Supreme Court News
In-depth reporting and commentary on the Court’s rulings and their influence on law, politics, and society.
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opinion
What Justice Elena Kagan Gets Wrong About Democracy
Much of the Left seems intent on defining “democracy” as bureaucratic administration, but many of the changes to the bureaucracy they condemn actually empower the people. Take Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, for instance. She suggested that the majority decisions of her conservative colleagues are undermining American democracy, citing cases involving gerrymandering, money in politics,… -
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Supreme Court Rules on Trump Admin Policy Blocking Sex-Rejecting Procedures for Prisoners
The Supreme Court Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court order preventing the Bureau of Prisons from denying previously prescribed transgender procedures to prison inmates. The court denied the stay in an unsigned order, noting that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have granted the stay. The Bureau of Prisons… -
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An Immigration Ruling With Teeth—If It Holds Up
Sometimes a consequential immigration decision turns not on a new act of Congress or a ruling by the Supreme Court, but on whether an agency finally gives existing statutory language its full effect. That is the promise of Matter of A-V-O-, a Sept. 17 ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals. The board concluded that… -
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Will the Supreme Court Find Room at the Grotto?
On Oct. 1, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear Missionaries of Saint John the Baptist, Inc. v. Frederic and answer an important question: Does a regulation prohibiting a church from building a religious structure on its own property violate the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act? The answer is… -
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Supreme Court Rejects Accused 9/11 Mastermind’s Bid to Dodge Death Penalty
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, will again face the potential for the death penalty after the Supreme Court denied his appeal Monday. Justices rejected Mohammed’s bid to reinstate a plea agreement that allowed him and two co-defendants who helped plot the attack to avoid the death penalty. Mohammed and… -
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Supreme Court Takes Up Major New Battle Over Race in School Admissions
The Supreme Court will hear another case on race-based admissions after previously curbing the practice in higher education. The high court on Monday announced it will take up the case of Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, concerning a Maryland county’s lottery admissions policy to increase racial diversity at certain magnet… -
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If These Aren’t Excessive Fines, What Are?
Imagine getting a bill from your local government for $900,000 because they see a greenhouse on your property and just assume you’re growing marijuana without a permit. Imagine government demanding $400,000 because you didn’t know to fill out a single-page form. Or you get slapped with a $100,000 fine for parking your car … on… -
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Supreme Court Ruling Could Impact the Closing Weeks of High-Stakes Midterm Advertising Battle
The Supreme Court sided with the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday, allowing the agency to avoid a Democrat-led challenge to its policy of extending discounted TV and radio advertising rates to political parties. “The Commission may exercise its discretion to set its own procedures and schedule for resolving such applications,” the majority said Wednesday in… -
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In One Type of ‘Blockbuster’ Case, Supreme Court Weighs 1980s Video Privacy Law in Digital Age
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on how a video rentals privacy law from the 1980s applies to the digital age. Justices on both sides expressed skepticism about how the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act, enacted in the days of VHS rentals at stores such as Blockbuster Video, applies today. The federal law, at the… -
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Supreme Court Steps Into Trump’s DOGE Fight a Second Time
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a case on whether the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has to release extensive records of deliberations on cutting government spending. The Trump administration is challenging a lower court’s sweeping discovery order against DOGE despite a previous Supreme Court ruling to narrow the order. The administration… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Montana AG Asks Supreme Court to Revive Case Against DEI Training That Allegedly Declared ‘All Caucasians’ Racist
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading 20 states in urging the Supreme Court to take up the case of Joshua Young, a former Colorado prison guard who sued the Department of Corrections over a diversity, equity, and inclusion training. “DEI training actively undermines workplace harmony, and it causes hostility, distrust,… -
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Alito Makes Announcement About His Future
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said that he will not step down if Democrats take back the Senate, according to a Bloomberg Law interview published Tuesday. Alito dismissed speculation that he would retire if Democrats won back the Senate after the midterm elections, which would allow President Donald Trump to appoint… -
opinion
‘So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country’
Justice Samuel A. Alito’s new book “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country” is not a conventional judicial memoir—and that is precisely its strength. This carefully curated collection of 19 lectures and speeches, delivered between 2007 and 2025, offers something rarer than autobiography: a sustained encounter with the mind… -
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Supreme Court Justices Cite ‘Wall of Precedent’ Against Boulder Climate Lawfare
Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Monday of Boulder County’s claims that the energy company Suncor caused the county concrete harm by contributing to global climate change in a case that could open the floodgates of climate lawfare across the country. “If Boulder’s claims are allowed to go forward, some 90,000 municipalities across the country will… -
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No, Justice Thomas Hasn’t Damaged the Reputation of the Supreme Court
Juan Williams calls Justice Clarence Thomas‘ place in history tragic. His argument rests on two sweeping claims: that Thomas is at the heart of a historic decline in public trust in the Supreme Court, and that he has damaged trust in black conservatives as a source of ideas about race. Those are serious accusations. They… -
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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in More Illegal Immigration, Religious Freedom Cases
The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will consider a case on the detention of illegal immigrants, as well as a case touching on religious liberty. In the case of Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, justices will decide whether federal law requires the detention of illegal aliens pending their removal proceedings. The Trump administration targets illegal… -
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What Could the Supreme Court Say About the Ten Commandments in Schools?
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to decide an issue that could be one of the most watched of the coming court term. In February, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit lifted the injunction against a Louisiana law requiring a Ten Commandments display in public school classrooms. In April, the same… -
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Supreme Court Move Could Have Major Consequences for Trump Deportation Policy
The Supreme Court lifted the injunction against deporting illegal immigrants to a country other than their country of origin, known as sending them to a “third country,” and announced it will hear a case on the Trump administration’s policy. The case, D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security, is about whether the government can deport illegal… -
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Ten Commandments, Deportations, and Gun Rights: Supreme Court Choosing America’s Next Legal Battles
The Ten Commandments, the deep state, detention of illegal immigrants, and more Second Amendment questions could be on the Supreme Court’s docket early next year, as justices gather this week to determine what cases make the cut. Justices first met Monday for what is called a “long conference” to sift through cases submitted over the… -
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Trans Organization’s ‘Unreliable’ Standards Don’t Justify Prison Medical Interventions, DOJ Tells Supreme Court
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow the Bureau of Prisons to restrict sex-rejecting procedures for federal inmates, citing an exhaustive bureau report rejecting the recommendations of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health as “unreliable” and based on “insufficient evidence.” Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to lift…