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  1. Trump Asks Supreme Court to Revive Ban on Transgender Troops U.S., Today

    Lower courts had blocked the policy, saying it was not supported by evidence and violated equal protection principles.

  2. Trump dice que los migrantes indocumentados no requieren juicio antes de ser deportados En español, Yesterday

    El presidente afirmó que los países estaban enviando a sus presos a Estados Unidos y que necesitaba obviar las exigencias constitucionales del debido proceso para expulsarlos rápidamente.

  3. The Dispatch Buys SCOTUSblog, a Supreme Court Mainstay Business, Yesterday

    The Dispatch, a right-of-center political news and commentary start-up, plans to keep the legal news website available at no cost. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

  4. When the Supreme Court Spoke With One Voice Op Ed, Yesterday

    The federal judiciary is being forced to confront a fundamental question: What to do when its orders are defied?

  5. Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants Shouldn’t Get Trials Before Deportation Washington, Yesterday

    The president claimed that countries were sending their prisoners to the United States and that he needed to bypass the constitutional demands of due process to expel them quickly.

  6. The Face-Plant President Op Ed, April 22

    There’s no better opponent than one who repeatedly trips over his shoelaces.

  7. Justices Seem Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools Washington, April 22

    In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to storybooks with gay and transgender characters.

  8. Judge Accuses Government of ‘Willful and Bad Faith’ Stonewalling in Deportation Case Washington, April 22

    The sharp rebuke by a federal judge in Maryland suggested that she had lost her patience with the Trump administration’s recalcitrance in the case.

  9. How to Choose a Pope, and a Deportation ‘Black Hole’ The Headlines, April 22

    Plus, the Oscars OK the use of A.I. (with caveats).

  10. Supreme Court Wrestles With Challenge to Affordable Care Act Over Free Preventive Care Washington, April 21

    The justices heard arguments in a constitutional challenge to a task force that decides what treatments are covered at no cost.

  11. Requiems and Tears for Pope Francis Letters, April 21

    An initial sampling of reaction to the death of Pope Francis. Also: A books case before the Supreme Court; protecting our democracy.

  12. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on Age Limits for Carrying Guns Washington, April 21

    An appeals court had struck down a Minnesota law that applied to 18- to 20-year olds, saying it violated a new Second Amendment test focusing on history.

  13. Can a Judge Hold the White House in Contempt of Court? Video, April 21

    The Trump administration has arrived at the cusp of what a judge suspects is outright defiance of court orders. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, explores what could come next.

  14. Israeli Security Chief Accuses Netanyahu of Making Improper Requests Foreign, April 21

    In a scathing court affidavit, the head of the Shin Bet said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed him to spy on anti-government protesters.

  15. Un juez de la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. se opone a la decisión que bloquea las deportaciones En español, April 21

    El juez Samuel Alito Jr. escribió que la orden emitida por el tribunal que impedía al gobierno de Trump deportar a un grupo de venezolanos en virtud de una ley de guerra no era “necesaria ni apropiada”.

  16. Supreme Court Story Time: Justices Consider Children’s Books With L.G.B.T.Q. Themes Washington, April 21

    Parents in Maryland say they have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that storybooks with gay and transgender themes are discussed.

  17. Same-Sex Marriage Is the Law of the Land. Some States Are Debating It Anyway. National, April 21

    State efforts to urge the Supreme Court to reconsider same-sex marriage have not advanced, but they have reopened the issue.

  18. After Meeting Wrongly Deported Man, Van Hollen Accuses Trump of Defying Courts Washington, April 20

    “Facilitating his return means something more than doing nothing, and they are doing nothing,” Senator Chris Van Hollen said after his trip to El Salvador.

  19. Alito Releases Dissent in Supreme Court Decision Blocking Deportations Washington, April 20

    Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote that the court’s overnight order blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans under a wartime law was not “necessary or appropriate.”

  20. Read Justice Alito’s Dissent Interactive, April 20

    Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote that the Supreme Court’s decision to block the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under a wartime law was premature.

  21. Will This Conservative Legal Doctrine Undo Trump’s First Months in Office? Op Ed, April 20

    What goes around, comes around. And it is not likely to be good for the White House.

  22. Inside the Urgent Fight Over the Trump Administration’s New Deportation Effort Washington, April 20

    The push to deport a group of Venezuelans raises questions about whether the government is following a Supreme Court order requiring that migrants receive due process.

  23. Trump Administration Asks Justices to Reject A.C.L.U. Request to Pause Deportations Washington, April 19

    The solicitor general asked the Supreme Court to ‘dissolve’ their temporary block on the deportations of Venezuelans and to allow lower courts to consider the case.

  24. A Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act Washington, April 19

    Legal challenges over the powerful wartime law have gone all the way to the Supreme Court.

  25. An Urgent Supreme Court Order Protecting Migrants Was Built for Speed Washington, April 19

    In an overnight ruling blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans, the justices ignored some of their protocols.

  26. Defying the Law and the Courts, Trump Seeks to Shift the Focus Washington, April 19

    The president is trying to rewrite the narrative of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation as a dispute about illegal immigration rather than the rule of law.

  27. Supreme Court, for Now, Blocks Deportation of Migrants Under Wartime Law Washington, April 18

    More than 50 Venezuelans were believed to be scheduled to be flown out of the country, presumably to El Salvador, from an immigration detention center in Anson, Texas.

  28. After Attacking Judges, Trump Administration Blames Judge for Escalating Tensions Washington, April 18

    The administration cast the threat by the judge, James E. Boasberg, to open criminal contempt proceedings as another salvo in an increasingly bitter battle between the White House and the courts.

  29. The Trump Administration Is Disappearing People Like the Soviet Union Op Ed, April 18

    The courts can only do so much to protect us. Will more people be doomed to the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia?

  30. My School District Could Have Avoided This Supreme Court Case Op Ed, April 18

    Our community failed to resolve tension over L.G.B.T.Q.-themed books with the time-tested tools of straight talk, compromise and extending one another a little grace.

  31. What to Know About the Court Cases Challenging Trump’s Immigration Agenda Washington, April 17

    The Trump administration is on course for a potential constitutional clash with the judiciary branch, which has issued several rulings countering executive orders.

  32. Court, in Strong Words, Presses White House to Play Active Role in Freeing Maryland Man Washington, April 17

    Regardless of whether the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, is a member of MS-13, the appeals court wrote, he is entitled to due process.

  33. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Trump Plan to End Birthright Citizenship Washington, April 17

    The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift a nationwide pause on the policy as lower court challenges continue.

  34. The Supreme Court Can’t Save America, but Here’s What It Can Do Op Ed, April 17

    The justices and the American people must hold the line together.

  35. The Emergency Is Here Op Ed, April 17

    Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.

  36. What if There’s No Way to Stop Trump’s Approach to Power? Op Ed, April 17

    And how this could all go down in the courts.

  37. It’s Time to Protect America From America’s President Op Ed, April 16

    Trump’s authoritarian actions are vandalizing the American project.

  38. Two-Student Team Stuns the Competition at U.S. Constitution Contest Express, April 16

    Matthew Meyers and Colin Williams of Oregon won first place at the national U.S. Constitution Team competition. Then came the recount that threatened to unravel their achievement.

  39. El Tribunal Supremo británico dice que las mujeres trans no son legalmente mujeres En español, April 16

    El máximo tribunal del Reino Unido dictaminó que la palabra “mujer” se refiere al sexo biológico según la Ley de Igualdad del país, lo cual representa un golpe para los activistas de los derechos de las personas trans.

  40. Bukele es una pieza importante en las deportaciones del gobierno de Trump En español, April 16

    Los expertos afirman que el presidente Nayib Bukele tiene el poder pero no el interés de devolver a un hombre deportado de Maryland a El Salvador por error.

  41. El Salvador’s Hard-Line Leader Is Linchpin in Trump’s Deportation Plans Foreign, April 16

    Experts say President Nayib Bukele has the power but not the interest to return a man deported from Maryland to El Salvador in error.

  42. Judges’ Dilemma N Y T Now, April 16

    Trump administration lawyers are saying some astonishing things in court, creating a conundrum for the judiciary.

  43. U.K. Top Court Says Trans Women Are Not Legally Women Under Equality Act Foreign, April 16

    Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” refers to biological sex under the country’s anti-discrimination law, in a blow to trans rights activists.

  44. America, This Is an Old and Brutal Tyranny Op Ed, April 16

    Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should not be in prison. Especially not in El Salvador.

  45. ‘Nothing Has Been Done’: Judge Rebukes U.S. Effort to Return Wrongly Deported Man Washington, April 15

    The judge also said she planned to force Trump officials to reveal what they have done behind the scenes to seek the return of the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.

  46. In Showdowns With the Courts, Trump Is Increasingly Combative Washington, April 15

    Scholars say that the Trump administration is now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders, a path with an uncertain end.

  47. Trapped Abroad: The Man at the Center of a Constitutional Standoff The Daily, April 15

    The case of a man mistakenly deported to a brutal prison in El Salvador is a test for the limits of presidential power — and the rule of law.

  48. ‘Alien Enemies’ or Innocent Men? Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants Foreign, April 15

    The Trump administration sent them to a prison in El Salvador under a wartime act, calling them members of a Venezuelan gang. But a New York Times investigation found little evidence of criminal backgrounds or links to the gang.

  49. EE. UU. insiste en oponerse a devolver al hombre deportado por error a El Salvador En español, April 14

    El Departamento de Justicia afirmó que los tribunales no pueden dirigir la política exterior del presidente forzando la devolución de un hombre enviado ilegalmente a una prisión salvadoreña.

  50. U.S. Renews Opposition to Bringing Back Maryland Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador Washington, April 13

    The Justice Department’s latest legal filing asserted that courts cannot direct President Trump’s foreign policy by forcing the return of a man unlawfully sent to a Salvadoran prison.

  51. Rubio Says 10 More People Have Been Expelled to El Salvador Washington, April 13

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that “the alliance” between President Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had “become an example for security and prosperity in our hemisphere.”

  52. The Supreme Court Ruled. Trump and the A.C.L.U. Both Claimed Victory. Huh? Op Ed, April 13

    The administration won a narrow procedural victory, but it took a substantial constitutional loss.

  53. White House Continues Defiant Stance on Seeking Return of Deported Man Washington, April 11

    The Trump administration clashed with a federal judge, refusing to comply with her demand for a road map to release a Maryland man it inadvertently deported to a Salvadoran prison last month.

  54. Trump Administration Defies Judge Seeking Details on Plan to Return Wrongly Deported Man New York, April 11

    The administration’s refusal to comply with a judge’s directives threatened to erupt into a showdown between the executive and judicial branches.

  55. Trump’s New Plan for Social Security Death List, and China’s Counterattack on Tariffs The Headlines, April 11

    Plus, Hollywood stunts in the spotlight.

  56. La Corte Suprema falla a favor del hombre deportado por error En español, April 11

    El máximo tribunal refrendó parte de la orden de una jueza de primera instancia que había requerido al gobierno que “facilitara y efectuara el regreso” de Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, expulsado a una prisión de El Salvador.

  57. Supreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Migrant U.S., April 10

    A trial judge had ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from a notorious prison in El Salvador.

  58. At the Supreme Court, the Trump Agenda Is Always an ‘Emergency’ Washington, April 10

    As legal challenges to the Trump administration mount, the justices are facing a key test — a flood of “emergency applications” asking for immediate intervention.

  59. Appeals Court Clears Path for Trump to Resume Firing Probationary Workers Washington, April 10

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit sided with the government to block a lower-court ruling that had led to the reinstatement of thousands of federal workers.

  60. Supreme Court Sides With Trump, for Now, on Firing Agencies’ Leaders Washington, April 9

    Chief Justice Roberts ordered a brief pause of an appeals court ruling that had reinstated Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox to positions at agencies protecting workers’ rights.

  61. Rulings in New York and Texas Curb Deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador Washington, April 9

    The decisions suggest that the battle over using a wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, to deport migrants is certain to persist.

  62. A Game of Chicken With China, and How Much Plastic Is in the Human Brain The Headlines, April 9

    Plus, the theme park wars heat up.

  63. We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid Op Ed, April 9

    Trump is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.

  64. In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Retreats From Confrontation Washington, April 8

    In a series of narrow and technical rulings, the justices have seemed to take pains to avoid a showdown with a president who has challenged the judiciary’s legitimacy.

  65. Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Assassinate Justice Kavanaugh Express, April 8

    Nicholas J. Roske, 29, of California, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. He was arrested near the justice’s home in 2022, with a pistol, a knife and other weapons.

  66. Supreme Court Pauses Ruling Requiring Rehiring of 16,000 Probationary Workers Washington, April 8

    A federal judge in California had ordered the Trump administration to rehire government employees fired as part of its efforts to slash the federal work force.

  67. Supreme Court Clears Way for Deportations, and a Stock Market Fake-Out The Headlines, April 8

    Plus, a new push to clone ancient animals.

  68. Israel’s Supreme Court Pauses Netanyahu’s Attempt to Fire Spy Chief Foreign, April 8

    The hearing opened with unruly scenes as hecklers forced the justices to halt the proceedings and then to resume them without a public audience. The government was handed a deadline to find a compromise.

  69. Read the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Venezuelan Migrants Interactive, April 8

    The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could continue to deport Venezuelan migrants using a wartime powers act for now, overturning a lower court that had put a temporary stop to the deportations.

  70. Supreme Court Clears Way for Venezuelan Deportations to Resume, for Now Washington, April 7

    A majority of the justices concluded that the Venezuelan migrants had brought their cases in the wrong court but that they were entitled to an opportunity to challenge their removal.

  71. Lo que sabemos sobre la decisión de la Corte Suprema sobre el caso del inmigrante deportado por error a El Salvador En español, April 7

    El presidente de la corte, actuando por su cuenta, emitió una ‘suspensión administrativa’, una breve pausa destinada a dar tiempo al tribunal para considerar el asunto. Se espera que los jueces actúen en los próximos días.

  72. Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Order Requiring Return of Wrongly Deported Migrant Washington, April 7

    The chief justice, acting on his own, issued an “administrative stay,” a brief pause meant to give the court time to consider the matter. The justices are expected to act in the coming days.

  73. A Split on the Right Over Whether Teenagers Can Have Guns Washington, April 7

    Conservative judges have come to opposite conclusions on what the Second Amendment has to say about limiting the gun rights of those under 21.

  74. Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers Washington, April 4

    The justices allowed the Trump administration to temporarily suspend $65 million in teacher-training grants, which helped place teachers in poor and rural areas.

  75. Justices Are Asked to Keep Nationwide Pause on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Washington, April 4

    Immigrant groups and Democratic states pushed back on a Trump administration request for the Supreme Court to allow curbs on birthright citizenship to go into effect in some places.

  76. Sandra Day O’Connor Was Wrong About Electing Judges Op Ed, April 4

    Given the country’s extreme polarization, there is something to be said for giving voters a voice in judicial elections unconstrained by district lines in gerrymandered states.

  77. How Trump Has Tuned Out a Key Justice Dept. Legal Office Washington, April 4

    The Office of Legal Counsel issues opinions that are supposed to bind the executive branch. The Trump administration has taken steps and made claims in tension with several of them.

  78. Trump’s Pick to Argue at Supreme Court Made His Career in Culture Wars Washington, April 3

    President Trump’s choice for solicitor general, D. John Sauer, has long pushed for restrictions on abortion and access to contraception.

  79. Justices Weigh Challenge to South Carolina’s Bid to Defund Planned Parenthood Washington, April 2

    The court will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries may sue to receive services under a law that lets them choose any qualified provider.

  80. Supreme Court Sides With Truck Driver Fired Over Drug Test Washington, April 2

    The driver, Douglas Horn, sued the maker of a product advertised as THC-free under a federal racketeering law, saying he had suffered a business injury.

  81. Supreme Court Rules Against Makers of Flavored Vapes Popular With Teens Washington, April 2

    The justices handed a win, for now, to the Food and Drug Administration in its rejection of applications from makers of flavored liquids used in e-cigarettes.

  82. Venezuelan Migrants Ask Supreme Court to Block Deportations Washington, April 1

    Lawyers for Venezuelan migrants asked the justices to keep in place a pause on President Trump’s deportation plan, calling it “completely at odds” with limited wartime authority given by Congress.

  83. I’m an Alum of Columbia and Paul, Weiss. There’s an Uncomfortable Lesson in Trump’s Tactics. Op Ed, April 1

    As Bertolt Brecht wrote, it is an unhappy land that needs heroes.

  84. Supreme Court Leans Toward Catholic Charity in Tax Case Washington, March 31

    The Wisconsin Supreme Court had ruled that the group’s activities in serving the state’s poor were not religious enough to qualify for a tax exemption.

  85. Will Religion’s Remarkable Winning Streak at the Supreme Court Continue? Washington, March 30

    The court, which has been receptive to claims from religious groups, particularly Christian ones, will hear three major cases in the coming weeks.

  86. Justice Sonia Sotomayor Says Judges Must Be ‘Fearlessly Independent’ Washington, March 29

    The justice made remarks at once cautious and forceful at Georgetown University Law Center, which has called attacks by the Trump administration a threat to academic freedom.

  87. Trump lleva sus deportaciones a la Corte Suprema En español, March 29

    El gobierno de Trump pidió a los jueces que le permitieran utilizar una ley en tiempo de guerra para continuar con las deportaciones de venezolanos sin apenas garantías procesales.

  88. Trump Deportation Fight Reaches Supreme Court Washington, March 28

    The Trump administration asked the justices to allow it to use a wartime law to continue deportations of Venezuelans with little or no due process.

  89. Justice Dept. Will Investigate California Universities Over Race in Admissions National, March 27

    California banned affirmative action decades ago. The Trump administration says it plans to investigate whether schools there are still considering race.

  90. La Corte Suprema de EE. UU. confirma los límites impuestos por el gobierno de Biden a las ‘armas fantasma’ En español, March 27

    El gobierno había endurecido la normativa sobre los kits que pueden ensamblarse con facilidad para convertirse en armas de fuego casi imposibles de rastrear.

  91. Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Cancel Grants to Teachers Washington, March 26

    In boilerplate letters, the administration told recipients that the grants supported diversity efforts and were wasteful.

  92. ‘Ghost Guns’: What They Are and Why There Has Been a Fight Over Them Washington, March 26

    A rule regulating the firearm kits was a centerpiece of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s gun control initiative. The Supreme Court has upheld the regulation, issued in 2022.

  93. Supreme Court Upholds Biden Administration’s Limits on ‘Ghost Guns’ Washington, March 26

    The administration had tightened regulations on kits that can be easily assembled into nearly untraceable firearms.

  94. 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.

  95. 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.

  96. 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.

  97. The June 30 Student Loans Supreme Court Biden live blog included one standalone post:
  98. 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.

  99. 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.

  100. 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.

  101. 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.

  102. 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.

  103. 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.

  104. The February 28 Student Loans Supreme Court live blog included one standalone post:
  105. 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.

  106. 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.

  107. 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.

  108. 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.

  109. 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.

  110. 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.

  111. ‘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.

  112. 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.

  113. 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?

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

    In 2022, we debated the apocalypse.

  115. 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.

  116. 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.

  117. 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.

  118. 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.

  119. 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.

  120. 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.

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

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

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

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

  123. 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.