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Infiltrating the Supreme Court A roundtable conversation with top Supreme Court reporters on secrecy at the court, the justices’ ethics and how they do their job at a crucial moment.

Except when war breaks out, #SCOTUS is the hottest beat in town. Discussing it with NYT's @jodikantor.bsky.social, WSJ's James Romoser, and Politico's @joshgerstein.bsky.social tein.bsky.social and Ankush Khardori was really fun. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Supreme Court blocks redrawing of New York congressional map, dealing a win for GOP At issue is the mid-term redrawing of New York's 11th congressional district, including Staten Island and a small part of Brooklyn.

After #SCOTUS allows massive redistricting in TX & CA, it intervenes in NY case. www.npr.org/2026/03/02/g...

Supreme Court wrestles with gun rights, marijuana, and the right to own a gun The argument took place in light of the court's 2022 Bruen decision, which held that for a gun law to be constitutional, it must be analogous to a similar law at the nation's founding in the late 1700...

In test case over whether marijuana users can legally possess guns, #SCOTUS J. Gorsuch reminds that founding fathers Adams & Jefferson drank way more than was good for them. www.npr.org/2026/03/02/n...

Trump excoriates Supreme Court justices after tariff loss The battle over the tariffs began on day one of the president's second term when he signed an executive order that let him impose a wide range of tariffs on virtually every U.S. trading partner.

President Trump blasts three #SCOTUS conservatives who voted against his tariffs, but praises dissenter Justice Kavanaugh as "genius.”

Trump excoriates Supreme Court justices after tariff loss The battle over the tariffs began on day one of the president's second term when he signed an executive order that let him impose a wide range of tariffs on virtually every U.S. trading partner.

President Trump excoriates conservative justices who didn’t back him at #SCOTUS.

Trump throws a temper tantrum after tariff loss The battle over the tariffs began on day one of the president's second term when he signed an executive order that let him impose a wide range of tariffs on virtually every U.S. trading partner.

After 6-3 #SCOTUS loss, enraged President Trump vows to restore tariffs.

AI brings Supreme Court decisions to life Like it or not, the justices are about to see AI versions of themselves, speaking words that they spoke in court but that were not heard contemporaneously by anyone except those in the courtroom.

AI meets #SCOTUS.  Not sure the 9 will like it.

Supreme Court doubtful of Trump claim he can fire Fed governors by fiat The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.

Yesterday at #SCOTUS, President Trump's attorney D. John Sauer spoke over female justices so often Chief Justice Roberts had to intervene. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...

Supreme Court doubtful of Trump claim he can fire Fed governors by fiat The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.

At #SCOTUS today, President Trump's attorney D. John Sauer spoke over female justices so often Chief Justice Roberts had to intervene. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...

Supreme Court appears wary of allowing Trump to fire Federal Reserve's Cook The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.

All nine #SCOTUS justices expressed doubts about #POTUS claim of absolute power to fire members of the @federalreserve.gov Board of Governors. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...

It's showdown time for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.

Every living @federalreserve.gov board chair — aside from Jerome Powell — as well as treasury secretaries and prominent economists from both parties have signed on to Supreme Court briefs urging the justices not to tinker with the Fed’s independence. www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...

It's showdown time for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.

Trump administration expected to argue once the president has cause to fire a @federalreserve.gov board member, that decision is not reviewable by any court. www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...

It's showdown time for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court At issue are President Trump's efforts to break with 112 years of law and precedent by firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board.

How much power does the president have over the composition of @federalreserve.gov Board of Governors? SCOTUS hears arguments on whether President Trump can fire Lisa Cook. www.npr.org/2026/01/20/n...

Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports.

#SCOTUS seems inclined to allow states to bar transgender girls from sports at publicly funded schools, but the ramifications for transgender people are less clear. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...

Transgender participation in sports debated today @SCOTUS. 27 states have enacted laws banning it, contending it gives an unfair advantage to trans girls. For prominent athletes, its personal, with big time female sports figures on both sides. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...

Now #SCOTUS hears a challenge to laws in 27 states that ban transgender participation in sports. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...

The rhetoric around transgender participation in school sports proved very popular for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, putting Dems on Defense, with 15,000 ads.

Today @SCOTUS, the state defends its trans ban, arguing that biological differences “matter on the field,” giving trans girls an unfair advantage.

Transgender participation in school sports is very rare. Indeed the girl known as BPJ is apparently the only trans girl in West Virginia who has participated in middle and high school sports. @aclu.org www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...

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Supreme Court allows Trump to prohibit gender election on passports The court's decision is not a final ruling, however; it just permits Trump's passport policy to go into effect while litigation continues in the lower courts.

In another #Trump admin shadow docket win, #SCOTUS majority says "Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth"

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Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump's tariff arguments At issue is whether the president can bypass Congress and impose tariffs by citing national security.

#SCOTUS appears skeptical of Trump tariff arguments, but Trump maintains that if he loses the tariff case, “Our country will be destroyed, and our military would be instantly obliterated.”
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Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act The court's conservative majority could invalidate the section of the Voting Rights Act aimed at ensuring minority voters are not shut out of the process of drawing new congressional district lines.

Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act

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'The cases swung, not me': Ex-Justice Kennedy reflects on a changing Supreme Court In an interview with NPR to be aired in October, Kennedy said he is "very worried" about America today.

#SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy, who stepped down from the court in 2018, earned a reputation as the court’s “swing justice,” bc his vote was so often determinative. But in an interview with NPR, he says, “ the cases swung, not me.”

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Former Supreme Court Justice Kennedy's new memoir is unusually revealing Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who stepped down from the court in 2018, has written a book about his life on the court and off. It's far more revealing than most books written by justices.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired from #SCOTUS in 2018, is worried about this country. In an NPR interview the Reagan appointee warns that “Democracy is not guaranteed to survive.”

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Supreme Court seems highly doubtful of limits on conversion therapy for minors The court appeared ready to invalidate laws in some two dozen states that bar therapists from practicing a version of therapy that seeks to change a teenager's sexual orientation or gender identity.

#SCOTUS seems skeptical of limits on conversion therapy for minors during yesterday's oral arguments

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Humility is being the answer to a jeopardy question —for a second time—and none of the contestants knowing who you are

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Supreme Court allows Trump to fire -- for now -- remaining Democrat on FTC At issue is whether the president has the authority to dismiss the heads of those agencies that are protected by Congress.

#SCOTUS upholds Trump firing of FTC Commissioner on shadow docket. Kagan dissents for 3 court libs. “Our emergency docket should not be used, as it has been here, to transfer govt authority from Congress to the Prez & thus to reshape the nation’s separation of powers.”

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