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  1. tiktok
    A content creator on TikTok, holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building
    How Long Will TikTok Return For? UpdatesThe app is back after Trump promised to order a temporary reprieve.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  2. the law
    Jack Smith, Paper TigerHis prosecutorial approach was heavy on bravado and aggression, but it yielded lackluster results.
    By Elie Honig
  3. screen time
    Tiktok’s Final Appeal to the Supreme Court Didn’t Go Too WellIt’s looking like the ban is going to happen, and probably right before Donald Trump once again takes office.
    By John Herrman
  4. the law
    TikTok’s Last StandWith days left until a ban takes effect, the app’s future in the U.S. now rests with the Supreme Court.
    By Elie Honig
  5. scary things
    Justice Alito’s Royalist CosplayHe’s hanging out with Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis and donned a Savoy-blue wool cape to become a Constantinian knight.
    By Nina Burleigh
  6. the law
    The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
    How the 2024 Election Will Reshape the Supreme CourtThe White House is at stake for four years — the Supreme Court, for much longer.
    By Elie Honig
  7. early and often
    Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump.
    A Scary Postelection Trump Coup ScenarioA new report highlights legal uncertainties Trump’s Supreme Court friends could resolve in his favor, along with help from House Speaker Mike Johnson.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. early and often
    WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: Outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in
    Biden Is Opening the Door to Supreme Court ReformThe radicalism of the Court’s conservative bloc has made it increasingly unpopular — and reforms like term limits much more feasible.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. politics
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    Immunity Ruling Delays Trump NY Sentencing by Months Judge Merchan pushed the hush money sentencing to September after Trump’s legal team asked him to consider the Supreme Court’s immunity decision.
    By Nia Prater
  10. early and often
    Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference Held In Washington, D.C.
    Supreme Court Gives Trump Permission to Stand Above LawIn another landmark decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority guts Trump’s federal trial and green-lights the imperial presidency.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the law
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    Supreme Court’s Overturning of Chevron Is a Massive Power GrabThe decision might not spark mass protests in the way that Dobbs did, but it should.
    By Rachel Barkow
  12. early and often
    Supreme Court Keeps Full Access to Widely Used Abortion Pill
    Supreme Court Backs Off on Gun-Rights AbsolutismIn an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court grudgingly accepted a federal law prohibiting firearm possession by domestic abusers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. early and often
    Tax Dollars Are Now Funding Christian-Nationalist SchoolsOwing to Republican school-voucher initiatives and a toxic 2022 Supreme Court decision, public funds are subsidizing a new breed of religious school.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the law
    The Supreme Court’s Make-or-Break Decision on TrumpWatch closely because this will be the most important political moment of the summer.
    By Elie Honig
  15. life after roe
    The Supreme Court Didn’t Crush Abortion Rights for OnceJustices unanimously rejected a bid to restrict abortion-pill access, but another decision is on the way involving emergency abortions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. early and often
    President Trump Attends Swearing-In Of Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh
    Trump Demands That Supreme Court Rescue Him From ConvictionThe 45th president’s imperial attitude toward his appointees is not a good look for the allegedly apolitical Court.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the law
    WASHINGTON, DC - January 9: Former president Donald Trump speak
    The Idea of Presidential Immunity Is Not As Ridiculous As You’ve HeardTrump’s legal team is making one argument that’s silly — but another one that’s not.
    By Elie Honig
  18. the law
    TOPSHOT-US-MEXICO-POLITICS-MIGRATION
    The Texas Immigration Law Is DoomedSB-4 makes for compelling political theater, but the Supreme Court will reject it.
    By Elie Honig
  19. early and often
    Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch Meets With Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) On Capitol Hill
    McConnell Stole a Supreme Court Seat. Is That the Norm Now?Debate over whether Sotomayor should retire reveals control of both the White House and Senate may be necessary to confirm anyone going forward.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. early and often
    Donald Trump
    Supreme Court Says Colorado Cannot Kick Trump Off the BallotStates will not be able to declare Trump ineligible to hold office based on the Constitution’s post–Civil War era insurrectionist ban.
    By Chas Danner
  21. the law
    Supreme Court
    The 14th Amendment Effort Only Ended Up Helping TrumpIt was a wild law-school hypothetical sprung to life. It only ended up giving Trump’s candidacy a boost.
    By Elie Honig
  22. the law
    Supreme Court Doesn’t Give a Damn About Jack Smith’s Timeline —and It Shouldn’tThe result is disappointing to many (including me), but it’s the only proper way for judges to do their job.
    By Elie Honig
  23. early and often
    Supreme Court Justices Fear Red States Will Label Biden an Insurrectionist TooRepublicans accuse Biden of behavior equivalent to Trump’s every time they disagree with him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. the law
    The Supreme Court’s Silver-Bullet Solution to the 14th Amendment ProblemColorado and Maine have taken Trump off the ballot. The Court wants to put an end to this, now.
    By Elie Honig
  25. early and often
    2024 Drama Kicks Off With Shutdown Threat and Trump ShowdownsWith congressional funding cliffs, GOP presidential primaries, and Trump court decisions, January and February are sure to be chaotic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. early and often
    Supreme Court Shouldn’t Let State Judges Set 2024 BallotThe U.S. Supreme Court could avoid a definitive call on Colorado’s ruling disqualifying Trump. But that would just unleash more election chaos.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. early and often
    Ramaswamy’s Supreme Court List Encourages Judicial GrandstandingThe 2024 candidate is putting out lists of potential judicial nominees with extremist records, including lower-court picks. It’s a dangerous idea.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. early and often
    Why Democrats Should Make the Supreme Court a Priority in 2024After Roe v. Wade was reversed, Democrats learned how damaging a conservative Court could be — and how rewarding it might be to fight.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. liveblog
    Fallout From SCOTUS Affirmative Action, Student-Loan Decisions: Live UpdatesWe’re tracking the news and commentary regarding the controversial decisions and what impact they may have.
    By Chas Danner
  30. early and often
    Supreme Court Says Texas Can’t Boss Biden Around on Deportation PolicyIt’s a setback for Ken Paxton and other state-level Republicans who are constantly in court challenging administration policies.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. affirmative action
    Affirmative Action Never Had a ChanceThe conservative backlash to the civil-rights era began immediately — and now it’s nearly complete.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  32. early and often
    Supreme Court Passes Up Chance to Keep Gutting Voting Rights ActIn a surprise, a 5-4 majority including Roberts and Kavanaugh struck down GOP-drawn congressional districts challenged by Black Alabama voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. early and often
    DeSantis’s Weak Supreme Court Pitch Is No Threat to TrumpThe Florida governor can’t outdo Trump’s transformation of the Court, so he’s just promising to keep it going longer.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. life after roe
    What the Supreme Court Left Out of Its Dobbs-Leak ReportThe investigation failed to identify the leaker of the draft opinion — and the justices got light treatment.
    By Irin Carmon
  35. early and often
    Justice Jackson’s Originalist Case for Racial EqualityKetanji Brown Jackson didn’t buy Alabama’s argument that the 14th Amendment prohibits the state from following the Voting Rights Act.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. u.s. supreme court
    The Supreme Court Is Back and Ready to Do More DamageIf reproductive freedom was the major casualty of the last term of the Court, racial justice could be most at risk now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. u.s. supreme court
    Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could Gut Voting RightsOdds are good the conservative majority will confirm total legislative control of redistricting and (more alarmingly) of all election rules.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. early and often
    Supreme Court Ends Term by Sabotaging Fight Against Climate ChangeThe finale to this devastating term was a landmark decision by conservative justices limiting the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. u.s. supreme court
    Supreme Court Takes a Knee for School PrayerThe Court’s conservatives struck another blow against the separation of church and state by ruling to protect highly performative prayer.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. life after roe
    Outrage, Uncertainty, and Instant Abortion Bans After Roe v. Wade OverturnedSome Republican leaders are already calling for a nationwide ban, while protesters assemble outside the Supreme Court to express their outrage.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  41. anonymous
    ‘Things Will Be Fine’: GOP Insiders Doubt Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Cost ThemThey don’t seem all that worried the Supreme Court’s decision to end the right to an abortion will come back to haunt them in the midterms.
    By Ben Jacobs
  42. life after roe
    John Roberts Had a Vague Plan to Only Half-Kill Abortion RightsThe chief justice said he preferred a “more measured course” in his Dobbs concurrence. His new standard would have allowed most abortion bans anyway.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. life after roe
    Clarence Thomas Threatens Contraception, LGBTQ+ Rights Could Be Next to GoIn his concurrence to the Dobbs decision ending the right to an abortion, Justice Thomas said the Court should “reconsider” other precedents too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. early and often
    Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow Against Church-State SeparationThe Court’s conservative majority ruled that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a state tuition program. Are mandatory vouchers next?
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. january 6 committee
    Did Ginni Thomas Tell John Eastman Supreme Court Secrets?Emails show Trump’s lawyer John Eastman hoped the Supreme Court would help overturn the 2020 election. And he was in contact with one justice’s wife.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. life after roe
    Republicans Too Upset About Leak to Celebrate Abortion WinConservatives can’t talk about the Supreme Court ending reproductive rights right now, but please ask again after the midterms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. life after roe
    The Leak Is Good, ActuallyThe Supreme Court is just another partisan institution. It should be treated like one.
    By David Klion
  48. politics
    ‘We’ve Made It’: Ketanji Brown Jackson Celebrates Historic ConfirmationLawmakers and other guests attended an event honoring Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation on the White House’s South Lawn.
    By Nia Prater
  49. politics
    Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson, First Black Woman on Supreme CourtJackson’s fortitude in the face of nasty GOP attacks elevated her already high reputation and helped secure her bipartisan Senate confirmation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. transgender rights
    How Texas Became the Most Virulently Anti-Trans State in AmericaThe governor’s order to investigate gender-affirming care as child abuse was years in the making.
    By Roxanna Asgarian
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