Supreme Court
US Supreme Court to hear Colorado-Nebraska water dispute(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to weigh in on the latest water squabble in the West, where Nebraska has accused Colorado of violating a century-old… Read More
Government
Texas lawmaker calls for special session to combat Birth Tourism After Supreme Court Ruling(The Daily Signal) – After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship, a Texas lawmaker is calling on the Legislature to convene a… Read More
Government
Trump administration, GOP seek workarounds to tackle birthright citizenship(The Center Square) – Following a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship, Republicans and the Trump administration are seeking ways to curb babies born in the… Read More
Government
State Department discovers more than 600 birth tourism schemesThe State Department has uncovered more than 600 “illegal birth tourism schemes” as part of its work to defend “the integrity of U.S. citizenship.” “A U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right,” the department… Read More
Politics
Analysts: Redistricting to cost taxpayers, while slowly shifting election outcomes (The Center Square) – As states engage in unprecedented mid-decade redistricting across the country, analysts predicted taxpayers will foot the bill while changes in representation will come slowly over time. Read More
Illegal Immigration
Public attorneys doing way more for illegal migrants than you might think(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Criminal migrants across the country are increasingly avoiding deportation thanks to an unlikely source: public attorneys using local taxpayer dollars to represent them in immigration… Read More
First Amendment
Supreme Court upholds preacher’s First Amendment lawsuit(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, upheld that a street preacher can sue over a city ordinance that prevented him from exercising free speech… Read More
Kansas
Parents must OK student walkouts under proposed Kansas lawKansas students would be prohibited from walking out of school to protest without parental permission, if a provision passed by the state Senate survives the legislative budget process. The Senate… Read More
Courts
U.S. Supreme Court to revisit birthright citizenship in April(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on April 1 over whether to uphold birthright citizenship in the United States. Trump v. Barbara challenges President Donald… Read More
Gender Identity
Supreme Court appears likely to allow state bans on biological males competing in female sports(Heartlander News) — A majority of the Supreme Court’s justices appeared inclined Tuesday to uphold state laws to protect female sports from biological males in a high-stakes showdown over whether… Read More
Gender Identity
‘Irreparable harm’: California teachers ask Supreme Court to block policy hiding gender from parents(The Daily Signal) – California teachers have filed an emergency appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court after an appeals court panel reinstated policies requiring teachers to hide students’ gender identities from… Read More
Kansas City
Sparse crowd greets Kansas City Mayor’s Commission on Reparations, while law may preclude race-based payoutsTurnout at Kansas City’s first race reparations “community conversation” Saturday was modest enough that one of the approximately 30 participants suggested forgoing the scheduled breakout sessions.“We need to do more… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Supreme Court to decide immigration asylum case(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case that would determine at what point an individual seeking asylum "arrives" in the United States.The Trump administration asked… Read More
Economy
Trump predicts ‘ruination’ if Supreme Court rules against his tariffs(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump won’t attend arguments in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging his tariff authority, but the U.S. president said if the high… Read More
Gender Identity
Supreme Court appears skeptical of Colorado conversion therapy ban(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to rule against a Colorado ban on conversion therapy during oral arguments on Tuesday. The challenge in Chiles v. Salazar,… Read More
Free Speech
Supreme Court to decide if states can police counselor-client conversations in battle over ‘conversion therapy’ law(Heartlander News) — Does the government belong in the counseling room? That’s the question a Colorado counselor is asking the U.S. Supreme Court as she challenges a state… Read More
Economy
Law professor explains why Trump could win tariff case(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court could side with the Trump administration on a multibillion-dollar case over tariffs despite two lower courts saying the power of the purse… Read More
Courts
WATCH: Trump to push Supreme Court for quick ruling on tariff authority(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to quickly take up his appeal on tariff authority after… Read More
Texas
Could Supreme Court intervene in case of absconding Texas Democrats?(The Center Square) – If courts in Democrat-led states don’t honor a request by the Texas House of Representatives to enforce civil warrants for the arrest of absconding Texas House… Read More
Federal government
Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘transformation of the federal bureaucracy’ to proceed(The Daily Signal) – The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed a district judge’s injunction blocking President Donald Trump from carrying out a “critical transformation of the federal bureaucracy.”Trump signed Executive Order 14210 on… Read More