Souter was appointed to the Supreme Court by President George H. W. Bush in 1990. He retired in 2009.
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Supreme Court upholds Trump’s ban on transgender military members while appeals continue
The justices blocked a lower court order that temporarily halted the ban’s enforcement.
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Supreme Court seems poised to require state-funded charter schools to include religious schools
The case is from Oklahoma, which like 45 other states, has laws that say charter schools must be public schools funded by the state, closely supervised by the state, and be non-sectarian.
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In first 100 days, Trump tests limits, creates chaos and turns from allies
From foreign policy and tariffs to immigration changes and targeting of DEI, here’s a look back at some of the major moves made in the past 100 days of President Trump’s second administration.
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Can charter schools be religious? If so, what does that mean for public education?
The case could transform public education in the Unites States.
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Supreme Court leans toward parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools
At the center of the case is the school system in Montgomery County, Md., the most religiously diverse county in the U.S., with 160,000 students of almost all faiths.
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump’s birthright citizenship order in May
Trump issued an executive order on day one of his administration that sought to limit birthright citizenship, an idea widely considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago, and that decision has never been disturbed.
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The risk Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case poses for citizens, according to legal scholar
NPR’s Michel Martin talks with constitutional scholar Kim Wehle about President Trump’s refusal to demand the return of a wrongly deported Salvadoran national, despite a Supreme Court order.
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Supreme Court says Trump officials should help return wrongly deported Maryland man
The Supreme Court ordered the administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly taken to El Salvador and remains in custody there.
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Supreme Court lets Trump move forward with firing thousands of federal workers
The Supreme Court’s stay, which allows the administration to execute the firings for now while it litigates in federal court, does not mean the terminations were lawful.
