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News Articles: Supreme Court

At issue is whether President Trump can fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, whom Trump appointed in 2018, during his first term, to fill a Democratic seat on the Federal Trade Commission.

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  • Law

Supreme Court appears poised to vastly expand presidential powers

The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. At stake is a 90-year precedent limiting the president's power over independent agencies.

December 08, 2025
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By:
  • Alyssa Kapasi and
  • Andrea Hsu
With flowers in the foreground, construction on the front of the U.S. Supreme Court continues Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, in Washington.

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  • Law

Abortion opponents coming before the Supreme Court on Tuesday

A faith-based center will challenge an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions. The facilities known as "crisis pregnancy centers" have been on the rise in the U.S.

December 02, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court weighs copyright fight between music industry and internet providers

At issue is whether internet providers can be liable for their users' committing copyright violations using its services.

December 01, 2025
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By:
  • Alyssa Kapasi
An employee walks past pallets of nonperishable food at a warehouse of the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6.

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  • National

The shutdown could be nearing its end, but high demand for food assistance lingers

The Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C., says it's allotted an extra 1 million meals for November, given the uncertainties about whether and when SNAP recipients will get their full benefits.

November 12, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis makes a statement to the media at the front door of the Rowan County Judicial Center in Morehead, Ky., in September 2015.

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  • Law

Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision

The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

November 10, 2025
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By:
  • Alyssa Kapasi
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

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.

November 07, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Alyssa Kapasi
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on the legality of the Trump administration's tariff policy.

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  • Law

Supreme Court put Trump tariffs on a high-fire grill, in bipartisan scrutiny

At issue is whether the president can bypass Congress and impose tariffs by citing national security.

November 05, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
The sun sets the day before the Supreme Court on Oct 6 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Supreme Court enters the lion's den on Trump tariffs

The case has potentially profound economic consequences for the country and the presidency.

November 05, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
A member of the Texas National Guard stands at an army reserve training facility on October 07, 2025 in Elwood, Illinois.

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  • Law

Confused by the legal battles over troop deployments? Here's what to know

Two significant legal actions — including a possible decision from the U.S. Supreme Court — are expected this week. While both would be preliminary, they could impact how courts weigh in on such cases going forward.

October 23, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
People gather  in support of minority voting rights outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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  • Law

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.

October 16, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
A woman walks past a sign on Oct. 6 indicating the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is closed as the federal government continues its shutdown.

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  • Politics

Judge pauses shutdown layoffs at more than 30 federal agencies

In a hearing on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the layoffs have brought a human cost that cannot be tolerated.

October 15, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
U.S. Supreme Court Police direct visitors from behind security barriers in front of the court building in Washington, D.C., on the first day of the court's new term on Oct. 6.

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  • Law

Supreme Court hears case that questions major plank of voting rights

The Supreme Court on Wednesday hears a case that could strike down the last major part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that remains standing.

October 15, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Alyssa Kapasi
Wednesday's case at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., involved mail-in ballots.

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  • Law

At the Supreme Court, the case of the candidate who sued, even though he won

At issue was a suit by Rep. Michael Bost, R-Ill., challenging an Illinois regulation that allows ballots mailed in by Election Day to be counted for up to 14 days after polls close.

October 09, 2025
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By:
  • Alyssa Kapasi and
  • Nina Totenberg
The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

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.

October 07, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court's term, which begins Monday, will mostly focus on the president's powers.

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  • Law

Supreme Court term will tackle executive power, executive power and executive power

The Supreme Court term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.

October 06, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
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