At issue was whether school systems are required to provide parents with an “opt-out” option when parents claim their religious beliefs conflict with their children’s course material.
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Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare measure on preventive care
Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act.
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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order
At issue was how the lower courts should handle President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, which limited citizenship only to children born of parents with permanent status to be in the U.S.
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Supreme Court upholds South Carolina’s ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.
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‘Equal dignity’: U.S. map shows the impact of Obergefell v. Hodges decision
“They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law,” then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the June 26, 2015, ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. “The Constitution grants them that right.”
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U.S. Supreme Court allows — for now — third-country deportations
A federal judge had previously said people must get at least 15 days to challenge their deportations to countries they’re not originally from.
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Supreme Court faces new headwinds with roughly two weeks left in the term
Some 20 cases remain to be decided—about a third of the total argued cases–many of them the most important of the term. But the shadow docket — with its own list of cases — looms over the other opinions.
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Unanimous Supreme Court makes it easier to sue schools in disability cases
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the unanimous opinion, with Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing separate concurring opinions.
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Supreme Court says family can sue over wrong-house raid
A unanimous Supreme Court said a family whose house was wrongly raided by law enforcement can sue.
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Supreme Court grants DOGE access to confidential Social Security records
The order, for now, overturns actions that limited DOGE’s access to sensitive private information. In a separate case, the court said DOGE did not have to share internal records with a watchdog group.
