Tag: Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Reform Is Back. Packing Isn’t Reform.
After winning the House and Senate, Democrats are dusting off Supreme Court reform — ethics codes, term limits, and expanding the Court to 13 — while Chuck Schumer vows to block Trump’s judicial and Cabinet nominees. Here’s what is reform, what is packing, and what the Senate math actually allows.
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The Supreme Court Says No on 20,000 California Ballots. Now Fix the Rolls.
The Supreme Court turned down the Trump administration’s last-minute bid to make California set aside 20,000 mail ballots flagged as likely noncitizens. The goal was right, but the fix belongs before ballots go out: verify citizenship at registration and keep the rolls clean.
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DOJ Takes 20,000-Plus California Ballots to the Supreme Court. Rule Fast.
One day before the midterms, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to make California set aside mail ballots from more than 20,000 people DOJ calls likely noncitizens. Two courts said no, and the list has real problems. Here is what DOJ wants, why it lost so far, and why the justices should rule fast.
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Two Courts Block DOJ Ballot Segregation. The Supreme Court Should Settle It.
Four days before Election Day, a federal judge barred DOJ and DHS from demanding ballot segregation in any state, hours after the 9th Circuit rejected DOJ’s bid on 20,000 California ballots. Noncitizen voting is a real crime, but it takes proof. And one judge shouldn’t set the rules for 50 states.
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One School Board Quit Keeping Secrets From Parents. Another Just Started.
The Chathams school district in New Jersey settled a parental rights lawsuit and promised not to revive a policy that let staff keep a child’s gender transition from parents. The same week, Haverford Township in Pennsylvania voted 8-0 to do the opposite. Here’s what the Supreme Court already said, and why parents shouldn’t need a…
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Supreme Court Ends Deportation Limbo. Next Time, Use the Front Door.
The Supreme Court refused to revive administrative closure, the Biden-era rule that let immigration judges shelve deportation cases. Ending deportation limbo is the right result, but the same-day Trump-Texas settlement that killed the rule is a tactic conservatives should think twice about.
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Judge Says DOJ Illegally Fired Maurene Comey. Let the Supreme Court Settle It.
A federal judge ruled the Trump DOJ illegally fired prosecutor Maurene Comey and awarded back pay. The DOJ will appeal, and the Article II question of whether a president can fire his prosecutors at will belongs at the Supreme Court.
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Colorado Promised Universal Preschool. Then It Shut Out Catholic Schools.
Colorado markets its preschool program as universal, but two Catholic preschools were shut out after asking for a religious exemption. The Supreme Court hears St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy on Nov. 3. Here’s the conservative case that universal should mean universal.
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New Hampshire Said No Student IDs at the Polls. The Supreme Court Agreed.
Less than two weeks before Election Day, the Supreme Court sided with New Hampshire. On Thursday, the justices let the state enforce its New Hampshire student ID rule for the Nov. 3 midterms. In short, a college ID card will not get anyone a ballot in the Granite State this fall. The order was brief…
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Maryland Called It Race-Neutral. The Supreme Court Will Decide.
Maryland parents say their district wrote race-neutral magnet school rules to cut Asian American enrollment. Now the Supreme Court will decide if they get to prove it in court.
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