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Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut N.I.H. Grants for Disfavored Research

The court’s order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court.

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The headquarters of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
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Marco Rubio Once Filed a Brief Embracing Birthright Citizenship

Rubio, a son of immigrants and now secretary of state, was responding to a 2016 lawsuit questioning his eligibility for the presidency.

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The little-noticed court filing in 2016 helps show how quickly the Republican Party and mainstream of conservative legal thought have shifted on the issue of birthright citizenship.
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Supreme Court Allows Mississippi Law on Children’s Use of Social Media, for Now

A trade group representing sites like Facebook and X said the law ran afoul of the First Amendment.

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The Supreme Court’s precedents have protected the First Amendment rights of both children and social media sites.
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How the Supreme Court Set the Stage for Redistricting

Adam Liptak, a New York Times reporter covering the Supreme Court, explains a recent decision by the court on gerrymandering. He spells out how the justices may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.
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In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails

The justices, having effectively blessed partisan gerrymandering, may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a ceremony in the President’s Room at the Capitol.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Lift Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

A lower court had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like race or speaking Spanish.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Protesters in Pasadena, Calif., in June. Aggressive enforcement operations in Los Angeles set off days of protests and clashes in the area.
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As the Supreme Court Focuses on the Past, Historians Turn to Advocacy

Spikes in the number and influence of briefs filed by historians have prompted questions about the role scholars should play in litigation.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. during an event in May at Georgetown University, where he talked about his early interest in becoming a historian.
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