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What the Supreme Court’s Birthright Ruling Means for Trump’s Power

Par :Abbie VanSickle · Alexandra Ostasiewicz · David Jouppi · Jon Hazell and Zach Wood
A recent Supreme Court ruling could allow President Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship to go into effect in some states. Abbie VanSickle, a reporter covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times, explains how the decision also upends the power of federal judges to freeze policies for the entire country.
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Major Campaign Finance Challenge

Par :Abbie VanSickle
The case involves a challenge to federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

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The case the Supreme Court will hear could dramatically reshape how campaigns are funded.
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Chief Justice Roberts Urges Political Leaders to Tone Down Rhetoric

Par :Abbie VanSickle
At a conference with federal judges, the chief justice did not mention the court’s decision sharply limiting their power, focusing instead on the danger of threats to the judiciary.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. spoke to judges on Saturday.
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A Triumphant Supreme Court Term for Trump, Fueled by Emergency Rulings

Par :Adam Liptak · Abbie VanSickle and Alicia Parlapiano
Using truncated procedures, the six-justice conservative majority gave a green light to many of the president’s most assertive initiatives.

© Allison Robert for The New York Times

The Trump administration filed 19 emergency applications in the first 20 weeks of the president’s second term, the same number the Biden administration filed over four years and more than the eight applications filed over the 16 years of the George W. Bush and Barack Obama presidencies.
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Supreme Court Punts Decision on Louisiana Voting Map Until Next Term

Par :Abbie VanSickle and Emily Cochrane
The justices asked that the case, which has implications for the political power of Black voters, be reargued next term.

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The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. The state used a contested map to hold elections in 2024; voters elected a second Black Democrat, Cleo Fields, to their congressional delegation.
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In Birthright Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Limits Power of Judges to Block Trump Policies

Par :Abbie VanSickle
The ruling clears a major hurdle to President Trump’s agenda and could reshape American citizenship, at least temporarily, as lower court challenges proceed.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Protesters in favor of birthright citizenship outside the Supreme Court in May.
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How the Birthright Citizenship and Nationwide Injunctions Case Began

Par :Abbie VanSickle
The dispute before the court was prompted by an order President Trump signed on his first day back in the White House.

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John Eastman, a law professor involved in the attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Prisoner Seeking DNA Testing

Par :Abbie VanSickle
For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman.

© Allison Robbert for The New York Times

Last July, the justices moved to halt Ruben Gutierrez’s execution just 20 minutes before he was scheduled to be killed.
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Supreme Court Finds Retired Firefighter Cannot Sue for Disability Discrimination

Par :Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak
In a tangled decision, the justices ruled against a disabled firefighter who sued her former employer for refusing her health benefits after she had retired.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

One section of the Americans With Disabilities Act specifies that it is illegal to discriminate in compensation because of a disability. The justices wrestled with whether the section included retirees.
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What to Know After Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors

Par :Abbie VanSickle
The decision to uphold the Tennessee law will most likely mean a patchwork of laws throughout the country, a map that traces current political polarization.

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Outside the Supreme Court, opposing groups on transgender care rally in December in Washington.
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The Last Time Supreme Court Considered Trans Rights, It Protected Them

Par :Abbie VanSickle
In 2020, the justices ruled 6-3 that gay and transgender workers were shielded from employment discrimination nationwide.

© Audra Melton for The New York Times

Gerald Bostock, whose case let to the Supreme Court agreeing that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed nationwide protection from workplace discrimination to gay and transgender people, at his home in Atlanta in 2019.
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Sotomayor’s Dissent Criticizes Supreme Court Decision in Transgender Care Case

Par :Abbie VanSickle
Justice Sotomayor also read her dissent from the bench, a move typically reserved to emphasize a justice’s extreme displeasure with a decision.

© Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a 31-page dissent, arguing that the judiciary had long played a role in shielding individuals from discrimination.
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Supreme Court Justices Disclose International Travel and Book Deals

Par :Abbie VanSickle
Annual financial disclosures revealed some of the perks of being on the Supreme Court, including international teaching and book sales.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

The financial disclosures of Supreme Court justices offered a window into some of the perks of being part of the nation’s highest court.
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