How FDR-era Supreme Court ruling relates to disputes over Trump firings

President Trump's firings of the members of independent agencies and boards have prompted a string of legal fights that could set the Supreme Court up to reconsider and potentially overturn a 90-year-old decision known as "Humphrey's Executor." John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois explain.

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Supreme Court stiffs Trump, punts on firing whistleblower agency head

The Supreme Court stiffed President Trump in his administration’s first high court appeal by punting Friday on a request to greenlight the firing of the head of a whistleblower protection office. ...
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Supreme Court Rejects, for Now, Trump’s Bid to Fire Government Watchdog

The court’s order indicated that it may return to the issue as soon as next week, when a trial judge’s temporary restraining order is set to expire.
The New York Times - 4d
Supreme Court maintains pause on Trump bid to immediately fire watchdog agency head

The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, weighs in on a case involving the new Trump administration for the first time.
NBC News - 4d
Supreme Court Poised to Rule for Straight Woman in Discrimination Case

Justices across the ideological spectrum and lawyers on both sides agreed that an appeals court erred in requiring members of majority groups to meet a heightened burden.
The New York Times - 4h
Supreme Court declines to intervene for now in bid to fire whistleblower office chief

President Trump removed Hampton Dellinger from his position as special counsel on Feb. 7, but a federal judge ordered him to be reinstated for a short period.
CBS News - 5d
Supreme Court turns away bid to overturn ruling on abortion clinic buffer zones

The Supreme Court turned away two appeals asking the justices to overrule a 25-year-old decision that allowed for buffer zones around abortion clinics.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules Oklahoma death row inmate is entitled to new trial

Richard Glossip was convicted of murdering his boss more than twenty years ago, and has been on death row in Oklahoma ever since. Glossip has always maintained his innocence. After a years-long ...
NBC News - 23h
Supreme Court schedules arguments in case where Trump administration is defending ACA

The Supreme Court on Monday scheduled arguments for April 21 in a case that could decide the legality of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that insurers cover certain preventive ...
The Hill - 2d
US supreme court temporarily blocks firing of head of federal whistleblower protection office

Trump administration is seeking to oust Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counsel. The US supreme court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that ...
The Guardian - 4d
Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling

Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.
The New York Times - 5d
Supreme Court Justices Appear Narrowly Divided Over Death Row Prisoner Plea for DNA Testing

The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.
The New York Times - 2d
Supreme Court throws out Oklahoma death row inmate's conviction over flawed trial

The Supreme Court threw out Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip’s murder conviction because a key witness lied in court and prosecutors withheld information about him.
NBC News - 1d
Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workers, judge rules

US judge rejects bid by group of labor unions to halt president’s government overhaul through Musk-led ‘Doge’. The Trump administration can for now continue its mass firings of federal employees, ...
The Guardian - 6d
Trump may rue firing experts when environmental rollbacks land in court

Advocacy groups are better prepared than the first term for legal challenges – but will the administration obey rulings?. Amid spending freezes and policy rollbacks from Donald Trump , ...
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Trump’s nominee for solicitor general won’t rule out ignoring court orders in ‘extreme cases’

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Supreme Court orders new trial for Richard Glossip

The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in favor of Oklahoma's Richard Glossip getting a new trial. The court ruled that Glossip, who has been on death row, may not have gotten his right to due process. CBS ...
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Supreme Court to hear arguments in "reverse discrimination" case

Marlean Ames is seeking to revive her lawsuit alleging her employer engaged in reverse discrimination when she was denied a promotion and then demoted.
CBS News - 1d
Supreme Court hearing arguments on "reverse discrimination" case

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on a "reverse discrimination" case after an Ohio woman claimed she was denied a promotion at work because she is heterosexual. CBS News' Jan Crawford reports.
CBS News - 7h
Kremlin disputes Trump's claim about Ukraine peacekeepers

Trump said that Russian President Putin "has no problem with," peacekeepers in Ukraine, but the Kremlin contradicted those comments Tuesday.
NBC News - 1d
AfD readmits two politicians excluded over Nazi-related remarks

After Sunday’s election the far-right party has decided to allow Maximilian Krah and Matthias Helferich to return to the parliamentary group . Two politicians for the far-right Alternative für ...
The Guardian - 1d
Birkenstock Loses Copyright Battle in German Court Ruling

The famous sandal company lost a battle over copyright law, leaving room for imitations to spawn.
The New York Times - 6d
US politics briefing: Trump administration warns Kyiv and picks up court win in mass firings case

From the Trump administration’s latest moves abroad and in the US – here are the key US politics stories from Thursday at a glance. Thursday saw a judge rule that the Trump administration can ...
The Guardian - 5d
Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating DEI-related grants

The judge found the administration's mandate that grant recipients not engage in "equity-related" programs was too broad.
NBC News - 4d
Trump needs a lesson on the Monroe Doctrine for US-Colombia relations

The decline of positive U.S. engagement in Colombia had already contributed to the spread of faux-democratic thinking and disinformation-fueled populism throughout the hemisphere.
The Hill - 1d
Supreme Court unanimously sides with Hungary in Holocaust survivors’ lawsuit

The Supreme Court unanimously sided with Hungary on Friday by rejecting a group of Holocaust survivors’ legal theory that sought to haul the country into American courts to pay compensation. The ...
The Hill - 5d
Supreme Court Rejects Holocaust Survivors’ Suit Against Hungary

The justices unanimously ruled that the plaintiffs had not established a connection to the United States required by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
The New York Times - 5d
Supreme Court tackles straight woman’s 'reverse' discrimination case

The Supreme Court will hear the case of Marlean Ames, a straight woman who said she was denied a promotion and demoted in favor of two people who are gay.
NBC News - 5d
An Important Judicial Tool Mysteriously Goes Missing at the Supreme Court

The justices have all but stopped issuing summary reversals, which are unsigned decisions used to correct clear errors by lower courts.
The New York Times - 2d
Musk flexes political muscle in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Elon Musk is flexing his political muscle in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race in an effort to tip the scales in favor of the conservative candidate. The tech billionaire, who has emerged as a key ...
The Hill - 1d
Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed alongside the state itself that his trial was unfair, ordering a new trial and staving off his execution. Convicted ...
The Hill - 1d
Supreme Court throws out Oklahoma death row inmate's conviction

The Supreme Court threw out murder conviction against an Oklahoma death row inmate because a witness in the case lied in court and prosecutors withheld information about him. MSNBC's Lisa Rubin ...
NBC News - 1d
Supreme Court Grants New Trial to Death Row Inmate in Oklahoma

Both sides had told the justices that long-suppressed evidence had undermined the case against the inmate, Richard Glossip.
The New York Times - 1d
Argentina’s Milei to bypasses senate to name supreme court judges

Libertarian leader’s use of controversial clause threatens to spark fight with opposition
Financial Times - 1d
Supreme Court leans toward reviving straight woman's reverse discrimination claim

The Supreme Court appeared likely to allow a woman to pursue a claim that she was discriminated at work because she is straight.
NBC News - 6h
Supreme Court finds 'radical agreement' in employment discrimination case

The Supreme Court seemed to find common ground in a high-profile case brought by a straight woman alleging "reverse" job discrimination in favor of gay people.
ABC News - 3h
Supreme Court appears sympathetic toward straight woman’s ‘reverse discrimination’ case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to lean toward reviving a straight woman’s “reverse discrimination” case brought over claims she was passed over for a promotion and demoted in favor of gay ...
The Hill - 4h
Supreme Court may side with Ohio woman on "reverse discrimination" case

The Supreme Court appears poised to side with an Ohio woman who alleges that she was denied a promotion and demoted because she is straight. CBS News' Catherine Cole reports.
CBS News - 2h
'See you in court': Trump and Maine governor clash over trans athlete order

President Trump called out Maine Gov. Janet Mills at a meeting of governors at the White House over her state not complying with his executive order to ban transgender athletes from women's sports.
NBC News - 5d
Comer threatens to remove Frost after Trump 'grifter' dispute

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) threatened to remove Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) from a committee meeting Tuesday following a dispute over the Florida ...
The Hill - 23h