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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh in on whether Colorado can exclude Catholic schools from its universal pre-K program over their rejection of students who have same-sex parents. The Catholic preschool in Littleton, Colorado, filed a lawsuit against Colorado arguing that its exclusion from the preschool program is religious discrimination and violates the First Amendment, Politico reported. Specifically, the school says it is being discriminated against because the state will not provide an exemption from its rules and would require the school to admit everyone, including students who identify as LGBTQ+ and students who have LGBTQ+ parents. Colorado has...

Why are Democrats so loaded with nasty, vicious women? A new book by respected Washington columnist and editor Mollie Hemingway came out with some doozies of information about the sheer unbearableness of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, who are apparently nightmares to work for for all who come into their orbit. According to the Daily Mail: In her forthcoming book, Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution, conservative journalist and author Mollie Hemingway lifts the lid on the justices' treatment of clerks. ... Hemingway, who spoke with over 100 former clerks and...

The Supreme Court will be issuing Opinions for cases from the October 2025 term this morning at 10.Scotusblog will be live-blogging the Opinion releases and we will be following along.A list of cases for this term can be found at the link just below.2025 Term71 cases were granted cert for the 2025 term and there are 39 cases remaining for which we are awaiting decisions.One case of interest is the Voting Rights case since it is the only remaining case pending from the October sitting.Louisiana v. Callais Issue(s): Whether Louisiana’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the...

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a Colorado law that requires preschools receiving taxpayer money to enroll children of same-sex couples — setting up an important First Amendment showdown at the high court that pits religious rights against LGBTQ families. At the same time, the court declined to hear another high-profile case involving a Massachusetts couple who said their school began treating their middle school child as genderqueer against their wishes. After years of allowing religious schools in some settings to receive state funding alongside secular schools, the 6-3 conservative court will now decide what to do when school...

The future of President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to limit access to birthright citizenship is now positioned for a final decision from the Supreme Court. Questioning from the justices...suggests an icy reception for the Justice Department’s claim that the constitutional guarantee of citizenship turns on an innovative interpretation of the legal concept known as “domicile.” *** Trump’s executive order...claims that the 14th Amendment grants U.S. citizenship to children born in the United States depending on the citizenship or immigration status of their parents. The amendment’s citizenship clause provides that a person becomes a citizen “of the United States and...

Businesses can begin filing for tariff refunds on Monday as the federal government starts unwinding billions of dollars in import duties imposed by the Trump administration under emergency powers, opening the door to what could be one of the largest repayments to importers in U.S. history.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said in a dissent released on Monday that she “cannot fathom” the court’s decision in a case related to reasonable suspicion in a police encounter. The case stems from an early morning police encounter in Washington, D.C., in which a Metropolitan Police officer responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle and saw two people immediately flee from a car. The officer ordered the driver, identified only as R.W., to put his hands up, and the officer drew his service weapon. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals (DCCA) ruled that the officer, by...

The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its final oral arguments sitting of the current term on Monday. The justices will hear several high profile arguments on various issues before the term ends in June. On Wednesday, justices will hear arguments in Blanche v. Lau, a case to determine how immigrants are admitted into the United States. The case focuses on Muk Choi Lau, a Chinese national who became a lawful permanent resident in the United States in 2007. In 2012, Lau was convicted of trademark counterfeiting in New Jersey and fled the country. However, once Lau returned, immigration officers admitted...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is not expected to step down this term and has already hired all four law clerks for the upcoming annual term despite speculation the high court justice was weighing retirement, multiple sources said. Alito "is not stepping down this term and is in the process of hiring the rest of his clerks for the next term," a source told Fox News Digital. Two other sources told Fox News that Alito is not retiring this term, which lasts until the Supreme Court's new year kicks off in October. Justices tend to hire their clerks two to...

Headlines for the past few weeks have capitalized on the cruel connotations surrounding conversion therapy, proclaiming that the United States Supreme Court struck down "a conversion therapy ban." The problem is that the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision that included Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, told Colorado something that needed to be said: Your law was never actually about that. Chiles v. Salazar is being reported as a "conversion therapy" ruling. That framing is a political bait-and-switch. What the court struck down was a government mandate on what therapists may say to a consenting minor, forbidden words depending entirely on...

No search results: Justice Clarence of the U.S. Supreme Court is known as an icon of constitutional expertise. He interprets the Constitution, in questions before the court, on what the law meant when it was written, not what someone "feels" like it should mean now. His Constitution does not conform to social or political ideologies. And to that end he recently addressed progressivism. In a speech in Austin, Texas, this week, he took just 30 seconds to destroy the political agenda. He said, "Progressivism seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence, and hence our form of...

Sources close to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirm that he is not planning to retire this year. Sources close to Justice Clarence Thomas also tell CBS News that he does not plan to step down. That indicates that this year, with the midterm elections on the horizon, President Trump will not be able to plan on an opportunity to make his fourth nomination to the Supreme Court. Alito's plans were first reported by Fox News. Alito, who is 76, and Thomas, 77, are two of the core members of the court's conservative majority. Speculation about possible retirements tends to...

Donald Trump’s three appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court have already helped engineer a constitutional counterrevolution. But he’s clearly frustrated that “his” justices aren’t always blindly loyal to his interests. As we draw closer to a midterm election in which Democrats are likely to flip at least one chamber of Congress, Trump is dropping some strong hints that he’d like to make more lifetime appointments to the Court while he still can. In an interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo, Trump hinted pretty strongly that he wants more Supreme Court openings right now: President Donald Trump said he is “prepared”...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is delaying his special session on redistricting, issuing a proclamation on Wednesday that the state Legislature would convene between April 28 and May 1 instead of next week. The rescheduled special session will also focus on issues related to artificial intelligence and medical freedom. DeSantis initially called for a special session next week to take up the Sunshine State’s congressional lines but indicated earlier this week that there could be a delay as lawmakers finish budget negotiations. “It’s possible you could do a little tweak, but you can’t really push it very far. You got...

The Supreme Court will be issuing Opinions for cases from the October 2025 term this morning at 10.Scotusblog will be live-blogging the Opinion releases and we will be following along.A list of cases for this term can be found at the link just below. 2025 TermOne case of interest is the Voting Rights case since it is the only remaining case pending from the October sitting.Louisiana v. Callais Issue(s): Whether Louisiana’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.A preview of the case can be found here:Louisiana v. Callais,Of course,...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas used a speech at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law on Thursday to contend that progressivism has increasingly conflicted with the principles of the Declaration of Independence, telling students that the movement cannot permanently coexist with the founding ideals of natural rights and limited government...

THIS WOULD BE HUGE!! "I have been told by reliable sources that decision is DONE and the minority is SLOW-WALKING the dissent so states do not have time to redistrict ahead of it." — former White House press secretary Sean Spicer We could gain over a DOZEN HOUSE SEATS depending how much SCOTUS weakens Section 2 of the VRA — if they indeed do this. Nothing is final yet, but if and when it is, that's a JAW-DROPPING DEFEAT for the Left! It's unclear EXACTLY how many the GOP could pick up for the 2026 midterms. FLORIDA convenes soon, but...

Where is the decision on the Supreme Court case involving the Voting Rights Act? Where is Louisiana v. Callais, the case that could weaken the Voting Rights Act, and potentially cause Democrats to tremble? The national consequences of this decision are critical, as a ruling striking down the VRA could lead to total Republican control across the South. Perhaps that’s why the Court is slow-walking in releasing the opinion. Sean Spicer said on The Huddle that the opinion is finished, but some justices are holding out as long as possible to prevent redistricting. Does that mean VRA is going to...

If this happens, it’s game over.. 🚨 The Supreme Court appears in Favor of establishing a uniform NATIONAL ELECTION DAY This would require ALL ballots for federal elections to be both cast and received by THAT DAY, potentially invalidating state laws that allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted days after. Pray for this to happen. We NEED this to happen. rumble.com/v78kbkg-the-su…

Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a highly unusual public apology to a colleague Wednesday, saying her criticism of Justice Brett Kavanaugh for his writing in an earlier immigration case was unfair. “At a recent appearance at the University of Kansas School of Law, I referred to a disagreement with one of my colleagues in a prior case, but I made remarks that were inappropriate,” Sotomayor said in a statement. “I regret my hurtful comments. I have apologized to my colleague.” Sotomayor’s statement followed remarks she made last week in Kansas in which she criticized Kavanaugh for his concurring opinion in a...