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Stories about the U.S. Supreme Court: the cases it agrees to hear, oral arguments, emergency orders and final rulings, as well as the justices themselves. Coverage often splits on what a decision means and who wins or loses from it, with different stress on rights, the Constitution and the limits of government power. Each pair here puts a left-leaning and a right-leaning headline about the same case or ruling side by side, so you can compare them.

17 pairs · updated Oct 22

  • Supreme Court allows New Hampshire student ID voting limits

    Supreme Court says New Hampshire student IDs can’t be used to vote in November

    In a win for Republicans, the court said a federal judge should not have changed the rules so close to the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

    Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to bar student IDs for voting

    The Supreme Court issued a ruling on Thursday, letting New Hampshire prohibit voters from using student identification cards to prove their identities before casting ballots in the midterm elections. The decision reverses a federal judge’s order blocking New Hampshire from enforcing a law that barred student IDs from being used for voter ID. The law […]

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  • Supreme Court blocks transgender inmate care restrictions

    Supreme Court hands Trump a rare loss on transgender prison care policy

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from suspending hormone therapy and other treatments for transgender Americans in federal prisons, a rare win for transgender rights at the conservative high court.

    U.S. must pay for gender transitions for prisoners after Supreme Court declines Trump case

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to revive the Trump administration's policy barring taxpayer money from going to pay for drugs or operations for prisoners seeking to switch genders.

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  • Justice Elena Kagan criticizes Supreme Court rulings

    Supreme Court’s conservatives have let down democracy, Justice Kagan says

    Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s recent decisions have hurt democracy

    Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan criticized the high court’s recent election-related rulings Tuesday, arguing that the justices have failed to account for how their decisions affect the functioning of American democracy. , come less than two weeks before the Nov. 3 elections, when voters will decide […]

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  • Supreme Court rejects 9/11 mastermind plea deal revival

    Supreme Court rejects effort to revive Khalid Sheikh Mohammed plea deal

    The Supreme Court has rejected an effort to revive a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks

    Supreme Court rejects bid by 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to revive controversial plea deal

    The Supreme Court rejected notorious 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's bid to restore a controversial plea deal in 2024 that would've saved him from the death penalty.

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  • Supreme Court to review Maryland school admissions racial discrimination case

    Supreme Court to hear a new case on race and school admissions, this time in Maryland

    The Supreme Court agreed to hear a new challenge to school admissions policies on diversity, taking up a case on magnet programs in Montgomery County, Maryland.

    Supreme Court to review racial discrimination case over Maryland school admissions policy

    The Supreme Court will take up a case regarding alleged racial discrimination in the admissions policy for magnet middle schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, marking the latest lawsuit against the county’s schools to reach the high court in recent years. The high court announced in an orders list on Monday that it will take up […]

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  • Supreme Court to review federal home distilling ban

    High spirits: Supreme Court to decide fate of federal ban on home distilling

    The Supreme Court announced it will consider whether to strike down a longstanding federal ban on distilling spirits at home.

    Supreme Court takes up challenge to 160-year-old ban on distilling alcohol at home

    The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a challenge to a federal law barring the distilling of alcohol at home, weighing whether it oversteps the federal government’s powers. The high court said in an orders list released Monday morning that it will take up Department of Justice v. Scott McNutt for oral arguments […]

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  • Sotomayor and Gorsuch criticize immigration case as absurd

    Trump Appointee Joins Liberal SCOTUS Colleague to Blast ‘Absurd’ Case

    S. despite being ordered to remain in the country while he was on probation. Sotomayor, an appointee of Barack Obama, wrote that the government’s treatment…

    Sotomayor and Gorsuch team up to rip ‘constitutional absurdity’ of immigration case

    Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch teamed up on Tuesday to criticize the “constitutional absurdity” of the prosecution of Jesus Herrera-Salazar, saying the Mexican national’s two arrests raise questions about double jeopardy. Sotomayor, a liberal, and Gorsuch, a conservative, released a joint statement with the high court’s decision not…

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  • Supreme Court to review Nigerian asylum case

    Supreme Court to weigh if Nigerian who cooked for terrorists can be denied asylum

    The Trump administration appealed after a lower court ruled that a Nigerian man couldn’t be denied asylum for spending six months cooking for a terrorist group.

    Supreme Court To Consider Government's Power To Deport Terrorist Supporters

    Supreme Court To Consider Government's Power To Deport Terrorist Supporters Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Supreme Court justices will weigh arguments in a case involving a Nigerian man whom an immigration judge concluded materially supported a terrorist group by working as a cook. Justices on Oct. 13 said they granted a petition for…

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  • Supreme Court opens term with climate lawsuit and federal authority case

    Supreme Court wrestles with energy companies' bid to block major climate suit

    Eight of the nine justices heard nearly two hours of oral arguments in a case involving an effort by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, to hold energy companies accountable for the effects of global climate change.

    Supreme Court begins new term with high-profile look at clean air and federal authority

    The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Boulder County's climate lawsuit against Suncor and ExxonMobil belongs in state or federal court.

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  • Justice Alito discusses retirement timeline

    Supreme Court Justice Alito on deciding when to retire

    " The 76-year-old justice said he expects to reconsider his decision each year. He sat down with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford in an interview airing Monday.

    Alito says there’s no perfect time to retire while confirming he will reconsider next year

    Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, 76, said he considered retiring this year, but that he would be serving another term despite Republicans‘ control of the Senate making for a smoother path to confirming a conservative replacement. Rumors had swirled in August after NPR published and then retracted an article claiming that Alito would be retiring […]

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  • Supreme Court to review Trump's mandatory detention policy

    Supreme Court to hear dispute over Trump's mandatory detention policy

    The Supreme Court said it will consider whether the Trump administration can detain tens of thousands of immigrants without access to bond hearings.

    Supreme Court will review Trump’s mandatory detention policy for illegal immigrants

    The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will take up a challenge to the Trump administration’s policy of mandatory detention for illegal immigrants, setting up one of the biggest tests yet for President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda at the high court. The justices approved the petition to hear oral arguments in Rhoney v. Barbosa da […]

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  • Supreme Court allows Trump to resume third-country deportations

    Supreme court allows Trump to temporarily resume deporting people to third countries – as it happened

    This live blog is now closed. US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries Sign up to the US Breaking News email For some context, it’s worth remembering that Smith had a two-volume report of his findings as a result of his criminal investigations – that resulted in two indictments against the president after his first…

    Win: SCOTUS Allows 'Safe Third Country' Deportations

    The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own while the justices weigh whether the policy is legal. The post Win: SCOTUS Allows ‘Safe Third Country’ Deportations appeared first on Breitbart.

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  • Supreme Court allows Trump third-country deportations to continue

    Supreme Court rules Trump admin can continue rapid deportations to 3rd countries

    The Trump administration can continue deporting migrants to third countries without prior notice after the Supreme Court paused a lower court order blocking the policy.

    Supreme Court allows third-country deportations to continue ahead of December oral arguments

    The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to continue to deport illegal immigrants to third countries for now, while also setting oral arguments in the case for December. The high court ruled 6-3 in favor of halting a ruling by a federal district judge in Massachusetts that had blocked the administration’s framework for quickly deporting […]

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  • Justice Alito's decision on Supreme Court climate case

    Supreme Court Justice Alito will not participate in big climate change case next week

    Environmental groups had called for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from the case involving ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy.

    Justice Alito makes abrupt U-turn on major Supreme Court case

    News of Alito's recusal comes just days before the high court is slated to hear oral arguments in the high-stakes climate change case.

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  • DOJ asks Supreme Court on transgender medical care in prisons

    DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow policy ending medical care for transgender inmates

    The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to revive for now a policy cutting off medical interventions and social accommodations for transgender inmates.

    DOJ pleads with Supreme Court to save ban on transgender treatments in federal prisons

    The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to enforce a Bureau of Prisons policy banning hormone therapy and accommodations for transgender inmates.

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  • Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed Missouri congressional map

    Supreme Court rejects GOP-backed Missouri map, preserving key seat for Democrats

    S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican attempt at redistricting congressional seats in Missouri - possibly giving Democrats a boost in their effort to win the House in the midterm elections.

    Supreme Court denies Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time

    The Supreme Court rejected a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map, ensuring the state will use its 2022 districts for the midterm elections.

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  • Supreme Court blocks Trump-backed Missouri congressional map

    Supreme court blocks Trump-backed Missouri congressional map from use in midterms

    Court puts end to long-running legal dispute as it rules Republican-friendly map cannot be used in November The supreme court on Friday turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by Donald Trump, putting an end to a long-running legal dispute as absentee voting is under way in the midterm elections. The justices halted a federal…

    Supreme Court blocks Missouri from using new congressional map in 2026 election

    The Supreme Court ordered Missouri Friday to use its 2022 congressional map for the 2026 election, blocking use of the state's newer 2025 map.

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