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On Oct. 15, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in one of the most anticipated cases of the 2025-2026 term, Louisiana v. Callais, with major implications for the Voting Rights Act, racial representation and Democratic Party power in congress. The central question in the case is to what extent race can, or must, be used when congressional districts …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law. In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices …

Coming off a bye at 3-1 in a parity-crippled NFL, the Steelers were in a great spot entering Sunday’s game. It got even better when the opponent came on the field because that opponent was the Cleveland Browns. For all the talk this week that Cleveland may actually be Pittsburgh’s toughest foe in what has fast become a wounded AFC …

Former Justice Anthony Kennedy loves to show guests around his art-filled chambers, but beneath that gentlemanly charm is the steel that once made him a force on the Supreme Court. He showed a visitor a statue of the Pony Express: “And when Ronald Reagan was Governor, and he saw it and loved it, I said, ‘You’re not Queen Mary. I …

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders  The New York Times Trump’s unprecedented use of Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’  NewsNation “Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders”  Election Law Blog Trump Keeps Winning at the Supreme Court. There Are Two Convincing Theories Why.  Slate More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times …

Washington — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to halt a nearly $1.5 billion judgment for making false claims that the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax. Jones, the host of the show InfoWars, is asking the high court to freeze enforcement of the record-breaking sum that he was ordered to pay …

Alex Jones Asks Supreme Court to Halt $1 Billion Payment to Sandy Hook Families  The New York Times Alex Jones asks Supreme Court to block massive defamation judgment  NBC News Alex Jones fights paying up after Sandy Hook falsehoods. He wants Supreme Court’s help.  USA Today Alex Jones asks Supreme Court to halt $1.4 billion defamation judgement  The Hill Alex Jones asks Supreme Court …

The kick off of the Supreme Court 2025-2026 term could be among the most consequential for transgender Americans yet. Several cases on Monday and Tuesday progressed before the court, ones that cumulatively touch upon every aspect of the rights and lives of trans Americans. Here’s a breakdown of what those cases really mean. (You can listen to Tuesday’s oral arguments …

Retired Justice Kennedy laments coarse discourse of Trump era and its effects on Supreme Court  Politico Justice Kennedy, Off the Bench but Still Rendering Opinions  The New York Times Retired Justice Kennedy ‘Astounded’ by ‘Partisan’ Supreme Court Rulings  Newsweek Supreme Court Justice Blasts Rise of Vulgarity in Trump’s America  The Daily Beast “Justice Kennedy, Off the Bench but Still Rendering Opinions” (Including a New …

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 4, 2025. Mehmet Eser/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mehmet Eser/AFP via Getty Images At the Supreme Court on Wednesday, conservative and liberal justices alike appeared to have little use for either side in a case that tests Illinois voting regulations. The often fractious justices teamed up to have a …