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US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries
Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling The Trump administration may deport immigrants to a “third country”, or a country other than their homeland, without providing them an opportunity to dispute due to humanitarian concerns, the sup
admin · September 29, 2026
Trump admin asks supreme court to allow gender-affirming care denial to transgender prisoners
Trans inmates sued the administration over the policy and, so far, two lower courts have blocked implementation The Trump administration asked the US supreme court , on Monday, to allow it to deny gender-affirming care to transgender inmates in federal prisons, while litigation over the matter conti
admin · September 29, 2026
Samuel Alito steps aside in a major climate case amid scrutiny over oil stock holdings
Decision from conservative justice comes before court hears case on whether fossil-fuel firms deceived US public Supreme court justice Samuel Alito recused himself on Monday from a major climate-change case after facing calls to step aside due to stock holdings in oil companies. A letter posted in t
admin · September 28, 2026
Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes supreme court’s handling of emergency docket
The justice called out her colleagues in a speech she made at the UDC school of law, hours after Trump filed his latest request US supreme court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson acknowledged serious concerns about her colleagues’ handling of emergency requests, the method Donald Trump often uses to s
admin · September 25, 2026
US supreme court lifts restrictions on controversial voter database
Trump and officials claimed it combats voting by noncitizens but critics said it could disenfranchise eligible voters The US supreme court has lifted restrictions on a controversial federal database of voters as Donald Trump seeks to impose tougher restrictions on voting ahead of November’s midter
admin · September 25, 2026
Trump administration to ask supreme court to allow third-country deportation policy
US attorney general Todd Blanche says justice department will ask high court for help after lower court rejected policy The Trump administration will ask the US supreme court to allow it to deport immigrants to countries other than their own, the latest effort to seek approval for a controversial po
admin · September 24, 2026
US supreme court declines to intervene in custody fight over baby born via surrogate
Surrogate who rejected abortion request had asked justices to halt court order recognizing LA couple as legal parents The supreme court has refused to get involved with a custody dispute between an Alaska surrogate and a California couple whose child was born with a rare and serious heart defect. On
admin · September 22, 2026
The US supreme court issued a fragile win for voting rights – the real test comes later | Claire Finkelstein
The court’s decision was based entirely on the timing of proposed new mail-in ballot rules. The larger question could re-emerge Last week’s supreme court decision upholding the district court’s restraining order on USPS’s mail-in ballot restrictions is being hailed as a victory for electoral
admin · September 21, 2026