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Midway through Tuesday's arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked a question that stripped away the veneer of constitutional principle from the Supreme Court's latest blatant culture war. Last term, she noted, the court upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Now, in Chiles, the same court seemed poised to strike down Colorado's ban on "conversion therapy" for minors.
Alito specifically called out what he termed the "wrong turns" of originalism - which seem designed to encourage more extreme right results. As reported by Law.com: The first, he said, was displaying "insecure" originalism, which he described as people who remain on the "defensive" and are "haunted" by accusations of judicial activism. These originalists, he said, are "allergic" to any discussion of the value of the results produced by originalist methodologies.
For several years since conservatives, gained a six-three majority on the bench thanks to Donald Trump's nominations during his first presidency the court has been delivering transformative rulings that have reverberated across the social and political landscape. In 2022, it overturned Roe v Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion that had existed for nearly half-a-century. In July 2024, in a far-reaching decision, it granted Trump and, by extension, other US presidents sweeping immunity from prosecution
Today is Monday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2025. There are 86 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad while reviewing a military parade. Also on this date: In 1927, the era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, a feature film containing both silent and sound-synchronized sequences.
The Supreme Court will likely agree with lower courts that ruled President Donald Trump can't use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose broad tariffs, according experts surveyed by JPMorgan. The bank hosted a conference in London last month, and in a note on Monday it summarized highlights from a session on Trump's trade policies. Trade and legal experts said the odds that the high court will rule against the Trump administration are 70%-80% and expect a decision by the end of the year, according to the note, which added that the justices may not follow traditional ideological divides.
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if licensed guns owners have a right to carry their weapons at public places, including parks, beaches and stores. At issue are laws in California, Hawaii and three other states that generally prohibit carrying guns on private or public property. Three years ago, Supreme Court ruled that law-abiding gun owners had a 2nd Amendment right to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon when they leave home.
A ruling that stopped FDR from grabbing more power from Congress at the height of the New Deal is now on the chopping block - because Trump wants to do the same thing FDR was trying to do. Trump's Justice Department is also trying to convince the high court's six conservative justices that the principles they invoked to block President Biden's biggest executive actions do not apply to Trump's.
I wouldn't buy long-term treasuries ahead of that Supreme Court decision because if that revenue goes away, look out. Even though it's not a whole lot of money on the margin, this government needs it, McDowell said when the Supreme Court case was brought up during a discussion about the current partial government shutdown. We're already spending it by name, Brenberg added.
We live in an era where reasoned, thoughtful, rational, respectful discourse has been replaced by antagonistic, confrontational conversation, Kennedy, who was appointed to the supreme court during Ronald Reagan's presidency, remarked. It seems to me the idea of partisanship is becoming much more prevalent and more bitter. And my concern is that the court in its own opinions has to be asked to moderate and become much more respectful.
Yet the reason he finds himself in the president's crosshairs, apart from the subservience of a newly appointed U.S. attorney in Virginia with no experience in criminal law, and an attorney general who can't even bring herself to refer to Comey by name on the day of his indictment, can be traced to the federal judicial system itself. It is the Supreme Court of the United States, led by a chief justice who has done more than most to empower
The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, said that the "asserted harms" to Trump's conduct of foreign affairs "appear to outweigh the potential harm" faced by potential recipients of the foreign aid. The court said the emergency order is not a "final determination" on the freeze, as it plays out in the lower courts. "The relief granted by the Court today reflects our preliminary view, consistent with the standards for interim relief," the Supreme Court order said.
