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  1. Can Trump Fire a Fed Governor? What to Know About the Legal Arguments U.S., Yesterday

    The Supreme Court has indicated that there are distinctive reasons to shield the Federal Reserve from political interference.

  2. Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut N.I.H. Grants for Disfavored Research U.S., August 21

    The court’s order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court.

  3. One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems Opinion, August 21

    An amendment that can help save our democracy.

  4. Would You Trust This Man With Your Elections? Opinion, August 20

    It is going to be up to states, the courts and ultimately the American people to stop the president’s attempt to further erode American democracy.

  5. Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Accuse Justice Dept. of Vindictive Prosecution U.S., August 19

    It was the second time that Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have sought to hold the Trump administration accountable over its handling of his expulsion to El Salvador and its aftermath.

  6. Supreme Court Allows Mississippi Law on Children’s Use of Social Media, for Now U.S., August 14

    A trade group representing sites like Facebook and X said the law ran afoul of the First Amendment.

  7. Trump Isn’t the Only One to Blame for the Gerrymander Mess Opinion, August 14

    The Supreme Court’s conservative majority kicked away the best, even last, chance at a national solution to a national problem.

  8. Trump Warns of Economic Disaster if Court Strikes Down Tariffs U.S., August 13

    The president has crowed about the billions of dollars collected so far from tariffs. That money could be at risk if the White House loses the legal battle.

  9. India’s Supreme Court Tells New Delhi to Round Up Stray Dogs World, August 12

    In cities across the country, the feral animals are both loved and feared. The judges are forging into intensely emotional territory by going after the ones in the capital.

  10. West Point and Air Force Academy Affirmative Action Lawsuits Are Dropped U.S., August 12

    A group that represents students sued the military academies over their consideration of race in admissions but dropped its case after the Trump administration rejected diversity initiatives.

  11. How the Supreme Court Set the Stage for Redistricting Video, August 10

    Adam Liptak, a New York Times reporter covering the Supreme Court, explains a recent decision by the court on gerrymandering. He spells out how the justices may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.

  12. In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails U.S., August 10

    The justices, having effectively blessed partisan gerrymandering, may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.

  13. The Dred Scott Dissent Lincoln Loved Opinion, August 9

    What if the infamous case had been decided correctly?

  14. This Federal Judge Is the ‘Tip of the Spear’ of Trump-Era Conservatism U.S., August 9

    Judge James C. Ho has recast the role of jurist as a vociferous combatant in the culture wars. Could that be exactly what Trump is looking for?

  15. Bragg May Ask Supreme Court to Uphold Conviction in Patz Case New York, August 8

    Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, is asking for more time to decide whether to seek a review of the overturned murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the Etan Patz case.

  16. Trump Asks Supreme Court to Lift Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops U.S., August 7

    A lower court had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like race or speaking Spanish.

  17. When Men Talk About Their Feelings Opinion, August 7

    Readers respond to an article about men, women and “mankeeping.” Also: The Supreme Court; separating migrant families.

  18. Trump to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race U.S., August 7

    The administration has become increasingly focused on admissions data in its effort to bring the higher education system in line with President Trump’s political agenda.

  19. Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common Opinion, August 6

    The Supreme Court may extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality.

  20. Rwanda Agrees to Accept 250 Migrants as Part of Trump Deportation Plan World, August 5

    The country is the latest African nation to agree to take in migrants from the United States.

  21. The Supreme Court Has Finally Found a President It Likes Opinion, August 5

    Its six-member conservative majority has become a key enabler of Trump’s agenda.

  22. As the Supreme Court Focuses on the Past, Historians Turn to Advocacy U.S., August 4

    Spikes in the number and influence of briefs filed by historians have prompted questions about the role scholars should play in litigation.

  23. New Firm Seeks to Confront Trump on Executive Power U.S., August 4

    The Washington Litigation Group is the latest nonprofit group to join the legal challenges against the president, with a strategy of focusing on appeals early in the case.

  24. Kavanaugh Defends Supreme Court’s Terse Emergency Orders U.S., July 31

    Speaking at a judicial conference, the justice said that saying too much risked premature judgments, adding that the court had been trying various approaches.

  25. Someone Is Defying the Supreme Court, but It Isn’t Trump Opinion, July 31

    The defiance is coming from inside the judicial branch itself.

  26. New Trump Administration Guidelines Stress Workplace Religious Freedoms U.S., July 28

    The guidance protects employees and supervisors seeking to recruit fellow federal workers to their religion. The Clinton White House issued similar guidelines in 1997, though with more caveats.

  27. The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations, Not Just Rulings Opinion, July 28

    When the court fails to make rulings clear, confusion can set in, and the justices’ credibility can suffer.

  28. In Smithsonian Role, John Roberts Encounters History, Pandas and Trump Arts, July 27

    Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who serves as the institution’s chancellor, has always emphasized procedure and avoided politics. This moment could make that more difficult.

  29. Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow N.I.H. to Cut D.E.I.-Related Grants U.S., July 24

    A district court judge declared some of the administration’s cuts ‘void and illegal.’

  30. Supreme Court, for Now, Pauses Lower Court Decision Limiting Voting Rights Act U.S., July 24

    The justices paused a lower court order pending a decision on whether the Supreme Court will take up the case, a major challenge to the Voting Rights Act.

  31. Justice Kagan Urges Supreme Court to Explain Itself in Emergency Decisions U.S., July 24

    In remarks before judges and lawyers in California, the justice said she believed the court had a responsibility to share its reasoning.

  32. The Justice Dept. Interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, While Opposing Her Appeal U.S., July 24

    Even as top Justice Department officials brokered an interview with a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein’s, they asked the Supreme Court to reject her appeal.

  33. 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.

  34. 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.

  35. 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.

  36. The June 30 Student Loans Supreme Court Biden live blog included one standalone post:
  37. 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.

  38. 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.

  39. 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.

  40. 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.

  41. 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.

  42. 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.

  43. The February 28 Student Loans Supreme Court live blog included one standalone post:
  44. 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.

  45. 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.

  46. 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.

  47. 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.

  48. 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.

  49. 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.

  50. ‘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.

  51. 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.

  52. 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?

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

    In 2022, we debated the apocalypse.

  54. 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.

  55. 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.

  56. 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.

  57. 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.

  58. 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.

  59. 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.

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

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

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

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

  62. 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.