
The Guardian - 1 hour 38 min ago
White House is defending US authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem the border too overburdened US supreme court justices indicated sympathy on Tuesday toward Donald Trump's administration in its defense of the government's authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem US-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims. The legal dispute centers on a policy called "metering" that the Republican president's administration may...

The Guardian - 3 hours 7 min ago
Youth organisation says its belief in dignity, respect and inclusion' is unchanged but it must operate lawfully' Transgender girls and women who are part of Girlguiding groups have been given until September to leave the organisation, under new rules introduced after the supreme court ruling on gender last year. In an announcement on Tuesday, Girlguiding said current members who were trans girls or trans young women could stay until 6 September 2026, at which point they would have to leave...

Mother Jones - 4 hours 15 min ago
Next week, the Trump administration's bid to deny birthright citizenship to the US-born children of undocumented immigrants and non-green card holders through an executive order will arrive at the Supreme Court yet again. Last year, the justices didn't address the constitutionality of the order directly; instead, they ruled on a procedural question to limit the power […]...

The Hill - 5 hours 20 min ago
The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning will weigh the legality of asylum claims from migrants who have not physically crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. President Trump has defended an immigration policy known as "metering," which dates back to the Obama administration and was rescinded under former President Biden. Under the measure, border officials would turn back...

Fox News - 5 hours 40 min ago
The DOJ will argue that lower courts are undermining the federal government's ability to manage the southern border in a closely watched Supreme Court case about how migrants make asylum claims.

The Hill - 6 hours 35 min ago
The Trump administration announced on Monday two new civil rights investigations into Harvard, ramping up its latest attacks against the country's oldest and richest university. The Education Department said it is investigating Title VI violations, alleging Harvard has used affirmative action in admissions despite a ban on the practice by the Supreme Court in 2023. ...

The Nation - 7 hours 46 min ago
Elie Mystal The GOP shouldn't win this case, but the fact that Trump has been throwing a tantrum about it for years means they likely will. The post The Supreme Court Looks Likely to Cave On Mail-in Ballots appeared first on The Nation .

ABC News - 7 hours 51 min ago
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that drew attention from national media organizations and free speech advocates...

The Hill - 9 hours 20 min ago
A new report from the reproductive health nonprofit The Guttmacher Institute found that fewer people are traveling from states with total abortion bans to access abortion services, while the rate of telehealth use for at-home abortions has gone up. In the years following the 2022 Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court, overturning Roe v. Wade,...

ABC News - 10 hours 13 min ago
A major legal battle over the ability of asylum seekers to apply for refuge in the U.S. at ports of entry along the border with Mexico lands at the Supreme Court.

New York Times - 10 hours 18 min ago
Migrants approved for asylum appointments with Customs and Border Protection lined up for permission to travel to the U.S. in Tapachula, Mexico, last year.

NPR - 10 hours 40 min ago
The Supreme Court is considering whether to limit when mail-in ballots can be counted in states across the U.S. NPR's Michel Martin discusses with Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog.

ABC News - 14 hours 28 min ago
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether mail ballots that arrive after Election Day should be counted...

New York Magazine - 21 hours 47 min ago
Banning late-arriving mail ballots wouldn't be fatal to democracy. But it could boost Trump's broader assault on voting by mail.

Daily Signal - 22 hours 20 min ago
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Vermont police officer is entitled to qualified immunity after a protester at the state Capitol sued him... Read More The post Supreme Court Backs Police Immunity in Protest Case appeared first on The Daily Signal .

Huffington Post - 22 hours 29 min ago
Seeking asylum in the United States is a legal right. What happens when presidents block it?...

Huffington Post - 22 hours 32 min ago
The Supreme Court justice questioned the legality of mail-in voting based on the name of a holiday.

Fox News - 22 hours 43 min ago
Justice Samuel Alito emphasized the literal meaning of the word "day" as the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday about whether states can legally accept late-arriving ballots that are postmarked by Election Day.

Slate - 22 hours 45 min ago
Democracy is resting on a knife's edge over here.

NPR - 23 hours 16 min ago
The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case that tests whether states should be allowed to count ballots that are mailed on time but arrive after Election Day. The case could have broad implications.

BBC - 23 hours 24 min ago
As Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21, faces a challenge at the Supreme Court of Canada, some Muslim women in Quebec say they've paid the highest price.

New York Times - 23 hours 29 min ago
Protesters in support of Rodney Reed, a death row inmate, outside the governor's mansion in Austin, Texas, in 2019.