The Supreme Court is preparing to rule on an executive challenge to the 14th Amendment that could replace the long-standing principle of birthright citizenship with a system requiring proof of parental status. Legal experts and advocates warn that this shift could create profound administrative hurdles for marginalized communities and potentially leave millions of American-born children without access to essential services.
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US president says he’ll raise tariffs to 15 percent after unfavorable Supreme Court ruling
The 47th U.S. president announced plans to raise a newly proposed global tariff to 15 percent, just one day after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many of his previous import taxes as unconstitutional. Despite the ruling, No. 47 signaled he will pursue alternative legal avenues to continue imposing tariffs, while Democrats criticized the move as harmful to American consumers.
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Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court heard arguments on October 15 that could potentially gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act, which would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly in the South.
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Supreme Court curbs nationwide injunctions, leaving birthright citizenship policy in limbo
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal judges cannot issue nationwide injunctions, limiting their authority to only the parties involved in a case. While this is a win for Trump’s efforts to implement his birthright citizenship restrictions, the policy remains temporarily blocked, and its future depends on further rulings from lower courts.
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Supreme Court to decide whether communities can penalize homeless for sleeping in public
The Supreme Court is considering a case that will determine whether cities can punish the unhoused for sleeping in public when they have nowhere else to go, and whether it violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.