
NBC News - 21 hours 29 min ago
In a decision involving two cases, the Supreme Court has upheld state laws that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports, dealing a blow to LGBTQ rights.

New York Magazine - 21 hours 34 min ago
Becky Pepper-Jackson, 15, on what it's like to be at the center of the trans athletes case decided Tuesday.

Daily Signal - 21 hours 36 min ago
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled, 6-3, in favor of a West Virginia law preventing men from competing in women’s sports. “The question before the Court is: Under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, may schools maintain women's and girls' sports for biological females? In other words, may schools determine...

NPR - 21 hours 43 min ago
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls' basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion.

Fox News - 21 hours 43 min ago
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold West Virginia and Idaho laws requiring student-athletes to compete based on biological sex at birth.

NY Post - 21 hours 43 min ago
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court upheld state-level bans on transgender competitors playing girls' sports in Idaho and West Virginia in a landmark decision with major implications for more than half the country where similar policies are in place. Two transgender athletes waged similar challenges against the bans, arguing that they flouted equal protection rights under the...

The Independent - 21 hours 43 min ago
The 6-3 decision was handed down on Tuesday, the last day of the court's term...

Forbes - 21 hours 45 min ago
The ruling will impact laws in more than 25 states.

The Hill - 21 hours 45 min ago
The Supreme Court ruled states can bar transgender girls from competing on girls' and women's school sports teams, upholding bans in Idaho and West Virginia on Tuesday in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that is set to impact similar laws passed in more than half the country. Writing for the majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected arguments that transgender...

NBC News - 21 hours 45 min ago
Delivering another major blow to LGBTQ rights, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports.

The Guardian - 21 hours 46 min ago
Justices voted to overturn judgements issued by lower courts in favor of trans students who sued after being barred from competing in West Virginia and Idaho US supreme court decisions live updates The US supreme court has upheld laws in two conservative states excluding transgender girls and women from competing in female sports in a far-reaching ruling certain to impact trans rights throughout the US. The court's nine justices voted to overturn previous judgements issued by lower courts in...

Huffington Post - 21 hours 50 min ago
The MS NOW host delivered an ominous monologue about the Supreme Court ruling Monday and the unchecked power it grants President Donald Trump.

The Independent - 22 hours 5 min ago
The high-profile decisions are expected one day after the Supreme Court dealt a series of setbacks to Republicans...

Newser - 22 hours 9 min ago
The Supreme Court is stepping directly into the fight over bans on AR-15-style rifles. On Tuesday, the justices agreed to hear challenges to assault-style weapons restrictions in Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois, setting up a major Second Amendment clash in the term that begins in October, NBC News reports. Both...

Forbes - 22 hours 18 min ago
The president has opposed automatic citizenship by birth since his first presidential run.

The Hill - 22 hours 29 min ago
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch refenced Federal Communications (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr targeting ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel as part of an opinion issued on President Trump's powers over independent agencies the court handed down this week. In a 6-3 decision on Monday, the court ruled Trump can fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member...

Fox News - 22 hours 46 min ago
Justice Neil Gorsuch's concurrence suggests the Supreme Court's FTC ruling could lead to sweeping challenges against independent federal agencies' power.

Daily Signal - 22 hours 49 min ago
In a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's challenge to lower federal court orders blocking his efforts to fire Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook. Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, accused Cook of untruthfully designating two properties as her...

The Hill - 23 hours 15 min ago
The Supreme Court will issue its final rulings of the term on Tuesday morning, with a heavy-hitting lineup of cases birthright citizenship, transgender athletes and campaign finance. Top U.S. officials, including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. But Iran's foreign ministry has denied there are direct talks happening, according to...

Advocate - 23 hours 18 min ago
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court held in West Virginia v. B.P.J. (decided together with Little v. Hecox ) that neither Title IX nor the Equal Protection Clause prevents states from barring transgender girls from girls' sports . But the majority opinion, written by Justice Kavanaugh, is a narrow one, and its limits are significant. Here are the most important.

Newser - 23 hours 23 min ago
President Trump isn't dropping his fight over birthright citizenship, even after the Supreme Court ruled against him . In a social media post , Trump called the decision "too bad for our Country" and urged Congress to start work immediately on a legislative workaround, reports the New York Times . "No long and...

The Conversation - 23 hours 28 min ago
Geofencing warrants, which round up the location data of everyone in a specific place at a specific time, are now legally subject to Fourth Amendment protections.

New York Times - 23 hours 35 min ago
The Supreme Court has largely amplified presidential power, potentially making it harder for businesses to navigate Washington.