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The U.S. Supreme Court will announce on December 15 whether it will hear a major challenge to federal marijuana bans brought by state-licensed cannabis companies, a decision that could force a reckoning between national law and the patchwork of state-legal markets. The justices are slated to discuss the petition in Canna Provisions Inc. v. Garland …
BREAKING: Justice Brett Kavanaugh intellectually PUMMELS DEI Justice Ketanji Jackson at the Supreme Court on whether President Trump can fire a Democrat member of the FTC 🔥 JACKSON: I don’t understand why the president gets to control everything and outweigh Congress’ authority and duty to protect the people! KAVANAUGH: “When both houses of Congress and …
The U.S. Supreme Court is signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of independent agency board members, as the court’s conservative majority suggested it would overturn a 90-year-old decision that has limited this type of presidential power. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren). The U.S. Supreme Court is signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of independent …
🚨BREAKING: Trump KNOWS he’s about to LOSE the tariff case at the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/DsB9fQRtyV — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) December 7, 2025 Costco alone has paid an estimated $90 billion in Trump’s import tariffs, part of a record $195 billion collected in fiscal 2025. The Supreme Court is now weighing whether those tariffs were even …
Costco is suing the Trump administration in an effort to get a full refund of new tariffs paid by the warehouse retail giant this year and to block those tariffs from continuing to be imposed as a Supreme Court case plays out. Costco in the suit notes that it risks losing the money already paid …
Judicial Watch (JW) has filed a lawsuit under Epstein Files Transparency Act pressing U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to release documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/JW-v-DOJ-Epstein-Files-complaint-01056.pdf Courts have ordered DOJ to expedite processing and identify what materials will be released. https://6abc.com/post/judge-orders-doj-expedite-processing-records-request-epstein-files/18209582/
The Supreme Court extended until Thursday night a pause in a judge’s order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for November. About 42 million Americans get food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Trump administration originally said it planned not to pay any SNAP benefits as the U.S. government shutdown persisted, …
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not reconsider its landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, rejecting a bid by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to overturn the decision. Davis, who served as the Rowan County clerk, drew national attention when she stopped issuing marriage licenses to …
And doesn’t sound too favorable toward his arguments by David Haggith The Supreme Court, exhibiting skepticism about the legality of Trump’s tariffs, showed that even they understand that the tariffs 1) are a tax and that they 2) are a tax on Americans. Even the most conservative justices did appear not buy the lie that foreign …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Polymarket odds plunged as low as 28 percent, now 31 percent. Court Skeptical The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on reciprocal tariffs. But it may take a while for a ruling. Axios reports Supreme Court Sounds Skeptical of Trump’s Wide-Ranging Tariffs The big picture: Some of the conservative justices seemed …
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115482797655964985 President Donald Trump, who recently suggested he would be at the Supreme Court on Wednesday for oral arguments in the case that will determine the fate of many of his wide-ranging tariffs, now says he will not attend. “I will not be going to the Court on Wednesday in that I do not want …
https://x.com/coinbureau/status/1985305958093045954 On Nov. 5, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that may decide the fate of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy. In Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, consolidated with Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, the Justices will decide if a specific act of Congress allows the president to impose tariffs, and if the act …
The president has frequently spoken about the potentially drastic consequences if the Supreme Court strikes down his sweeping tariffs, a view contested by his opponents. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s strategy to persuade the Supreme Court to uphold his sweeping tariffs is not subtle. To some opponents of his tariffs, Trump’s frequent use of apocalyptic …
A 76-year-old woman in Washington, DC just won a lawsuit that forbids her neighbor from smoking marijuana inside his own home. What sounds like a local nuisance case has quietly set a national precedent that could reshape every state where marijuana is legal under local law but still banned federally. For five years, Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd …
The fallout from the federal government shutdown, now in its 17th day, has come to the Supreme Court. Patricia McCabe, the head of the court’s Public Information Office, said in a statement released to reporters by email on Friday afternoon that the court “expects to run out of funding on October 18” and “if new …
NEW from @lukerosiak: The man arrested by DC police on Sunday outside a mass in honor of the Supreme Court had hundreds of explosive devices…and a manifesto suggesting he was targeting both the Supreme Court and Catholics.https://t.co/8grIaaYg0y — Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) October 7, 2025 Washington, D.C., police on Sunday arrested a man with hundreds …
The justices declined to take up a case that would’ve renewed attention on the Epstein sexual-abuse saga. Trump’s administration had urged the high court to stay out of the case. NOW – Trump says he'll "speak to the DOJ" about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. pic.twitter.com/kBZ3uacSyr — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 6, 2025 President Donald Trump said Monday …
The purge is happening right now. It is fast, deliberate, and ruthless. In just one week, the White House has gone after billionaire donors, state prosecutors, federal agents, and even Supreme Court justices. Each target matters. They are not random. They are symbols of resistance, people who stood in the way before. Now they are …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-204803376.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court sided again on Friday with Donald Trump, allowing his administration to withhold about $4 billion in foreign aid authorized by Congress for the current fiscal year as the Republican president pursues his “America First” agenda. The case raises questions involving the degree to which a president has the …
Trump did not just push the boundaries of power. He forced the courts to decide if the Federal Reserve’s independence now means protecting one of its own when fraud allegations surface. The statute says a governor can only be removed “for cause.” But it never defined the term. That hole in the law is now …
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to freeze billions in foreign aid payments for now, putting on hold a lower court ruling that required officials to spend $4 billion of that money by the end of the month. Roberts, who handles emergency appeals from federal courts in Washington, DC, issued what’s …
The Supreme Court gave ICE the power to act freely in Los Angeles, and the implications are bigger than most people realize. Federal law now takes priority over local rules, meaning ICE can enforce immigration without being blocked. This changes the balance, showing that national enforcement cannot be ignored. “The Supreme Court has lifted restrictions …
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has just appealed to the SUPREME COURT, asking permission to freeze billions of dollars in foreign aid. He had to do this because an activist judge declared themselves president and ordered Trump to spend the aid money. OVERTURN. pic.twitter.com/Pt4uZ35afk — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 8, 2025 The Trump administration asked the …
The United States faces an economic fault line few are willing to stare at, yet the cracks are widening visibly under policies that appear deliberately reckless, with consequences that could cascade across every sector of daily life and national finance, destabilizing supply chains, investment confidence, and ordinary household budgets simultaneously. President Trump has warned that …
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to quickly accept and rule on his effort to overturn lower court rulings that found most of his tariffs were not legal. Trump has made tariffs on imports from other countries the central plank of his administration’s trade policy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Pressure is on Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Alito. Trump Moans on Truth Social Trump Truth Social Link: ALL TARIFFS ARE STILL IN EFFECT! Today a Highly Partisan Appeals Court incorrectly said that our Tariffs should be removed, but they know the United States of America will win in …
Trump didn’t just win. He followed the law. “Congress has mandated legal disputes over federal government grants and contracts be pursued only in the Court of Federal Claims,” Solicitor General John Sauer told the justices. That’s not a loophole. That’s jurisdiction. The media buried it. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/08/22/supreme-court-says-trump-can-end-dei-research-at-nih-00518578 🚨 BREAKING – TRUMP WINS AT SUPREME COURT: SCOTUS …
A suit has been filed. The Supreme Court has been formally asked to overturn gay marriage. But it has not agreed to hear the case, and there is no ruling or decision yet. Tim Pool’s framing is speculative, not confirmed.
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes now wears a new label in Washington: sanctioned for human rights abuses. The U.S. government accuses him of abusing power to silence dissent, targeting Americans through secret court orders that pressured major social media companies to ban voices critical of the regime. His judicial overreach includes authorizing pre-trial …
The Trump administration wants to end automatic birthright citizenship as enshrined in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday handed a major win to the Trump administration by allowing it to take steps to implement its proposal to end automatic birthright citizenship. In a 6-3 vote, the court granted a request …