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  1. Can ICE Stop People Solely Based on Their Race? U.S., October 24

    For decades, federal officers have had to rely on more than race or ethnicity to stop and question someone over citizenship. That is now being tested.

  2. Me atrapaste. Hablo español En español, October 21

    Hoy en día, hablar español en voz alta en Estados Unidos se siente, extrañamente, como un acto transgresor.

  3. A 200-Year-Old Precedent Holds the Key to Trump’s Troop Deployment U.S., October 21

    The administration says the ruling, stemming from the seizure of an old mare, forbids judges from second-guessing his use of the National Guard.

  4. Judges Warn of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ and Universities Reject Trump Offer The Headlines, October 21

    Plus, a drastic drop in peanut allergies.

  5. Illinois Officials Ask Supreme Court to Keep Block on Trump’s Chicago Troop Deployment U.S., October 20

    A Supreme Court ruling, while technically temporary, could set the ground rules for National Guard deployments elsewhere in the country.

  6. Supreme Court Will Weigh Gun Restrictions for Drug Users U.S., October 20

    The Second Amendment case tests a federal law used to convict Hunter Biden that bars drug users and addicts from possessing guns.

  7. There Are Lessons From the Nixon Era in Trump’s Attempts to Freeze Spending U.S., October 18

    Half a century ago, Congress protected its power of the purse, and conservatives balked at letting presidents disobey lawmakers’ instructions.

  8. Judge Gives Prosecutors Until June 1 to Begin Retrial in Etan Patz Case New York, October 17

    The conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 murder of the 6-year-old was vacated. The Manhattan district attorney is exploring whether to try him again.

  9. Funding Runs Out for Federal Courts, Threatening Delays and Staff Shortages U.S., October 17

    The office that administers the federal court system said that as of Monday, the judiciary will not have funding to sustain “full, paid operations.”

  10. Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow National Guard Deployment in Chicago Area U.S., October 17

    The president has mobilized state-based military forces to U.S. cities over the objections of state and local officials.

  11. The Supreme Court Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era Video, October 17

    What do we expect from the Supreme Court and what can it actually do? On “Interesting Times,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Ross Douthat discuss how the court makes decisions, with an eye toward the future, rather than focusing on the moment we live in right now.

  12. Why Was Roe v. Wade Overturned? Video, October 17

    Abortion isn’t a right protected by the Constitution nor is it deeply rooted in the country’s history. Justice Amy Coney Barrett describes how the Supreme Court’s majority came to that conclusion on this week’s episode of “Interesting Times.” She tells Ross Douthat the tools she uses to interpret the law.

  13. What Trump’s War on Sanctuary Cities Is Really About Magazine, October 17

    A movement born in churches to help vulnerable immigrants has become a constitutional battleground in Chicago and Portland, Ore.

  14. We’ve Never Seen Anything Like Trump and Crypto. Opinion, October 17

    Trump’s crypto windfall represents a mixing of personal and government interests at an unprecedented scale.

  15. Parties Brace for a Political Future Without the Voting Rights Act U.S., October 16

    After the Supreme Court appeared poised to weaken a key provision of the landmark civil rights law, both parties began to reckon with an uncertain future.

  16. Amy Coney Barrett Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era Opinion, October 16

    The Supreme Court justice isn’t making decisions based on public opinion.

  17. The Israel-Gaza War Always Had an Unacknowledged Third Front Opinion, October 15

    Thousands of hostages are still awaiting freedom.

  18. Could a Supreme Court Ruling on Election Maps Affect the Midterms? Timing Matters. U.S., October 15

    A prohibition on the use of race in drawing electoral districts could allow states to redraw legislative lines before voting begins next year.

  19. The October 15 Supreme Court Voting Rights live blog included three standalone posts:
  20. The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans The Upshot, October 15

    Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

  21. Voting Rights Act’s Impact Has Reached Far Outside the South U.S., October 15

    While the 1965 law was adopted in response to discriminatory practices in southern states, it has affected states and localities nationwide.

  22. Supreme Court Asks When Police Can Enter Without Warrant in Emergency U.S., October 15

    Montana is defending the actions of law enforcement officers who did not have a warrant when they responded to a possibly suicidal Army veteran.

  23. Will the Voting Rights Act Be Gutted? Supreme Court Could Decide Its Future. U.S., October 15

    If the justices decide that lawmakers cannot consider race in drafting maps, redistricting could result in congressional seats flipping from blue to red throughout the country.

  24. In Patz Case, Manhattan Prosecutors Ask for Months to Decide on Retrial New York, October 14

    The district attorney is searching for witnesses and plans to ask the Supreme Court to consider the Etan Patz case. A defense lawyer for the man accused in the killing says they’re dawdling.

  25. Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families U.S., October 14

    Mr. Jones was ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to families who lost children in the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Conn.

  26. Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act? U.S., October 14

    The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.

  27. Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials U.S., October 13

    As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president’s power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent.

  28. Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge? U.S., October 12

    There is little information in court filings about the dozen plaintiffs who challenged the state’s voting map as an illegal racial gerrymander.

  29. Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders U.S., October 11

    Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.

  30. The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court Opinion, October 10

    It belongs to us. And we can use it to rescue our democracy.

  31. Alex Jones Asks Supreme Court to Halt $1.4 Billion Payment to Sandy Hook Families U.S., October 9

    A judge ordered Jones to pay as a result of a defamation lawsuit that he is now asking the Supreme Court to review.

  32. A Consequential Supreme Court Term Begins With a Conversion Therapy Case The Daily, October 9

    The justices will decide whether to strike down a ban on the practice of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation.

  33. Should They Just Go Ahead and Put Up a Gold Trump Sign on the Supreme Court? Opinion, October 9

    A pivotal term beckons.

  34. Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration U.S., October 8

    Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black.

  35. Justice Kennedy, Off the Bench but Still Rendering Opinions U.S., October 8

    In a rare interview, the justice bemoaned vulgarity in public life, discussed his family’s ties to President Trump and reflected on his own history and legacy.

  36. The Second Trump Administration Is a Museum of America’s Worst Moments Opinion, October 8

    Remember when Republicans loved small government?

  37. Supreme Court to Consider Illinois Mail-In Balloting Lawsuit U.S., October 8

    The case, one of several challenges to mail-in ballot rules lodged by allies of President Trump, involves an effort to exclude votes received after Election Day.

  38. What is the Alliance Defending Freedom? U.S., October 7

    The conservative Christian law firm and advocacy group has been involved in a number of recent cases, including challenges to abortion access and gay and transgender rights.

  39. More Than 20 States Have Banned Conversion Therapy for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors U.S., October 7

    The Supreme Court’s decision in a case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors would have implications for many states with similar laws.

  40. The Lawyer Who Secured Sweeping Presidential Power Now Helps Trump Deploy It U.S., October 7

    As the administration’s top advocate before the justices, D. John Sauer has notched several recent Supreme Court victories.

  41. What Is Strict Scrutiny, and Why Does It Matter? U.S., October 7

    It is the most demanding form of judicial review. If it applies, Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy is probably doomed.

  42. A Key Precedent Overturned Limits on Professionals’ Speech U.S., October 7

    The ruling, usually referred to as NIFLA, arose from a First Amendment challenge to California law regulating “crisis pregnancy centers.”

  43. What Is Conversion Therapy? A History of the Practice. U.S., October 7

    The practice surged in the 1980s and 1990s, before medical groups began warning it was harmful.

  44. Trump Considers Insurrection Act, and Flights Slow During Government Shutdown The Headlines, October 7

    Plus, a new way to fight robocalls.

  45. No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants Opinion, October 7

    The president’s claims about cities don’t hold up.

  46. Supreme Court Hears Free Speech Challenge to Ban on Conversion Therapy U.S., October 7

    The court’s ruling in the Colorado case will have implications for more than 20 other states with similar laws.

  47. Supreme Court, for Now, Rejects Google Bid to Block Changes to App Store U.S., October 6

    The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between the tech giant and the creator of the popular game Fortnite.

  48. La Corte Suprema rechaza la apelación de condena de Ghislaine Maxwell En español, October 6

    La exempleada y amiga de Jeffrey Epstein argumentó que un acuerdo secreto entre unos fiscales y el multimillonario financiero invalidaba su condena.

  49. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell U.S., October 6

    The onetime employee and friend of Jeffrey Epstein argued that a secret agreement between prosecutors and the multimillionaire financier invalidated her conviction.

  50. Supreme Court Starts Consequential Term, and Illinois Governor Warns of ‘Trump’s Invasion’ The Headlines, October 6

    Plus, when Silicon Valley comes to the farm.

  51. Supreme Court Returns to Face Trump Tests of Presidential Power U.S., October 6

    As the justices return to the bench Monday, the court will confront a series of cases central to the president’s agenda.

  52. The Origin of ‘Equal Justice Under Law' Opinion, October 6

    The phrase doesn’t appear in the Constitution or its amendments.

  53. Can Conversion Therapy Be Banned? Colorado Faces Speech Test at the Supreme Court. U.S., October 5

    Colorado and more than 20 other states restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under age 18.

  54. Who Still Has Temporary Protected Status? U.S., October 4

    Conflicting court rulings have plunged hundreds of thousands of people with temporary protection from deportation into uncertainty.

  55. The Problem Lurking Beneath Our Church-and-State Debates Opinion, October 4

    What exactly is religion, anyway?

  56. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Hawaii Law Limiting Guns on Private Property U.S., October 3

    The Second Amendment case involves a Hawaii law that generally prohibits firearms on private property that is accessible to the public.

  57. Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion Opinion, October 2

    There seems to be no limit to the president’s odious attempts to control higher education.

  58. Overlooked No More: Bessie Margolin, Lawyer Who Turned Workers’ Hopes Into Law Obituaries, October 2

    Her streak of Supreme Court victories, which began during the New Deal era, benefited millions of workers and continue to shape labor rights today.

  59. Trump’s Shutdown Agenda, and a Wave of Mysterious Drones in Scandinavia The Headlines, October 2

    Plus, what Jane Goodall learned among the chimps.

  60. Fed’s Independence Remains at Risk Despite Temporary Legal Victory Business, October 2

    A Supreme Court order keeping Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve Board for now is “a time to exhale but not breathe easy,” one expert said.

  61. How the Government Shutdown Is Slowing the Federal Courts U.S., October 1

    Justice Department lawyers are asking judges to pause their cases until funding resumes.

  62. Trump and Hegseth: The Quantico Campaign Opinion, October 1

    Readers sharply criticize the speeches by the president and the secretary of defense. Also: A cynical order from the Supreme Court.

  63. Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now U.S., October 1

    The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Ms. Cook and instead set oral arguments in the case for January.

  64. Full Federal Appeals Court to Hear Alien Enemies Act Case U.S., October 1

    The decision vacated a finding by a panel of the court’s judges regarding President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants, but did not clear the way for such expulsions to resume.

  65. ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court Opinion, September 30

    Three legal experts on an action-packed Supreme Court, as it enters a new term.

  66. Alaska Seized a $95,000 Plane Over Illicit Cargo: A Six-Pack of Beer U.S., September 29

    The plane’s owner, an 82-year-old veteran, has asked the Supreme Court to hear his case and set limits on forfeitures of property used to commit crimes.

  67. The Man Expanding Trump’s Presidential Powers Video, September 29

    Coral Davenport, a New York Times reporter, explains how Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, plans to circumvent Congress’s budgetary powers to advance the Trump administration’s agenda.

  68. El gobierno de Trump pide a la Corte Suprema que permita el fin de la ciudadanía por nacimiento En español, September 28

    Los abogados del gobierno pidieron a los jueces que despejaran el camino para la orden ejecutiva del presidente que pone fin a la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento.

  69. Catholic School Teacher Says She Was Suspended for Surrogate Pregnancy New York, September 27

    Jadira Bonilla, a kindergarten teacher at a Catholic school in southern New Jersey, was told she might have violated her contract, according to an email shared with The New York Times.

  70. Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow End of Birthright Citizenship U.S., September 27

    Government lawyers asked the justices to clear the way for the president’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.

  71. Neil Gorsuch Has a Few Thoughts About America Today Op Ed, August 4

    The justice talks about everything from his indictment of the regulatory state to the rights of Native Americans.

  72. What to Watch for in Today’s Elections, and More Podcasts, November 7

    Plus, a gun rights case at the Supreme Court and WeWork’s bankruptcy filing.

  73. Supreme Court to Hear N.R.A.’s Free Speech Case Against New York Official Washington, November 3

    The case is the second one this term asking the justices to decide when government activity crosses the line to become coercion forbidden by the First Amendment.

  74. The June 30 Student Loans Supreme Court Biden live blog included one standalone post:
  75. What the Debt Ceiling Deal Means for Student Loan Payments Washington, May 30

    The legislation would prevent President Biden from issuing another last-minute extension on the payments beyond the end of the summer.

  76. Neil Gorsuch Has Given Himself Away Op Ed, May 23

    A justice who frequently struggles to see injustice and cruelty in the present will surely struggle to see injustice and cruelty in the past.

  77. Supreme Court Dismisses Case on Pandemic-Era Immigration Measure Washington, May 18

    The justices acted after the Biden administration announced that the health emergency used to justify the measure, Title 42, was ending.

  78. Biden Is Running on His Record (and Away From It) Washington, April 25

    President Biden has acknowledged that he has not accomplished all he wished to. But that, he maintains, is an argument for his re-election.

  79. Video Testimony in the Covid Era Faces a Constitutional Test Washington, March 20

    Two criminal defendants have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether remote testimony against them violated the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.

  80. Supreme Court Hints That It May Duck Two Big Cases Washington, March 7

    Recent orders suggest that the justices are thinking of dismissing cases involving the “independent state legislature” theory and Title 42, an immigration measure imposed during the pandemic.

  81. The February 28 Student Loans Supreme Court live blog included one standalone post:
  82. Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan U.S., February 28

    The administration faced a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress.

  83. Biden Officials Tell Supreme Court That Title 42 Case Will Soon Be Moot Washington, February 8

    The justices are set to hear arguments on March 1 on whether Republican-led states may seek to keep in place the immigration measure, which was justified by the coronavirus pandemic.

  84. Back on the Bench to Announce Opinions, Supreme Court Rules Against a Veteran Washington, January 23

    The unanimous ruling was the first one summarized by a justice since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and an indication that the court is off to a slow start this term.

  85. Biden Administration Defends Student Loan Cancellation at Supreme Court Washington, January 5

    In a brief filed with the justices, the president’s lawyers argued that his administration had acted within its authority in moving to forgive hundreds of billions in student debt.

  86. The Met’s Efforts to Increase Ticket Sales for Operas Letters, December 30

    Readers praise plans for more contemporary works. Also: Zelensky and American values; protecting the minority; remote work; the Groucho exception.

  87. Will Lifting Title 42 Cause a Border Crisis? It’s Already Here. National, December 29

    Plans to lift Title 42 have prompted dire predictions of chaos on the border. But there is already a migrant surge, because the pandemic policy was never an effective border-control tool.

  88. ‘This Is Not About the Pandemic Anymore’: Public Health Law Is Embraced as Border Band-Aid Washington, December 28

    For some lawmakers and politicians on both sides of the aisle, brandishing Title 42 is a way to flaunt an aggressive stance on the border.

  89. Migrant Expulsion Policy Must Stay in Place for Now, Supreme Court Says Washington, December 27

    The temporary stay in lifting the pandemic rule known as Title 42 is a provisional victory for 19 states, led mostly by Republicans, that had sought to keep it in place on the border.

  90. En 2022, debatimos el apocalipsis en Español, December 27

    ¿Se está acabando el mundo tal como lo conocíamos? ¿Lo sabrías, siquiera, antes de que fuera demasiado tarde?

  91. Was the World Collapsing? Or Were You Just Freaking Out? Op Ed, December 20

    In 2022, we debated the apocalypse.

  92. Chief Justice Roberts Briefly Halts Decision Banning Border Expulsions Washington, December 19

    At issue is Title 42, a public health measure invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic to block migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.

  93. Supreme Court to Hear Student Debt Forgiveness Case U.S., December 1

    The justices left in place an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s authority to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower.

  94. Sparks Fly as Musk Moves Fast to Remake Twitter Business, October 31

    The social network’s new owner wants to cut costs and make money from more aspects of tweeting. But some advertisers and celebrities remain cautious.

  95. Supreme Court to Reopen to the Public When Justices Return Washington, September 28

    The courthouse has been closed to most visitors since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and in the meantime the court has been transformed.

  96. A Campaign Tactic by Democrats: Smart? Risky? Unethical? Letters, August 14

    Readers debate the party’s strategy of supporting far-right G.O.P. candidates it thinks it can beat. Also: Covid and schools; Ukraine’s students; Kansas and abortion.

  97. Pelosi in Taiwan: Sharp Views All Around Letters, August 3

    The House speaker’s visit is reviewed, pro and con. Also: The Kansas abortion vote; OB-GYNs; coal miners; rich and poor friends; single-issue voters.

  98. Your Friday Briefing: A Major U.S. Climate Ruling Dining, June 30

    Plus Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong and Ukraine takes back Snake Island.

  99. Your Friday Evening Briefing N Y T Now, May 27

    Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

  100. Why Is the Supreme Court So Secretive? Letters, May 10

    Readers call for more openness and discuss judicial restraint and the justices’ religious beliefs. Also: Mask decisions; Twitter’s dark side; skipping school.