On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the federal government’s practice of turning away asylum-seekers at ports of entry along the US–Mexico border. In Noem v. Al Otro Lado, the government contends that turning asylum-seekers away is within the bounds of federal law and is a critical tool for managing [...]

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday, October 7, in Chiles v. Salazar, a case concerning Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy”—treatments that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity—for minors. A Christian therapist is challenging the law, arguing that it violates her freedom of speech. This case follows a [...]

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on May 15 regarding the federal government’s request to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship—the constitutional guarantee that virtually all individuals born on US soil automatically become citizens. Oral arguments will be for three consolidated cases: Trump v. CASA, Inc., Trump v. Washington and [...]

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments that could change how employment discrimination claims work for people in majority groups. In Ames v. Department of Ohio Youth Services, an Ohio woman whose “reverse discrimination” claim was dismissed by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on [...]

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a landmark case involving a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming healthcare for minors. United States v. Skrmetti marks the Supreme Court’s first opportunity to address transgender rights under the Equal Protection Clause and comes in the wake of a rise in state laws regulating gender-affirming [...]