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Justice Department tells Supreme Court bans on transgender care for minors are constitutional
The Justice Department's new position was expected because President Trump had made opposition to transgender rights a central campaign theme.
Trump backs off contesting Tennessee ban on youth transgender care at Supreme Court
President Donald Trump's administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that Tennessee's Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is not unlawful, reversing the position taken by the government under his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden.
Trump drops opposition at Supreme Court to ban on treatments for trans teens
While it was once rare for an administration to change its position in cases before the high court, Trump did so in his first term and has signaled he will do it again.
Trump DOJ drops support for challenge to ban on trans procedures for kids in Tenn. case at Supreme Court
The United States Department of Justice has dropped its support for a lawsuit against Tennessee s ban on trans procedures for minors that is before the Supreme Court
BREAKING: Under Trump, federal government now supports Tennessee law against trans health care
But under Donald Trump, the government has done an about-face. “Last year, the United States filed briefs contending that SB1 [the Tennessee law] violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,
Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power
The Supreme Court majority built by Donald Trump could uphold efforts to expand presidential authority based on the legal principle of unitary executive theory.
Trump administration withdraws from gender-affirming care dispute at the Supreme Court
President Donald Trump’s administration is switching positions in a major Supreme Court case on transgender rights, backing ...
As US Supreme Court girds for Trump cases, can it be an 'effective firewall'?
President Donald Trump's sweeping assertions of executive power during his first weeks back in office appear headed toward ...
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A history of birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court
This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...
At the Supreme Court, at the White House and at his house, Clarence Thomas is the go-to justice to swear in Trump’s Cabinet
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has spent recent days alongside several Trump administration Cabinet officials – making ...
What will the Supreme Court decide next for the administrative state?
Longmaid and Emily Kennedy of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP discuss a key case before the U.S. Supreme Court that ...
Pride puppies and a charter school: a look at the blockbuster religion cases at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court took more religious rights cases in recent years than it heard in the previous two decades. Is it eroding ...
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Red states urge Supreme Court to block suits against big oil
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. So at the last conference, the ...
Sotomayor criticizes presidential immunity case as putting the high court’s legitimacy on the line
In her first public comments since the start of Trump's second term, Justice Sotomayor said she believes the ruling puts the Court's legitimacy at risk.