip Planned Parenthood of funding under the Medicaid health insurance program, bolstering efforts by Republican-led states to deprive the abortion provider of public money. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Trump administration accuses judge of defying Supreme Court in deportation fight President Donald Trump's administration accused a federal judge on Tuesday of defying the U.S. Supreme Court's authority, escalating a fight over a group of eight migrants who it had sought to rapidly deport to politically unstable South Sudan.

Trump administration accused a federal judge on Tuesday of defying the U.S. Supreme Court's authority, escalating a fight over a group of eight migrants who it had sought to rapidly deport to politically unstable South Sudan www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent cites several examples in which the administration "flouted" judicial orders, including twice in this case.

Each time "this court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for courts and for the rule of law," she writes.

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BREAKING - U.S. Supreme Court clears way for Trump's administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show harms they could face.

Court's three liberal justices dissent.

US Supreme Court to hear case over Rastafarian man shaved bald in prison The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a Rastafarian man's bid to sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a Rastafarian man's bid to sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs.
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Transgender rights advocates gird for more fights after US Supreme Court loss The Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for adolescents, but legal experts said the ruling was narrower than it could have been.

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to transgender rights by upholding a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for adolescents, but the ruling left open the door for challenges to the rising number of government restrictions aimed at transgender people.
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US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law banning youth transgender care

Ruling is 6-3. Liberal justices dissent.
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BREAKING - U.S. Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

Trump finds victories at the Supreme Court in rush of emergency cases Since Trump returned to office in January, his administration has bombarded the U.S. Supreme Court with emergency requests. The strategy is paying off.

Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, his administration has bombarded the U.S. Supreme Court with emergency requests seeking immediate intervention to free up his initiatives stymied by lower courts.

The strategy is paying off. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Reporters call for live-streaming opinion announcements On June 7, 2024, a large group of reporters covering the Supreme Court (including this reporter) sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, asking him to consider live-streaming the […]

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ALSO: US Supreme Court backs Catholic group's bid for Wisconsin unemployment tax exemption

Unanimous ruling backs bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state's unemployment insurance tax.

ALSO: Supreme Court spares US gun companies from Mexico's lawsuit

Unanimously overturn lower court's decision that allowed Mexico's lawsuit accusing two gun companies of aiding illegal firearms trafficking to drug cartels and fueling gun violence in the southern neighbor of the United States.

BREAKING - US Supreme Court revives straight woman's 'reverse' discrimination case

Unanimous ruling makes it easier for people from majority backgrounds such as white or straight individuals to pursue claims alleging workplace "reverse" discrimination.

BANS ON AR-15s - The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear a challenge to the legality of state restrictions on assault-style rifles and large-capacity ammunition magazines, passing up for now cases that offered the justices a chance to further expand gun rights. Three conservative justices dissent.

Trump gets key wins at Supreme Court on immigration, despite some misgivings The U.S. Supreme Court swept away this week another obstacle to one of President Donald Trump's most aggressively pursued policies - mass deportation - again showing its willingness to back his hardline approach to immigration. The justices, though, have signaled some reservations with how he is carrying it out.

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BREAKING - U.S. Supreme Court on lets Trump administration revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States, potentially exposing many of them to rapid deportation.

US Supreme Court sides with Utah railway challenged by environmentalists The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered on Thursday a Utah railway project intended to transport crude oil, ruling against environmental groups and a Colorado county that had challenged its federal approval.

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed federal agencies to limit the scope of environmental impact reviews of projects they regulate - bolstering a Utah railway intended to transport crude oil.

Environmental groups call the ruling "disastrous." www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Ed Martin personally reviewed pardon application for Jan. 6 ringleader Stewart Rhodes During his first full week in office, Trump's pardon attorney has reviewed applications for Jan. 6 rioters and a former state senator prosecuted by Jack Smith’s onetime unit.

www.politico.com/news/2025/05... In his first full week as the Justice Department’s pardon attorney, Ed Martin has "personally reviewed a pardon application for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes" - who was convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

The majority, in a brief opinion, said they "disagree" with critics who say that ruling against the board members in these disputes puts at risk the independence of the Federal Reserve.

The Supreme Court backed Trump's firing of two Democratic members of federal labor boards for now - keeping them from their posts while their challenges proceed in a legal dispute that tests the Republican president's power over independent government agencies.

The three liberal justices dissented