Year: 2026

US Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Legality of AR-15 Bans

The high court said it would take cases brought in Illinois and Connecticut that challenge the respective states’ bans.

Supreme Court rules constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone users’ location history

Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the 6-3 court that people don’t forfeit expectations of privacy even when they opt into Google’s location history.

House Passes Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act

The bill, introduced by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), passed in a 267–117 vote with support from both Democrats and Republicans.

Supreme Court Justice Thomas Says Birthright Citizenship Ruling ‘Devalues’ US Citizenship

‘I am not sure that today’s opinion will stand the test of time,’ the justice added in a 91-page dissent.

Supreme Court Brings Geofence Warrants Under Fourth Amendment

The Supreme Court ruled that police conduct a constitutional search when they obtain a person’s data through a geofence warrant. …

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BREAKING: Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Assault Weapon Bans

Alito Blasts ‘Serious Mistake’…

Barbara, the justices agreed with the challengers, as well as all of the lower courts around the country that have considered the issue, that Trump’s order cannot be reconciled with the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which confers citizenship on anyone “born … in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”
Faced with the prospect that Trump’s order could be on hold indefinitely, the Trump administration came to the Supreme Court last spring, asking the justices to weigh in on whether the lower courts can issue “universal” or “nationwide” injunctions – orders that bar the enforcement of laws or policies anywhere in the country.

Ketanji’s Tortured Logic…

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined two other justices in a strong dissent to the court’s Tuesday decision that states can bar transgender athletes from girls’ sports and insisted that Title IX “cannot plausibly” mean that “sex” only refers to a student’s birth gender.
Writing for the majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the court could not require state sports authorities to make athlete-by-athlete determinations about whether a transgender girl has any male-based physical advantages in sports.