The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to lift a federal judge's block on a new Postal Service rule tightening mail-in ballot handling, setting up another high-stakes fight over voting procedures weeks before the November elections.
A divided federal appeals panel says the administration can't strip detained immigrants of their shot at a bond hearing — deepening a circuit split that may soon land at the Supreme Court.
The nation's highest court delivered a sweeping rebuke to the White House, affirming that citizenship by birth is a constitutional guarantee, not a policy the president can undo with a signature.
In a 6-3 ruling, the justices said law enforcement's sweeping location-data warrants trigger constitutional privacy protections, sending the case back to a lower court for further review.
From birthright citizenship to presidential firing power, the justices are sprinting to finish 22 cases before summer recess — and Donald Trump is not happy about where most of them appear to be headed.
Four landmark cases testing the outer limits of presidential authority are awaiting rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court, with decisions expected before the close of the current term that will shape American governance for decades.
