Supreme Court Rebuke of Trump on Sentencing Shows Its Divisions

Two Republican appointees, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett, joined the court’s three liberals in ordering the president-elect to face sentencing on Friday.

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How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble

The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s. In the eyes of the Trump team, the clerk still needed to prove his loyalty to the president-elect.

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Alito Spoke With Trump Shortly Before Supreme Court Filing

The justice said that the call was a job reference for one of his former clerks and that the request to stay the president-elect’s sentencing did not come up.

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Courts in ‘State of Disarray’ on Law Disarming Felons

The Supreme Court has repeatedly ducked Second Amendment challenges to the law. Starkly differing decisions from federal appeals courts last month may change that.

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What Would the Founders Have Thought About TikTok and Online Porn?

The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in First Amendment challenges to laws banning the app and shielding minors from sexual materials on the internet.

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Supreme Court Won’t Decide Nvidia Securities Fraud Case After All

In an unsigned order, the justices dismissed the case against the tech giant as “improvidently granted,” meaning they had concluded that it had been a mistake to take it up.

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Supreme Court Turns Down Cases on Admissions, Gender Identity and Guns

Conservative justices voiced objections and concerns about the court’s failures to take up a series of cases on major social controversies.

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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Tennessee’s Ban on Transgender Care

On Wednesday, the justices will hear the marquee case of the term, a challenge to a Tennessee law banning several forms of medical care for transgender youths.

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How a Trump Presidency Might Affect Benefits for Gay Couples

Readers had concerns about whether same-sex married couples and their protections would face new risks during a second Trump term.

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