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SCOTUS Sides 6-3 With Texas Death Row Inmate

Ruben Gutierrez came within 20 minutes of being executed last year

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution. The 6-3 decision in favor of Ruben Gutierrez gives him a potential path to have evidence tested that his lawyers say would help prove he...

Obergefell (Yes, That Obergefell) Is Concerned

Lead plaintiff in gay marriage case fears Supreme Court will backtrack like it did on abortion rights

(Newser) - You might not have heard of Jim Obergefell , but you will have heard all about the Supreme Court case in which he featured. Ruling in his favor in 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. "Ten years later, I certainly wasn't expecting to...

SCOTUS: States Can Nix Planned Parenthood Funding

If it comes from Medicaid, per Supreme Court ruling

(Newser) - The Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country's biggest abortion provider. The case centers on funding for other health care services Planned Parenthood provides in South Carolina, but the...

Supreme Court's Pause Allows Fast, Third-Country Deportation

Lower court objected to administration not allowing migrants to raise fears about safety, persecution

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday put a lower court's order on hold, allowing the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries that are foreign to them—without giving the deportees an opportunity to make a case that they'd face persecution or death. The brief, unsigned ruling lifts...

Mother at Center of Trans Case Is Worried About What's Next

Samantha Williams says the court has stripped her right to care for her child in NYT op-ed

(Newser) - Wednesday's landmark Supreme Court decision banning transgender-related health care for minors struck unusually close to home for Samantha Williams. In a New York Times essay, Williams explains the "incredibly surreal" twist that her family is at the center of the case: Her child came out as a transgender...

SCOTUS Upholds Tenn. Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Kids

It's a big blow for the transgender community

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, reports the AP , a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices' 6-3 decision effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Trump's administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people....

SCOTUS Clears the Way for Nuclear Waste Site in Texas

Justices restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at site in Andrews

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution. What to know about the decision, per the AP :
  • The vote: The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed
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Toy Companies Ask SCOTUS for Quick Tariffs Ruling

Educational firms hope to leapfrog federal appeals court

(Newser) - The Supreme Court is getting a chance to speed up its inevitable review of the legality of President Trump's tariffs. Two companies that make educational toys petitioned the court on Tuesday to put their case on an expedited track, reports Bloomberg . The joint appeal filed by Learning Resources and...

SCOTUS Will Hear Pregnancy Center's Appeal of NJ Probe

NJ pro-life pregnancy center investigated for misleading people about its services

(Newser) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear from a faith-based pregnancy center in New Jersey challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion. The justices agreed to consider an appeal from First Choice Women's Resource Centers, which wants to...

Alito Wants to Move Quickly, but Barrett Slowing Him Down

NYT analysis looks at the rising influence of Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court

(Newser) - To be clear, Amy Coney Barrett is a conservative Supreme Court justice, and she "has moved the court's outcomes dramatically to the right and locked in conservative victories on gun rights, affirmative action and the power of federal agencies," writes Jodi Kantor in the New York Times ...

60 Arrests at US Capitol During Veterans Protest

Cops say demonstrators pushed through bike racks set up by police as a barrier

(Newser) - About 60 people were arrested outside the US Capitol on Friday evening after a protest escalated, according to Capitol Police. The incident began when a group of about 75 demonstrators, initially gathered peacefully at the Supreme Court, moved toward the Capitol. Police had set up bike racks as a...

After States Eased Gun Laws, Child Gun Deaths Spiked
Easing State Gun Laws
Came With a 'Tradeoff'
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Jun 10, 2025 2:58 PM CDT

Easing State Gun Laws Came With a 'Tradeoff'

Youth gun deaths spiked in states with more relaxed restrictions, study finds

(Newser) - After a landmark Supreme Court ruling loosened restrictions on gun ownership at the state and local level, a new study finds that states with more relaxed gun laws saw a sharp rise in firearm deaths among children and teens—while those with stricter laws did not. The research, published...

Supreme Court Sides With DOGE on Social Security Data

Justices also toss ruling requiring DOGE to release information on itself

(Newser) - The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency won twice at the Supreme Court on Friday, securing access to millions of Americans' personal data in Social Security systems while remaining shielded for now from having to disclose information about its own operations. The decisions were released at the same time...

SCOTUS Rules Catholic Charity Should Be Tax Exempt

Ruling may impact tax status of religiously affiliated nonprofits nationwide

(Newser) - In a third unanimous decision of the day, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of granting a tax exemption to a Wisconsin Catholic charity that could reshape how religiously-affiliated nonprofits nationwide are treated under the law, per the AP . The ruling addresses whether charitable work rooted in faith deserves...

Supreme Court Blocks Mexico's $10B Suit vs. US Gunmakers

Blockbuster case claimed that flow of guns over the border have fueled cartel violence

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a $10 billion lawsuit that Mexico filed against top firearm manufacturers in the US, alleging the companies' business practices have fueled tremendous cartel violence and bloodshed. The unanimous ruling tossed out the case under US laws that largely shield gunmakers from liability when their...

SCOTUS Clears Way for 'Reverse Discrimination' Cases

Unanimous decision sides with woman who said she was demoted because she's straight

(Newser) - A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn't get a job and then was demoted because she's straight. The justices' decision affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where,...

SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to State Assault Weapons Ban

Maryland law to remain in place—for now

(Newser) - The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Maryland's ban on assault weapons—semiautomatic rifles that are popular among gun owners and have also been used in multiple mass shootings. The justices turned down a case against the Maryland law passed after the 2012 shooting at...

SCOTUS Lets US Revoke Protection of 500K Immigrants

Ruling allows White House to strip Biden-era legal status of people from 4 nations

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Friday again cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip temporary legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants, per the AP . The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole protections in place for more than 500,000 migrants from four countries: Cuba,...

SCOTUS Utah Case Is a Loss for Environmentalists

Court unanimously allows railway from oil fields in the northeast to move forward

(Newser) - The Supreme Court delivered a loss to environmentalists on Thursday in a closely watched case out of Utah. In a unanimous verdict, the court gave its blessing to a proposed 88-mile-long railway that would connect oil fields in remote northeastern part of the state to national rail lines, reports...

Native American Rights Defender Gorsuch Slams Court's Move

SCOTUS declines to take case about mining on tribal land, and the justice criticizes the decision

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take a case brought by Native Americans trying to stop mining on land they consider sacred, reports USA Today . The move means copper mining can move forward in a section of Tonto National Forest in Arizona, even though the San Carlos Apache Tribe...

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