The case involves judges’ blocks of Trump’s order to redefine the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause.
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Supreme Court Divided on Injunction Question in Birthright Citizenship Case Read Post »
When the Trump administration asks the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to deny birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants and visa holders, its legal theory will rest on a reinterpretation of a critical phrase of the Constitution. But when you plug their preferred meaning back into the historical context in which […]
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To End Birthright Citizenship, Trump Is Rewriting Civil War History Read Post »
In 2022, Florida Republicans enacted the Stop WOKE Act, which sought to remove from school curriculums any lessons that might cause students to feel “discomfort,” “guilt,” or any other “psychological distress” because of their race. It went without saying that the legislation’s authors were referring to white students who might experience a sad feeling because […]
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Will the Supreme Court Let Trump Target Babies for the “Sins of the Parents”? Read Post »
In Donald Trump’s second term, a familiar pattern is emerging: the president does something illegal, someone sues to stop him, and eventually the Supreme Court decides the case. From which agencies Trump can effectively shutter, to which agency heads he can depose, to whether or not he can disappear people into a Salvadoran gulag or […]
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The Supreme Court Is Really “Just Vibes” Read Post »
In modern America, religious education is offered in private schools or in a homeschooling setting. Public education, by contrast, is secular, because the government is not in the business of sponsoring religious indoctrination. But in two cases the Supreme Court heard over roughly the last week, the justices appear ready to throw out public education […]
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The Supreme Court Is About to Let Religion Ruin Public Education Read Post »
A forthcoming decision could limit agencies’ duty to consider environmental harms — with wide-reaching consequences.
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Will SCOTUS Let Agencies Skip Climate Analysis When Approving Major Projects? Read Post »
The right-wing movement wants the Supreme Court’s help to alienate students from LGBTQ-inclusive books.
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The “Parental Rights” Movement Takes Its Anti-LGBTQ Agenda to SCOTUS Read Post »
On Tuesday, a group of religious parents had their day at the Supreme Court, hoping the justices would grant them something extraordinary: the ability to pull their kids out of a classroom whenever instruction verges into territory that contradicts their religious beliefs. Based on the justices’ responses in oral arguments, those parents are very likely […]
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The Supreme Court Is Trying to Normalize Its Own Anti-LGBTQ Animus Read Post »
Montgomery County, Maryland, is the most religiously diverse county in the United States. When its Board of Education approved a slate of storybooks with queer characters for K-5 English classes beginning in the 2022-23 school year, its main goal was to give kids tools to “work effectively in cross-cultural environments” and “confront and eliminate stereotypes.” […]
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The Parental Rights Movement Has a Big Day at the Supreme Court Read Post »
The upcoming ruling could create precedent allowing for opt-out standards to be implemented in a wide range of studies.
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Conservative Justices May Upend School District’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Lessons Read Post »
Critics decried Trump’s desire to end due process rights, with one saying Trump aims to bring the “dark ages” to the US.
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“We Cannot Give Everyone a Trial” Trump Says in Post Blasting the Supreme Court Read Post »
For over a decade, Americans with private health insurance have enjoyed free access to dozens of types of preventive health care: cholesterol medication, prenatal care, and many types of cancer screenings, as well as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the “miracle drug” that prevents HIV infection. But on Monday, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in […]
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The Latest Supreme Court Case Targeting the ACA Comes from a Longtime Anti-Gay Activist Read Post »
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