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The US Supreme Court — rulings, arguments, and the justices — covered across the spectrum.

53 articles shownof 53 totalLast updated 2026-06-22 02:47 UTC
us politics 7 7h ago 3 min read

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down State's Race-Based Scholarship Program as Unconstitutional

The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously voided the state's Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant Program, ruling it violates the Equal Protection Clause. The decision follows the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. Two liberal justices concurred with the outcome but used the opportunity to argue the Constitution should be read to permit race-conscious remedies.

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us health 6 1d ago 4 min read

DOJ Office of Legal Counsel Says States Are Not Required to Provide Community-Based Care for Disabled Americans, Reinterpreting 1999 Supreme Court Ruling

The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel released a legal opinion arguing that the landmark 1999 Olmstead v. LC Supreme Court decision does not require states to keep disabled Americans out of institutions. Disability rights advocates, legal scholars, and bipartisan policy veterans say the memo contradicts decades of settled law and court precedent. No federal rule has changed yet, but advocates warn the memo signals a coming push to roll back anti-institutionalization enforcement.

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us politics 6 2d ago 4 min read

Supreme Court Rules 8-1 That Some Plea Deal Appeal Waivers Are Unenforceable, Exposing a Deeper Problem With the Plea Bargain System

In Hunter v. United States, eight justices agreed that appeal waivers in plea deals cannot block review when enforcing them would produce a miscarriage of justice. The decision is narrower than it sounds, the justices fractured badly on the reasoning, and the real story underneath is how coercive federal plea bargaining has become.

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us politics 6 2d ago 4 min read

Three Second Amendment Rulings in Two Days: Supreme Court Frees Marijuana Users, Ninth Circuit Upholds Alien Registration Form, New Jersey Denies Permit on Mental Health History

The Supreme Court ruled this week that casual marijuana use alone cannot strip someone of gun rights under federal law. On the same day, the Ninth Circuit upheld a Form 4473 requirement that non-citizens provide an alien registration number. And a New Jersey appeals court affirmed the denial of a permit to a man with documented psychiatric history and violent incidents at home.

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us politics 5 2d ago 4 min read

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strips Larry Krasner of Murder-Case Authority, Orders AG Review of Future Filings

Pennsylvania's heavily Democratic Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner's office lied to courts, withheld evidence, and violated its duty of candor while trying to overturn murder convictions. The 5-2 Democratic bench ordered that the state attorney general must now review any future cases before Krasner's office seeks to vacate convictions. The ruling reverses a lower court's decision to grant convicted murderer Lavar Brown a new trial.

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us tech 6 2d ago 4 min read

Orthodox Jewish Man Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Zoning Laws That Blocked Home Prayer Meetings

Daniel Grand of University Heights, Ohio, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court after five years of legal battles over the city's demand that he obtain a special permit to host small prayer gatherings in his home. Two lower federal courts dismissed his lawsuit. The case raises a genuine unresolved constitutional question about whether local zoning codes can be used to regulate private religious assembly.

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us politics 6 3d ago 3 min read

Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down Federal Gun Law as Applied to Marijuana Users

The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 on Thursday that prosecuting a Texas marijuana user for owning a firearm violated the Second Amendment. The decision is narrow but carries wide implications for tens of millions of Americans who use marijuana legally under state law. The same federal statute was used to convict Hunter Biden in 2024.

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us economy 5 4d ago 3 min read

Colorado Supreme Court Rules Employees Cannot Be Fired for Lawful Self-Defense at Work

The Colorado Supreme Court held that at-will employees who lawfully defend themselves against an unprovoked attack on the job cannot be fired for it without legal consequence. The ruling is narrow: it covers genuine self-defense situations, not general workplace weapons or conduct policies. The court did not decide Circle K's specific policy is illegal — that fight is still ahead.

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us economy 6 5d ago 3 min read

Supreme Court Declines China Tariff Challenge, Leaving Section 301 Duties Intact

The Supreme Court on June 15 refused to hear a challenge to Trump's first-term tariffs on Chinese imports, letting a lower court ruling stand and cementing the legal foundation for duties that have been in place since 2018. The decision clears the legal fog around Section 301 authority and adds a significant new tool to the administration's trade arsenal, just months after the Court struck down a separate IEEPA-based tariff package. Manufacturers, HVAC contractors, and consumers can expect no cost relief from this outcome.

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us politics 7 Jun 14 4 min read

Louisiana's FDA Lawsuit Seeks Nationwide Mifepristone Mail Ban. The Supreme Court Already Weighed In Once.

Since Louisiana filed its FDA lawsuit in October 2025, the legal battle over mailed mifepristone has escalated well beyond state lines. The Supreme Court intervened on May 14, 2026, overturning a lower court order that had halted distribution and sending the case back down. The core question now is whether one state's lawsuit can effectively set abortion drug policy for the entire country.

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us economy 6 Jun 14 4 min read

Trump's Section 301 Tariffs Face Legal Challenge as Administration Rebuilds After Supreme Court Loss

Since the Supreme Court struck down Trump's IEEPA tariffs on February 20, 2026, the administration has pivoted to a new legal vehicle. Legal scholars are already lining up arguments that the Section 301 tariffs carry their own constitutional vulnerabilities, and the litigation strategy that killed the first round is being road-tested on the second.

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us economy 7 Jun 14 4 min read

Supreme Court's Trump Immunity Ruling: What It Actually Did and What Remains Unsettled

The Supreme Court issued a ruling expanding presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, drawing sharp reaction across the political spectrum. The decision has real consequences for the balance of power between the executive branch and the courts. The full legal and political fallout is still playing out.

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us defense 7 Jun 14 4 min read

Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling: What It Actually Says and What Remains Unsettled

The Supreme Court's 2024 immunity ruling expanded presidential power in ways that go well beyond Donald Trump's specific criminal cases. Two years on, the legal and political consequences are still playing out, and the Court's own role as arbiter of what counts as an 'official act' is now one of the ruling's most consequential and least-discussed features.

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us politics 6 Jun 12 3 min read

Supreme Court Blocks Alabama Nitrogen Gas Execution, 3 Justices Dissent

The U.S. Supreme Court late Thursday blocked Alabama from executing Jeffery Lee by nitrogen gas, upholding a lower appeals court ruling that the method poses a substantial risk of serious pain beyond death itself. Lee, convicted of a 1998 double murder, had proposed a firing squad as an alternative. Three conservative justices would have let the execution proceed.

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us finance 6 Jun 11 4 min read

Supreme Court Rules 6-3: Private Investors Cannot Sue Under Investment Company Act to Void Fund Bylaws

The Supreme Court handed a win to BlackRock-affiliated funds and other asset managers on Thursday, ruling that private parties cannot use the Investment Company Act of 1940 to sue and void corporate bylaws. Activist hedge fund Saba Capital, run by Boaz Weinstein, had won at two lower court levels before the justices reversed course. The decision closes off a legal avenue that activist shareholders had been using to attack 'control share' bylaws in closed-end funds.

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us politics 6 Jun 6 4 min read

Supreme Court Lets Alabama Keep Map That Weakens Black Voting Power, Overriding Its Own 2023 Order

The Supreme Court ruled this week that Alabama can proceed with a congressional map that a federal district court said violated the Voting Rights Act — even after the Court itself ordered a fix in 2023. The unsigned majority opinion hands Alabama a win it bet on by defying court orders for years. Whether you think the VRA still has teeth is now a genuinely open question.

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us health 5 Jun 5 3 min read

Supreme Court Abortion Pill Ruling Stands — Here's What the Coverage Is Still Missing

Since our June 5 coverage confirmed the Supreme Court unanimously preserved mifepristone access by dismissing the anti-abortion challenge on standing grounds, the story has moved on — but most mainstream outlets are still burying the most important detail. The Court didn't rule that the FDA was right. It ruled that the plaintiffs had no legal right to sue in the first place. Those are very different things.

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us health 6 Jun 5 3 min read

Supreme Court Unanimously Preserves Access to Mifepristone, Dismissing Anti-Abortion Challenge on Standing Grounds

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously to dismiss a legal challenge to mifepristone, the most widely used abortion drug in the United States. The justices didn't rule on the merits — they ruled the challengers had no standing to sue. That distinction matters enormously, and most coverage is burying it.

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us finance 3 Jun 5 3 min read

Justice Thomas Cites Legal Blog Six Times in Sripetch v. SEC Opinion — A Supreme Court First for Academic Blogging

Justice Clarence Thomas cited University of Notre Dame law professor Sam Bray's posts on the Volokh Conspiracy blog six times in a single Supreme Court opinion in the Sripetch v. SEC case. That's an extraordinary milestone for academic legal blogging — and a sign of how seriously at least one Justice takes non-traditional legal scholarship. The substance of the underlying SEC ruling matters too, and mainstream coverage has largely ignored the Bray citations entirely.

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us finance 5 Jun 4 4 min read

Supreme Court Rules 8-1 for FCC Over AT&T and Verizon — But the Fine Print Tells a Different Story

The Supreme Court handed the FCC an 8-1 win Thursday over $100 million in fines against AT&T and Verizon for selling customer location data. Chief Justice Roberts ruled the fines were never actually binding — meaning the carriers shouldn't have paid in the first place. Justice Thomas called it exactly what it is: the government changed its story after the companies already handed over the cash.

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us politics 5 Jun 3 4 min read

Supreme Court Reinstates Alabama's Single Majority-Black Congressional District, Handing GOP a Likely House Pickup

Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act's minority-district protections in April 2026, Alabama has successfully used that ruling to restore its old congressional map — giving Republicans six safe seats and likely ending Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures' career. The ruling is the direct downstream consequence of a legal chain the Court itself set in motion, and the lower court that tried to stop it got overruled on legal reasoning, not just politics.

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us economy 6 Jun 3 4 min read

Trump Proposes New 10-12.5% Tariffs on 60 Trading Partners, Built on Forced Labor Investigation After Supreme Court Killed IEEPA Authority

The Trump administration announced new proposed tariffs of at least 10% on imports from 60 trading partners, framed around a forced labor investigation — this is Trump's latest move to reconstruct the tariff wall the Supreme Court demolished in February. The rates differ by country: 10% for Canada, Mexico, the EU, Taiwan, and the UK; 12.5% for China, India, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, and Switzerland. This is a legal workaround, not a new trade philosophy, and taxpayers should understand exactly what it will cost them.

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us politics 4 Jun 3 4 min read

June 2 Primary Fallout: Supreme Court Gives Alabama a GOP-Friendly Map, Graham Platner Scrambles, and LA's Karen Bass Faces a Real Fight

With the major June 2 primary results already reported, three developments are driving the post-election story: the Supreme Court just handed Alabama Republicans a congressional map that kills a majority-Black district, Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is meeting with Senate Democrats to contain a scandal spiral, and LA Mayor Karen Bass is staring down a genuinely dangerous reelection race. None of these are getting the attention they deserve.

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us economy 5 Jun 2 4 min read

USTR Proposes New 25% Tariff on Brazil Under Section 301 After Supreme Court Killed the Last One

The Trump administration is trying a different legal angle to pressure Brazil on trade — this time using Section 301 instead of IEEPA, after the Supreme Court struck down the original 50% tariff in February. The new proposed 25% duty covers digital trade, ethanol, intellectual property, and deforestation practices, with a public hearing set for July 6. This isn't a fresh fight — it's the same fight, repackaged with a sturdier legal wrapper.

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us economy 6 Jun 1 3 min read

The Supreme Court Struck Down Trump's Tariff Authority — Here's What That Actually Costs You

On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize tariffs, gutting the legal foundation of Trump's trade war. That didn't end the tariffs — Trump pivoted fast. And American households are still paying for all of it.

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us politics 5 May 31 4 min read

Supreme Court's VRA Ruling Blows the Redistricting War Wide Open: Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee Now Joining the Map Rewrite Free-for-All

The mid-decade redistricting fight just got a second wind. A Supreme Court ruling on April 29 gutting a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana has triggered a new wave of Southern states rushing to redraw maps — and Republicans believe they can pocket up to 13 additional House seats before November. Democrats think they can claw back 10. This is no longer a skirmish. It's a permanent feature of American politics.

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us economy 6 May 31 4 min read

Trump Administration Moves to Block $166 Billion in Tariff Refunds After Supreme Court Struck Down the Tariffs

The Supreme Court already ruled Trump's sweeping global tariffs were unconstitutional. Now his DOJ is trying to appeal a federal judge's order that would let all 330,000 affected importers claim refunds — not just the ones who sued. That's your government fighting to keep money it was never legally entitled to collect.

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us politics 5 May 29 4 min read

Louisiana Passes 5-1 Congressional Map, Scrapping One Majority-Black District After Supreme Court Gutted VRA

Louisiana Republicans passed a new congressional map Friday that eliminates one of the state's two majority-Black districts and is designed to give the GOP a fifth House seat. This comes directly after the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. About 40,000 already-cast primary ballots were discarded in the process.

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us politics 5 May 29 4 min read

Supreme Court Reinstates Qualified Immunity for Vermont Officer, Splits Along Party Lines — and the Real Story Is More Complicated Than Either Side Admits

The Supreme Court reversed a 2nd Circuit ruling in March 2026, granting qualified immunity to Vermont detective Jacob Zorn over a 2015 protester arrest — a 6-3 split along ideological lines. Separately, the Court declined to grant immunity to a Michigan officer whose own department reprimanded him. Neither the left nor the right is telling you the full picture on what these two cases say about where qualified immunity actually stands.

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us politics 6 May 28 4 min read

Supreme Court Rules 5-4 That Mississippi Death Row Inmate Was Denied Fair Trial Due to Racially Biased Jury Selection

The Supreme Court ruled on May 28, 2026, that Terry Pitchford — a Black man on Mississippi's death row for over 20 years — deserves a new hearing because the same prosecutor who spent decades illegally excluding Black jurors did it again at his trial. This isn't a partisan ruling. It's a basic constitutional guarantee: if you get convicted, the jury that did it can't be racially stacked against you.

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us economy 6 May 28 4 min read

Supreme Court to Decide This Fall Whether States Can Sue Energy Companies for Global Climate Change

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Suncor Energy v. Boulder County — a case that could kill dozens of state and local climate lawsuits nationwide. Boulder County and the City of Boulder sued Suncor and ExxonMobil under Colorado tort law for damages tied to greenhouse gas emissions. The core question: can a county courthouse set national energy policy? The Constitution says no.

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us health 6 May 26 4 min read

Fifth Circuit Bans Abortion Pill by Mail; Danco Labs Asks Supreme Court to Intervene

A federal appeals court just blocked mail delivery of mifepristone, the country's most common abortion method. The drug's manufacturer ran straight to the Supreme Court the next day. This is now the most consequential abortion case since Dobbs — and the legal, medical, and political fights are all colliding at once.

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us politics 5 May 26 3 min read

Same Three-Judge Panel — Two Trump Appointees Included — Blocks Alabama's Replacement Map, Setting Up Supreme Court Showdown

The same federal panel that previously struck down Alabama's congressional map just blocked the state's replacement attempt too. The court found the new map ALSO intentionally discriminated against Black voters — and now the whole thing is headed back to the Supreme Court, with 2026 midterm House seats on the line.

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us economy 6 May 26 4 min read

Supreme Court Killed Trump's Tariffs. Now Comes the $166 Billion Reckoning — and a $286 Million Fraud Claim on Top.

The Supreme Court struck down Trump's sweeping tariff regime on February 20, 2026, and the fallout is snowballing fast. Nearly 3,000 tariff refund lawsuits have been filed, consumers are getting stiffed on refunds they're owed, and now a bankrupt auto-parts company is being hit with a $285.5 million federal claim for allegedly cheating on the very tariffs everyone else wants back.

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us politics 5 May 26 4 min read

Alabama Redistricting Map Blocked, SCOTUS Partisanship Debate Reignites — Here's What's Actually New

A three-judge federal panel blocked Alabama Republicans' new congressional map this week, ruling it still violated the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act mandate. Meanwhile, fresh data and a new USA Today analysis are cutting against the dominant media narrative that the Court is purely partisan — and the numbers are more complicated than either side wants to admit.

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us politics 6 May 25 4 min read

Mid-Decade Redistricting Fight Erupts Nationwide as Supreme Court Allows Map Rewrites Mid-Election

The Supreme Court gave the green light to redraw congressional maps even after primary voting began — and now Maryland Democrats are weighing whether to play the same game. This is naked political warfare on both sides, dressed up in legal language. Regular voters are the ones getting played.

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us politics 6 May 25 4 min read

Supreme Court Gives Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order a Cold Reception at Oral Argument

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 1, 2026 in Trump v. Barbara, the case challenging Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship. The justices — including conservatives — appeared deeply skeptical of the administration's legal theory. The whole case hinges on whether a single word not in the Constitution can rewrite 158 years of settled law.

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ru politics 6 May 21 4 min read

Russia and China Push Back on Castro Indictment, Supreme Court Opens Door to Cuba Property Claims

Two major developments followed the Raúl Castro indictment: Moscow and Beijing both formally condemned the U.S. charges, and the Supreme Court cleared the way for American companies to sue over Cuban property seizures from the 1960s. The pressure campaign on Havana is widening — and it's drawing fire from two nuclear powers.

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us health 5 May 20 3 min read

Colorado Supreme Court Orders Children's Hospital Colorado to Restart Puberty Blockers and Hormone Therapy for Minors

In a 5-2 ruling on May 19, 2026, the Colorado Supreme Court ordered Children's Hospital Colorado to immediately resume gender transition medical treatments for minors while a lawsuit plays out — directly overriding the hospital's decision to pause those treatments due to federal funding threats. This puts a state court on a direct collision course with the Trump administration's HHS. The real question nobody's asking loudly enough: what happens when the federal government follows through on pulling the funding?

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us politics 7 May 18 4 min read

Supreme Court Greenlights DOE Downsizing, Declines Key Cases, and Takes Up Title IX Workplace Lawsuit

The Supreme Court handed Trump a major win by clearing the path to gut the Department of Education — firing nearly 1,400 employees — while also announcing it will decide whether school employees can sue under Title IX. Meanwhile, the justices refused to touch a fired teacher's First Amendment claim and let a congressman's insider trading conviction stand.

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us politics 6 May 18 3 min read

Kamala Harris Calls for Expanding the Supreme Court and Abolishing the Electoral College

Kamala Harris, in remarks to nonprofit organization Emerge, openly floated packing the Supreme Court, granting statehood to D.C. and Puerto Rico, and eliminating the Electoral College. She framed it all as fighting Republican 'cheating.' This isn't a policy platform — it's a 2028 presidential audition built on blowing up institutions she lost under.

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us politics 5 May 17 4 min read

Thousands Rally in Montgomery on May 16 — First Major Organizing Response Since Supreme Court Gutted Voting Rights Act

The 'All Roads Lead to the South' rally drew thousands to Montgomery, Alabama on May 16, 2026 — the first mass public response since the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling struck down race-conscious congressional mapping. The fight is now on the ground: states are already redrawing maps, and at least one Alabama district could flip Republican before the midterms.

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us politics 4 May 17 4 min read

Virginia Supreme Court Nukes Democrat Redistricting Map on May 8 — Procedural Errors Void April Referendum

Three weeks after Virginia voters narrowly approved a Democratic redistricting amendment, the Virginia Supreme Court threw it out entirely on May 8, 2026. The court found the Democratic-controlled legislature botched the constitutional process for putting the amendment on the ballot — making the 52% voter approval legally meaningless. Republicans now hold a massive structural advantage heading into November's midterms.

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us economy 6 May 16 4 min read

Supreme Court Killed IEEPA Tariffs, Trump Replaced Them the Same Week — Here's What the Numbers Actually Show One Year In

A 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in February 2026 gutted the legal foundation of Trump's broadest tariffs, but Trump immediately pivoted to a 10% across-the-board levy under Section 122 — keeping the trade war alive. One year of real data is now in, and the story is messier than both sides want to admit: inflation is lower than predicted, tariff revenue is way up, but American households are still paying roughly $1,000 more per year.

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us economy 6 May 15 4 min read

One Year of Tariff Data Is In: Job Growth Near Zero, Inflation Still Hot, and the Supreme Court Already Changed the Rules

A full year past 'Liberation Day,' hard numbers confirm tariff damage — weak hiring, sticky inflation, and an Iran war making it worse. But the story is more complicated than either side admits: the Supreme Court gutted Trump's main tariff authority in February 2026, Congress scrambled to replace it, and the economic wreckage is real but not the apocalypse some predicted.

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us health 6 May 15 4 min read

Supreme Court Locks In Mifepristone Mail Access Indefinitely — Thomas Calls It a 'Criminal Enterprise,' Alito Says Biden Undermined Dobbs

The Supreme Court on May 14, 2026 made its stay permanent — not just temporary — blocking the 5th Circuit's nationwide mail ban on mifepristone while Louisiana's lawsuit grinds through the courts. Justices Thomas and Alito didn't just dissent; they dropped scathing written opinions that previewed exactly how the anti-mail-access legal theory will be argued going forward. The fight isn't over — it just moved to a longer timeline.

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us politics 7 May 14 4 min read

Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act Protections, Virginia Map Struck Down — Democrats' House Majority Just Got a Lot Harder

Two court decisions in rapid succession have reshaped the 2026 redistricting war. The Supreme Court's April 29 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and Virginia's Supreme Court killed a Democrat-drawn map days later. What looked like a Democratic wave is now very much in doubt.

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us politics 4 May 13 4 min read

South Carolina Supreme Court Unanimously Overturns Alex Murdaugh's Murder Convictions, Orders New Trial

The South Carolina Supreme Court threw out Alex Murdaugh's 2023 double-murder convictions in a 5-0 ruling, finding that Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill tampered with the jury. This doesn't mean Murdaugh walks free — he's still serving decades in prison for financial crimes. But the families of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh may now have to watch the whole nightmare play out again.

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us politics 7 May 13 4 min read

Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act Redistricting Protections; Louisiana, New York, and Tennessee Maps Now in Play

A 6-3 Supreme Court ruling on April 29 fundamentally rewrote the rules of redistricting nationwide, telling states they can almost never consider race when drawing maps under the Voting Rights Act. The decision instantly reshuffled the redistricting wars already raging across eight states. The full fallout — for minority representation, House control, and the November midterms — is still unfolding.

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us politics 3 May 13 4 min read

South Carolina GOP Senators Defy Trump and Kill Redistricting Push; Missouri Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Republican Map; Alabama Sets August Special Primary

Three major redistricting developments broke on Tuesday, May 12: South Carolina's state Senate killed Trump's redistricting push 29-17, five Republicans crossing the aisle; Missouri's Supreme Court unanimously greenlit a GOP-friendly map worth a likely House seat pickup; and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey scheduled an August 11 special primary after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the state's previously blocked 2023 map. The redistricting wave is uneven — Republicans won two and lost one in a single day.

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us politics 5 May 12 4 min read

Supreme Court, Virginia Chaos, and Florida Backlash: The Redistricting War Just Got Three New Fronts

The 2026 redistricting battle exploded on multiple fronts this week. The Supreme Court cleared Alabama to gut a majority-Black congressional district, Virginia Democrats are in emergency appeal mode after their map got torched by their own state Supreme Court, and a Florida GOP gerrymander is now angering members of both parties. The scoreboard is shifting fast.

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us economy 6 May 10 4 min read

Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's IEEPA Tariffs 6-3, Leaving U.S. on the Hook for Up to $175 Billion in Refunds

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump's sweeping tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were unconstitutional — a massive legal defeat for his signature economic policy. Two justices Trump himself appointed, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, joined the majority. The U.S. now potentially owes importers up to $175 billion in refunds, and Trump is furious.

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us health 6 May 10 4 min read

Supreme Court Restores Mifepristone Access via Telehealth and Mail — The Fight Over the Abortion Pill Is Far From Over

The Supreme Court has reversed restrictions on mifepristone, allowing the drug to be prescribed via telehealth and shipped through the mail. The ruling keeps the status quo intact for now — but state-level battles and the 2026 midterm elections guarantee this story has more chapters left. Don't let anyone tell you this is settled.

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