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Supreme Court Clears Path for Trump’s Federal Workforce Reductions

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a pivotal ruling in Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, allowing the Trump administration to proceed with an executive order mandating significant reductions in the federal workforce. The decision, delivered in a brief unsigned opinion, temporarily stayed an injunction by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco, which had blocked the administration from implementing the order pending ongoing appeals.

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SCOTUS Allows Trump to Remove the Heads of Independent Agencies

The Supreme Court has ordered a stay that halts the reinstatement of Gwynne Wilcox to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Cathy Harris to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), following President Donald Trump's attempt to fire them without cause. These two agencies are pivotal to forming policy on worker’s rights in both the private and public sector, as such the heads of each agency will be extremely influential moving forward.

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SCOTUS Split 4-4 Over Publicly Funded Religious Schools

On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond (consolidated with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond), affirming the Oklahoma Supreme Court's ruling against publicly funding religious charter schools. This case has sparked debate over the intersection of religious freedom, public education, and constitutional law.

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Notable Cases at SCOTUS This Term

Families across the country wait to see if their kids can access certain medical care, parents wonder if their religious beliefs will be respected in schools, and police wait for standards of accountability. As the Supreme Court’s 2024-2025 term wraps up, five major cases are set to tackle these questions and more, touching on LGBTQ+ rights, religious freedom in child rearing, disability discrimination and accommodations, online free speech, and police accountability.

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Supreme Court Steps In to Preserve Private Lawsuits Under Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court has temporarily shielded the Voting Rights Act (VRA) from a lower court ruling that threatened to gut a key enforcement provision of the landmark civil rights law. In a brief order, the justices paused a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit that would have barred private individuals and organizations from suing under Section 2 of the Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

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White House Asks SCOTUS to Stay Injunction Requiring Grants for DEI and Gender Ideology

The Trump administration has escalated a legal battle over the termination of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, asking the Supreme Court to step in and halt a lower court's order that compels the continued funding of research projects linked to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and gender ideology.

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Trump Administration Aims to Weaken Current Gun Regulations

The Trump Administration has initiated a decisive shift in the national debate over firearms, moving beyond legislative battles to employ a novel strategy centered on executive authority. The administration's core objective is to systematically dismantle the federal firearms regulatory framework from within. This is being achieved not by repealing laws through Congress, but through targeted non-enforcement of statutes, strategic reversals in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) litigation posture, and administrative actions to nullify prior regulations.

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White House Asks SCOTUS to Stay Injunction Requiring Grants for DEI and Gender Ideology
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White House Asks SCOTUS to Stay Injunction Requiring Grants for DEI and Gender Ideology

The Trump administration has escalated a legal battle over the termination of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, asking the Supreme Court to step in and halt a lower court's order that compels the continued funding of research projects linked to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and gender ideology.

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