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Justice Jackson separately dissents, warning the ruling creates a dilemma for election lawsuits: challenges may be “too early” before rules are finalized, but under the Purcell principle may come “too late” once an election is close.
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🚨 A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's suspension of immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, ruling the State Department policy violates federal immigration law and exceeds Secretary Marco Rubio's authority.
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🚨 Chief Justice John Roberts entered an order allowing construction of President Trump's White House ballroom to continue while the Supreme Court further considers the Trump administration's appeal.
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NPR mistakenly published an article reporting the retirement of Justice Samuel Alito. No such announcement has been made by Justice Alito or the Court.
🚨 The Supreme Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to children born in the United States, including those whose parents are in the country unlawfully or only temporarily, striking down President Trump's executive order.
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Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court. Justice Sotomayor dissents.
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🚨 In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the President may fire FTC commissioners at will, overruling Humphrey's Executor and holding that the FTC's for-cause removal protections violate the Constitution's separation of powers.
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🚨 In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that federal law does not require mail-in ballots to be received by Election Day, holding that states may count ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward if state law allows it.
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🚨 In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court struck down Hawaii’s rule that banned carrying guns on most private property that is open to the public unless the owner gave explicit permission, holding that it violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
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🚨 The Supreme Court has immediately issued its judgment striking down Louisiana’s congressional map as a racial gerrymander.
