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SCOTUS backs states protecting minors from transgender treatment—Colorado lawmakers say HB25-1312 defies it
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SCOTUS backs states protecting minors from transgender treatment—Colorado lawmakers say HB25-1312 defies it

 By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s restrictions on gender-related medical interventions for minors has reignited scrutiny over Colorado’s HB25-1312, with several Republican lawmakers calling the ruling a clear rebuke to the law’s premise—and a warning to parents. “I was so happy with the Supreme Court’s ruling. I hope it leads to the State of Colorado being sued for the passing and the Governor’s signing of HB25-1312,” said Sen. Janice Rich (Mesa County). That ruling, issued June 18 in U.S. v. Skrmetti, affirmed that Tennessee’s restrictions on puberty blockers and hormone treatments for youth were constitutionally sound because the state had a legitimate interest in protecting minors from harm.  The ma...
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SCOTUS to hear religious expression case on allowing explicit LGBTQIA+ books in schools
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SCOTUS to hear religious expression case on allowing explicit LGBTQIA+ books in schools

By Hannah Nightingale | The Post Millennial The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case brought forth by Maryland parents against Montgomery County Board of Education members over the mandated inclusion of storybooks that "celebrate gender transitions, explore Pride parades, and introduce same-sex romance between young children." The case was brought against the board by Muslim parents Tamer Mahboud and Enak Barakat, Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox parents Jeff and Svitlana Roman, and Catholic Chris and Melissa Persak, all of whom have children in the county, as well as the unincorporated association Kids First, which was formed to "protect parental opt-out rights in the Montgomery County schools." In their petition to the Supreme Court, which w...
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Justice Thomas slams SCOTUS majority for backing Biden’s ghost gun ‘Overreach’
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Justice Thomas slams SCOTUS majority for backing Biden’s ghost gun ‘Overreach’

By Katelynn Richardson | Daily Caller Justice Clarence Thomas slammed the majority for backing a Biden administration rule regulating “ghost guns” on Wednesday. In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court held that a rule enabling gun parts kits to be regulated as traditional firearms is not inconsistent with the Gun Control Act (GCA). “The GCA embraces, and thus permits ATF to regulate, some weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers, including those we have discussed,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the ruling. “Because the court of appeals held otherwise, its judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.” READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY CALLER
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SCOTUS rules on nearly $2 billion in frozen USAID payments
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SCOTUS rules on nearly $2 billion in frozen USAID payments

By Breanne Deppisch  | Fox News The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration's request to block a lower court's order for the administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign aid money, delivering a near-term reprieve to international aid groups and contractors seeking payment for previously completed projects. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices said that the Feb. 26 deadline imposed by a lower court for the Trump administration to pay the funds had already expired, and directed the case back to the district court to clarify any additional details on payment. "Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must ...
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Clarence Thomas scolds SCOTUS over ‘refusal to intervene’ on free speech case
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Clarence Thomas scolds SCOTUS over ‘refusal to intervene’ on free speech case

By Katelynn Richardson | Daily Caller Justice Clarence Thomas wrote Monday that the Supreme Court should not let “confusion persist” regarding students’ free speech rights on university campuses. The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case questioning whether “bias response teams” on university campuses chill students’ free speech rights, though Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito would have taken the case. Over 450 colleges and universities nationwide have “bias response teams” that encourage students to report incidents of bias committed by their peers to school officials, Thomas noted in a dissent. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY CALLER
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SCOTUS folds on first appeal of new term, doesn’t support Trump’s effort to clean house
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SCOTUS folds on first appeal of new term, doesn’t support Trump’s effort to clean house

By Ben Zeislof | Western Journal The Supreme Court punted on whether or not President Donald Trump is allowed to dismiss Hampton Dellinger, the head of a federal whistleblower protection office, marking the latest development in one of the various legal battles surrounding the new administration’s government reform efforts. Its decision on Friday comes after the administration filed an emergency appeal requesting that members of the Supreme Court overrule a lower court’s decision to reinstall Dellinger, according to The Hill. Dellinger, a Biden appointee, leads the Office of Special Counsel. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WESTERN JOURNAL
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SCOTUS conservatives seem ready to uphold child sex change bans
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SCOTUS conservatives seem ready to uphold child sex change bans

By Katelynn Richardson | Daily Caller Every conservative justice expressed skepticism Wednesday of the Biden administration’s challenge to state ban on child sex changes, except Justice Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch, who authored a landmark ruling in 2020 expanding sex discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation in the context of employment, didn’t say a word during over two hours of oral arguments. Tennessee’s law, which is at the center of the United States v. Skrmetti case, restricts minors from receiving medical treatments intended to help them live as an identity “inconsistent” with their sex. The Biden administration argues it draws sex-based lines on medical treatments in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. READ THE FULL STORY ON TH...
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UCLA’s blueprint to increase diversity and sidestep SCOTUS ruling could make it ‘prime target’ for Trump DOJ
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UCLA’s blueprint to increase diversity and sidestep SCOTUS ruling could make it ‘prime target’ for Trump DOJ

By Jaryn Crouson | Daily Caller The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has laid the groundwork for schools to skirt the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that banned affirmative action admission policies. While several universities saw a rise in Asian enrollment and a decrease in black and Latino enrollment following the Supreme Court’s landmark 2023 ruling that banned the use of race as a factor in college admission decisions, UCLA saw an unprecedented rise in “diversity.” The university has openly boasted of its method of outreach toward nonwhite students and change in the admissions process that allows the school to reach its desired ratio of students. “[T]here is abundant evidence that, since 2007, UCLA’s undergraduate admissions office has been using significant racial pr...
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