Supreme Court
Trump’s actions contradict his avowed commitment to First Amendment rights
On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at "restoring freedom of speech." But judging from his administration's policies and his actions as a private…
Harvard argues Trump’s funding freeze violates the First Amendment
You may find it hard to sympathize with Harvard, the nation's oldest and richest university, especially when it is fighting to keep billions of dollars in taxpayer money flowing into its coffers. But a federal lawsuit…
4 Takeaways as Supreme Court Hears Maryland LGBT School Books Case
During oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor, Justice Samuel Alito asked about the ages of Maryland elementary school students taught from LGBTQ books in their class. “These books were approved for pre-K,…
Supreme Court hears major case about parents’ right to remove children from LGBT lessons
Tue Apr 22, 2025 - 3:51 pm EDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Supreme Court today appeared to be on the side of a diverse group of parents in what promises to be a landmark case concerning parents’ rights to opt…
Supreme Court Clash Over Parents’ Religious Freedom and Schools’ Gender Curriculum
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on an important case involving the intersection of the rights to exercise religion and to direct the upbringing of children. The court’s decision, expected by the end of June, may…
Trump claims coverage of Ann Selzer poll wasn’t ‘news reporting’
Shortly before last year's presidential election, the Des Moines Register reported the results of a poll that gave Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, a three-point lead in Iowa. That surprising result, generated by…
Does the Supreme Court trust Trump to follow court orders?
Justice Samuel Alito protests that the U.S. Supreme Court acted "hastily and prematurely" when it issued an unusual late-night order on Friday blocking the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act to…
Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, dies at age 88
Pope Francis has died. The first Jesuit pope and first Latin American pope has died, at age 88, after a 12-year papacy in which he advocated for the rights of migrants and the poor. "On his first Sunday as pope, greeting…
The Founders Agree With Trump On Alien Enemies Act
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13 gang member and citizen from El Salvador, has become an avatar of The Resistance 2.0. The story of his deportation to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 has been twisted…
6 Supreme Court cases that paved the road to mass incarceration
Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration, by Rachel Elise Barkow, Harvard University Press, 320 pages, $35 "The United States is now a world leader when it comes to…
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