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Lawmakers and Free Speech Groups Urge SCOTUS to Overturn Impending TikTok Ban
If the Supreme Court upholds the ban, it will take effect one day before Donald Trump takes office.
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Starbucks Workers Union Slams SCOTUS Decision for Weakening Labor Protections
The court ruled in favor of Starbucks, which had terminated seven employees who led a unionization campaign in Memphis.
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Lindsey Graham Blocks Democratic Bill Mandating SCOTUS to Adopt Code of Ethics
Supreme Court justices are currently the only federal judges in the US not bound by an ethics code.
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SCOTUS Denies Republican States’ Motion to Intervene in Abortion Pill Case
“If the Court affirms [the Fifth Circuit Court’s ruling], the upshot will be harm all around,” an amicus brief says.
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SCOTUS Hears Cases Aiming to Gut Ability to Set and Enforce Federal Regulations
Right-wing justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas refused calls to recuse themselves.
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With Supreme Court Set to Hear Trump Case, Clarence Thomas Is Urged to Recuse
Critics say Thomas's refusal to recuse in the Colorado ballot case would only further undermine the court's credibility.
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Texas Judge Halts Abortion Ban for Risky Pregnancies
Judge Mangrum grants temporary injunction on Texas ban for risky pregnancies, Supreme Court appeal follows.
![U.S. President Joe Biden is joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as he announces new actions to protect borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down his student loan forgiveness plan at the White House on June 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1506006438-400x300.jpg)
Student Debt Activists Say Biden’s Response to SCOTUS Is “Designed to Fail”
One advocate said Biden's so-called Plan B “buys time for more baseless, bad faith, billionaire-backed lawsuits.”
![Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during the graduation ceremony for American University's law school at American University in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1258207972-400x300.jpg)
Ketanji Brown Jackson Spent Her First Year on SCOTUS as an Undaunted Dissenter
Jackson has been a powerful opposing voice as the right-wing court stripped rights from marginalized groups.
![People attend a rally in front of the Supreme Court as the Court hears oral arguments in the Moore v. Harper case, on December 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1245443444-400x300.jpg)
Here’s What “Moore v. Harper” Means for Voting Rights Going Forward
The rejection of “independent state legislature” doctrine means fights against gerrymanders and racist laws can proceed.