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High court strikes down limits on party spending in federal elections, backing Republican appeal

June 30, 2026

Associated Press

The 6-3 decision upends congressionally enacted limits on raising and spending money to influence elections.

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Supreme Court says police need warrant to obtain Google location data

June 29, 2026

The Washington Post

In a vote that scrambled ideological lines, the majority found that a request by police officers for Google to turn over a robbery suspect’s location history constituted a search protected by the Constitution.

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Supreme Court says Fed’s Cook can keep her job for now, but upholds other Trump firings

June 29, 2026 | Associated Press

The Supreme Court on Monday dramatically expanded presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the Federal Reserve.

Supreme Court rules mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day can be counted

June 29, 2026 | The Washington Post

In an close ruling, the justices turned aside a challenge by Republicans and Libertarians, who argued federal law preempts a statute that allows the counting of such ballots that arrive up to five days after polls close.

Supreme Court ruling could impact thousands of Haitians living in Indiana

June 26, 2026 | Jack Forrest, Indiana Capital Chronicle and Mackenzi Klemann, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Estimates on Indiana’s Haitian population vary. Some are as high as 50,000, but most put the number in the low tens of thousands.

Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller

June 25, 2026 | Associated Press

The case came before the justices after a tidal wave of litigation that included some multibillion-dollar verdicts against the global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer.

Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to revive restrictive immigration policy

June 25, 2026 | Associated Press

The justices overturned a lower court order blocking the practice that limited the number of people who could apply for asylum each day.

High court upholds broad reading of SEC authority to recoup ill-gotten gains in fraud cases

June 4, 2026 | Associated Press

The justices ruled against a man who was sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to selling unregistered securities as part of a scheme involving high-risk penny stocks.

Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on federal regulation of telecom companies

June 4, 2026 | Associated Press

The appeal from telecom giants Verizon and AT&T challenged a combined $100 million in penalties imposed after the FCC determined that the companies had failed to safeguard customer location data.

Trump plans to appeal order allowing all importers that paid struck-down tariffs to seek refunds

May 31, 2026 | Associated Press

The federal judge’s order allows all companies that paid the invalidated duties to seek refunds, not just the ones that filed lawsuits.

Lilly rebuffed by Supreme Court on $194M Medicaid award

May 18, 2026 | Bloomberg News

The case against Lilly centered on the rebates that drug companies must pay to state Medicaid programs to subsidize some of the cost.

Supreme Court rejects appeals from drug manufacturers over Medicare price negotiations

May 18, 2026 | Associated Press

The negotiation program was created as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which capped years of debate over whether the federal government should be allowed to haggle directly with pharmaceutical companies over the prices of drugs in Medicare.

Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political

May 7, 2026 | Associated Press

Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law.

Supreme Court weakens a landmark Civil Rights-era law and aids GOP efforts to control the House

April 29, 2026 | Associated Press

The effect of the ruling may be felt more strongly in 2028 because most filing deadlines for this year’s congressional races have passed.

Supreme Court considers blocking lawsuits alleging weed killer causes cancer

April 27, 2026 | The Washington Post

Billions of dollars are at stake, as well as the future of a chemical the nation’s largest farm group says is so important that ending its use would threaten America’s food supply.

Banks rejected by Supreme Court in municipal bond price-fixing case

April 20, 2026 | Bloomberg News

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a class action lawsuit that seeks billions of dollars from Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other financial institutions.

Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump’s bid to limit birthright citizenship as he attends arguments

April 1, 2026 | Associated Press

The birthright citizenship order, which Trump signed the first day of his second term, is part of his Republican administration’s broad immigration crackdown.

Supreme Court sides with internet provider in copyright fight with record labels over downloads

March 25, 2026 | Associated Press

The justices ruled unanimously Wednesday that Cox Communications bears no liability for the illegal music downloads of its customers.

Supreme Court sounds skeptical of state laws allowing late-arriving ballots

March 23, 2026 | Associated Press

A ruling is expected by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.

FedEx joins other companies in seeking refund after Trump tariffs ruled illegal

February 24, 2026 | Associated Press

The Treasury had collected more than $133 billion from the import taxes the president has imposed under the emergency powers law as of December, federal data shows.

Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can’t be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered

February 24, 2026 | Associated Press

Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for a majority, said the federal law that generally shields the Postal Service from lawsuits over missing, lost and undelivered mail includes “the intentional nondelivery of mail.”

After Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs, companies look for refunds

February 22, 2026 | Associated Press

What’s going to happen to the money the government has already collected in import taxes that have been declared unlawful? The way forward could prove chaotic.

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