Supreme Court powerDec. 4, 2024 What I Saw Providing Gender-Affirming Care to Trans Kids in TennesseeDr. Susan Lacy, a plaintiff in the major trans-rights case before the Supreme Court, on how the state’s ban affected her patients.
Washington —President-elect Donald Trump'svictory Tuesdayhas stirred up whispers about whether Justice Sonia Sotomayor should step down from the Supreme Court to allow President Biden to nominate a successor before Republicans take control of Washington.But any changes in the composition of the nation...
the high court paused the district court's decision invalidating the rule, allowing it to take effect while litigation played out. Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined with the three liberal justices in allowing the Justice Department to enforce the measure. ...
Those in the LGBTQ community, especially youth, have increasingly reported negative mental health and suicidal ideation as more than 20 states have moved to restrict access to gender-affirming care and other rights. Friday’s ruling was on an emergency motion, and the court cases against the new...
Supreme Court on the grounds that his First and 14th Amendments rights were being violated. The court upheld the law in a unanimous 9-0 decision, definitively ruling that child pornography is an exception to the First Amendment. [Pictured: The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington D....
(2) whether the Montana Supreme Court’s split decision below exceeded the bounds of ordinary judicial review by invalidating under the Montana Constitution two Montana election integrity provisions — one setting the voter-registration deadline at noon the day before election day, and another ...
II. AFFIRMING THE LOWER COURT'S DECISION WOULD IMPOSE SIG- NIFICANT ADDITIONAL COSTS ON ILLINOIS HEALTH CARE PRO- VIDERS AND CONSUMERS Health care is expensive. National health care "spending was $4.3 trillion or $12,914 per capita in 2021." Dr. Apoorva Rama, National Health Expenditures, ...
Justice Debra Lehrmann, the only justice to dissent, was clear in herdisagreement. She wrote that the decision means “the State can usurp parental authority to follow a physician’s advice regarding their own children’s medical needs.” Lehrmanniden...
who appointed three of its six conservative justices. Called "Stop the Relentless Power Grab," the initiative is a nod to the court's decision this term in a pair of cases — one called Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce — thatcurtailed the power of federal agenciesto interpret an...
The gun industry is asking the Supreme Court to reverse that decision, warning that it could open the door to a flood of lawsuits from other foreign and U.S. governmental entities seeking to hold the firearms industry accountable for the violence perpetrated by users of their wea...