Supreme Court 'blessed' a 'Kafkaesque nightmare' with its 'disturbing' ruling: analysis

Clarence Thomas Just Gave Border Agents a Terrifying New Power

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court blessed a Kafkaesque nightmare by a 6–3 vote along the usual partisan lines.

SCOTUS Blocks Rastafarian Man From Suing Prison Guards Who Shaved His Dreadlocks

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, saying the ruling contained a “parade of horribles” that created bad precedent.

Republican Meltdowns over Birthright Citizenship Decision, Ranked in Order of Sanity

The right is incandescent with rage over the Supreme Court’s (closer than expected) rejection of the Trump administration’s bid to...

This Insane Line in Ketanji Brown Jackson's Birthright Opinion Is Making the Court a Laughing Stock

This Insane Line in Ketanji Brown Jackson's Birthright Opinion Is Making the Court a Laughing Stock

The 2026 Supreme Court -- a ‘C Minus’ at Best

Photo Credit:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States_-_Roberts_Court_2022.jpg Supreme CourtBy Don BrownThe Supreme Court’s just-concluded term produced several important victories for constitutional principles. Unfortunately, two catastrophic failures dragged the Court’s overall performance down.

Obergefell’s Second Decade

Progressives continue to bemoan the Roberts Court's supposed illegitimacy. But a case they venerate remains the measuring stick for judicial hubris.

Supreme Court Drama: Petitioner Throws Documents At The Bench, Shouts 'Ma******d; Watch Video

Drama in Supreme Court is something that can only be seen in the movies, but here's a reality check. A routine hearing in Supreme Court turned dramatic on Friday after a petitioner shouted at the bench, claimed to be the sovereign,

Five Reasons Why Obergefell Remains Constitutionally Vulnerable

The Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges stands as one of the most egregious examples of judicial activism in modern history. In a single stroke, five unelected lawyers redefined the timeless institution of marriage for the entire nation, bypassing the Constitution, the democratic process, and millennia of human experience rooted in biblical truth and human...

This Supreme Court Ruling Looks Like a Landslide. It’s Actually a Warning Sign 

A 6–3 Supreme Court ruling looks like a landslide victory. It’s actually a fragile agreement—with a hidden risk most people are missing.

Dissecting the Supreme Court's Scary 'Birthright' Betrayal

Justice Samuel Alito warned the birthright citizenship ruling is

Supreme Court Has Very Good Reason For All This Bad Faith Bullsh*t, We're Sure

Supreme Court pretending Trump's working in good faith is bad faith ouroboros.

Supreme Court wraps blockbuster term with Trump rulings: Join the live discussion

The Supreme Court went out with a bang: Birthright citizenship, transgender athlete bans, President Trump's firing power, mail-in ballots and more. Join The Hill's legal affairs reporters Zach Schonfeld and Sophie Brams as they break down the tense dynamics in the courtroom and this term's blockbuster opinions. The discussion is scheduled to begin at 3...

Justice Barrett Defects on Mail Ballot Ruling – And Rightfully So

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is usually considered one of the Supreme Court’s reliable conservative voices. That is why many conservatives were stunned when she joined Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberal justices in a 5 to 4 ruling that upheld Mississippi’s law allowing certain mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day. [] The post Justice Barrett Defects on Mail Ballot Ruling – And Rightfully So appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

Justice Jackson Calls Out SCOTUS’ ‘Sudden Aversion’ to History in Striking Down Hawaii Gun Law

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out the conservative members of the Supreme Court for a “sudden aversion” to history in striking down a Hawaiian gun control law. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines on Wolford v. Lopez Thursday morning. Prior to the ruling, Hawaii state law banned carrying a firearm into private property [] The post Justice Jackson Calls Out SCOTUS’ ‘Sudden Aversion’ to History in Striking Down Hawaii Gun Law appeared first on The New Civil Rights Movement.

SCOTUS Humiliates Trump With Sex Abuse Case Ruling

Ken Cedeno / REUTERSThe Supreme Court on Monday delivered a humiliating blow to President Donald Trump when it rejected his push to throw out the jury’s finding that the president sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll. The president, 80, has been demanding that the findings that led to the 5 million verdict be tossed, but the country’s highest court declined to take up the case in an unexplained order. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Conservatives revolt after Trump-appointed Barrett joins liberals in 'shockingly wrong' mail ballot ruling

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett faced the wrath of conservatives on social media on Monday after she authored the majority opinion ruling in favor of a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted in elections even if they are received after Election Day. The court was split 5-4 on the ruling with Barrett, appointed by President Donald Trump, writing the majority opinion joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Conservative Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh see significant shift in favorability

Public opinion of several conservative Supreme Court justices has taken a hit over the past year, according to a new YouGov/The Economist poll, with Justices Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh all posting weaker favorability ratings than they did in 2025. The findings come as the Supreme Court’s overall approval remains underwater and...

What the Amy Coney Barrett backlash reveals about being a moderate conservative woman in Trump’s America

The justice’s vote in the recent birthright case seems to have enraged some conservatives in a specific, and perhaps specifically revealing, way. The post What the Amy Coney Barrett backlash reveals about being a moderate conservative woman in Trump’s America appeared first on MS NOW.

Courting No Favor

John Roberts kicks ass. The chief justice's supremely magisterial end-of-term majority opinion in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case, powerfully vindicated the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment. Roberts's impressive historical analysis left the lead dissenter, Justice Clarence Thomas, looking like the bloodied loser of a Trumpian UFC cage match. The post Courting No Favor appeared first on .

Supreme Court birthright citizenship ruling imperils national security: Mike Johnson

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling against President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship, claiming it jeopardized national security. Conservatives were broadly outraged over Tuesday’s ruling, which ruled 6-3 that Trump’s executive order was unlawful and 5-4 that it was unconstitutional, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump nominee, joining []

Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter turbocharges presidential power

The U.S. Supreme Court – with its six conservative justices, three of whom were nominated by President Donald Trump – has recently reversed landmark decisions that have long guided American government and society. Over the last few years, the ...

The Supreme Court – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Part 2: the Bad – Deborah Chambers

The Supreme Court – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Part 2: the Bad – Deborah Chambers

Dred Scott Descendants Draw Parallels Between 167-Year-Old Supreme Court Ruling And Modern America

The descendants of Dred Scott and the judge who ruled on his landmark case are speaking out about what they see as troubling echoes in contemporary American life. The Dred Scott decision, handed down in 1857, is widely regarded as one of the most reviled rulings in the history of the United States Supreme Court. [] The post Dred Scott Descendants Draw Parallels Between 167-Year-Old Supreme Court Ruling And Modern America appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.

Trump just suffered his most humiliating court defeat so far

A US Supreme Court ruling this week could be the one that hurts the US President the most

SCOTUS Pasting Birth Tourism Into The Constitution Demands A Legal System Rebuild

That a court with six Republican-appointed justices could hand down such a patently un-American decision is an indictment of America's rogue legal system.

The Secret Origins of the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket

Last month, the Supreme Court issued a number of landmark opinions involving transgender rights, campaign finance, executive power, and immigration. Those decisions were issued in the traditional way many of us recognize: pages and pages of arguments and citations, with each justice on the record voting yea or nay. But over the last decade, the []

Cisgender? REALLY? Ketanji Brown Jackson's Trans Ruling Dissent Is Even DUMBER Than We Thought

Cisgender? REALLY? Ketanji Brown Jackson's Trans Ruling Dissent Is Even DUMBER Than We Thought

Supreme Court delivers big blow to Trump’s plan to limit mail-in voting

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the court’s three liberal justices

Armed Trip To Kill Conservative Justices

A federal judge gave a would-be Supreme Court assassin just eight years, and now the Trump Justice Department is fighting to keep this dangerous ideologue behind bars for decades. Story Snapshot A transgender California resident traveled armed to Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home intending to kill him and other conservative justices. Federal guidelines called for roughly []

What the Supreme Court rulings mean for presidential power

The U.S. Supreme Court issued two major rulings on Monday that significantly expand presidential power and President Trump's attempt to further reshape the federal government. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Supreme Court analyst and SCOTUSblog co-founder Amy Howe.

Supreme Court turns away Alan Dershowitz’s defamation case against CNN

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz’s case alleging CNN defamed him with its coverage of remarks made during President Trump’s 2020 impeachment trial. The dispute presented the high court with the chance to revisit its landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which set []...Click to read more

Time for Democrats to Plan Expansion of Supreme Court

Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic, concludes that the U.S. Supreme Court has become too partisan. The public does not trust its judgments. Term limits won’t change it soon enough. He proposes expanding the Court and gives his rationale. He wrote: Was Thursday among the darkest days in the history of the Supreme Court? []

The Supreme Court’s New 6–3 Elections Case Was Not Nearly As Bad As Expected

As disastrous Supreme Court election cases go, Tuesday’s decision in NSRC v. FEC doesn’t make the list of complete abominations.