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Election-related decisions coming from Supreme Court. What to know for midterms
The Supreme Court may not be done disrupting this year’s elections. Here are the big decisions that are coming that could impact the midterms.
U.S. Supreme Court settles long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande
In a brief order Tuesday, the court accepted the recommendation of a special master to move forward with agreements first proposed last year by New Mexico, Texas and Colorado.
Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of congressional map helping GOP, despite racial bias ruling
The state's Republican leadership filed an emergency appeal with the justices a day after a three-judge court refused to let the state use a map it adopted three years ago that has a majority Black population in just one of its seven congressional districts.
In Alabama Case, Supreme Court Faces First Major Test of Voting Rights Act Ruling
Republican leaders in the state have asked the justices to clear the way for a congressional map that a lower court found discriminated against Black voters.
Alabama Republicans ask Supreme Court to allow congressional map found racially discriminatory by lower court
“The last of the gentlemen Republicans”: John Cornyn’s four-decade political career ends with a MAGA uprising
A former state Supreme Court justice, Texas attorney general and a four-term U.S. senator, Cornyn had held on in the Republican Party as it transformed from the party of Bush, to the Tea Party movement and eventually the dominion of Trump.
Supreme Court sides with Trump in dispute over immigration judges' speech restrictions
The justices overturned a lower-court ruling that questioned whether a complaint system for federal employees is still working as intended after the Republican president fired some of its top officials.
Supreme Court rejects Florida's bid to sue Western states over commercial driver's licenses for immigrants
The case the court turned away Tuesday stems from a crash in Florida last year that killed three people.
Virginia voters will decide 3 ballot measures in November general election
The measures are not affected by a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that blocked redistricting referendum results.
Supreme Court Reverses Ruling in Immigration Judges’ Free Speech Lawsuit
A group of immigration judges in 2020 challenged work-related restrictions on their public speaking engagements, saying they violated their free speech rights.
Oral arguments are taking forever. Supreme Court justices have had enough
Like all good lawyers, Supreme Court justices can argue over anything – including, it turns out, how best to argue.
With Big Decisions Ahead, the Supreme Court Collides With a Testy Trump
President Trump has alternated between bullying the justices and cozying up to them as the court prepares to announce major decisions that will determine the fate of the key aspects of his agenda.
Supreme Court revives damages suit against cruise ship companies that docked in Cuba
The Supreme Court subjected the world’s largest cruise ship companies to a stiff headwind on Thursday, reviving a claim that alleged they trafficked in property confiscated by the Cuban government when they docked their ships in Havana.
Portland businesses hit hard by tariffs await refunds months after Supreme Court ruling
In February, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Trump under a 50-year-old statute. We hear from two CEOs in Portland about the impact the tariffs have had on their small businesses and the refunds they have applied for and are hoping to get.
Bonus 228: The $1.776B Political Question
Every so often a story comes along that is so brazen, so cleanly emblematic of the moment we are living through, that staying quiet about it feels like a kind of complicity unto itself. Monday’s announcement by the Department of Justice that the Acting Attorney General has unilaterally created a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to compensate so-called “victims of lawfare” is one of those stories. And the reason I want to write about it here, in a newsletter ostensibly devoted to the Supreme Court and the law and politics surrounding it, is that I’m increasingly worried that we’re asking the wrong institution to save us from one of the most offensive, alarming, and anti-constitutional things we’ve seen from any president in American history. As I explain below the fold, the Anti-Weaponization Fund is not principally a legal problem awaiting a judicial fix. It is a shockingly egregious political abuse—the President suing his own government, purporting to settle with himself, and routing nearly $2 billion from the Treasury to his own supporters as a not-so-subtle (and not-so-formal) reward, if not an incentive, for political violence. And the Constitution’s answer to political abuses of this kind and magnitude is a political remedy, not a legal one. In his majority opinion in NFIB v. Sebelius (the Affordable Care Act case from 2012), Chief Justice Roberts defended the Court’s endorsement of Congress’s power to adopt the individual mandate by noting that it is “not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.” As much of a judicial supremacist as I am, that sentiment is, for better or worse, an entirely correct (and, in the long term, normatively desirable) institutional assessment. One can believe in substantial judicial power without believing that literally every political dispute in our country can and should be resolved by unelected judges. The real upshot of this latest headline (among so, so many other similar headlines) is that it is past time to reinvigorate impeachment—not because conviction is realistic in this Senate, or even because impeachment itself is feasible in this House, but because forcing every member of Congress to vote on the record whether this brazen, corrosive, and affirmatively dangerous corruption is impeachable is itself a point worth fighting for (and fighting with our friends over). Assuming the courts will save us absolves our political leaders of both responsibility and accountability for allowing this kind of mischief to continue, and it absolves all of us of our responsibility to refuse to tolerate those who would just as quickly shrug their shoulders and move on. For those who aren’t paid subscribers, we’ll be back (no later than) Monday with our continuing coverage of the Supreme Court. For those who are, please read on.
‘A Jackie Robinson moment’: Jeffries echoes NAACP calls for college sports boycott over voting rights
The top US House Democrat called out SEC schools for their silence in the wake of a supreme court decision that has severely weakened the Voting Rights Act
‘Cockroach Janata Party’: Top Indian judge’s comment sparks satire, protest
Controversial remark by Supreme Court chief justice triggers a political movement, with thousands of Gen Z signing in.
Couple sues Maine health providers, accusing radiologist of overlooking warning sign of stroke
The lawsuit is the first known medical malpractice case filed in Maine's federal court against a non-governmental defendant since a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, attorney says.
The Supreme Court just handed down two surprisingly timid Voting Rights Act decisions
Why did a Court that hates the Voting Rights Act with the intensity of a thousand suns decide to stay its hand?
Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision
At a time when public confidence in the court is low, Jackson said the court must be careful to avoid being seen as political.
ICYMI: State Leaders Attended NFIB’s 2026 Ohio Small Business Day
Small business owners heard from the Senate President, House Speaker, and Chief Just of the Supreme Court.
Justice Jackson criticizes Supreme Court’s handling of major voting case
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the court's decision to expedite a ruling in a major voting rights case made it appear political.
Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision
Polling has shown public trust in the Supreme Court at historic lows in recent years.
Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision
Polling has shown public trust in the Supreme Court at historic lows in recent years.
Powell: Courtroom chaos in Murdaugh case could spill into South Carolina politics
News that the South Carolina Supreme Court had overturned the murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh in the state’s “Trial of the Century” made headlines nationwide.
Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision
She spoke after writing a solo dissent from the court's decision allowing Louisiana to move quickly to use new maps.
Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday that the Supreme Court risks being seen as political in the wake of a major voting rights decision.
Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday that the Supreme Court risks being seen as political in the wake of a major voting rights decision.
Justice Jackson slams Supreme Court’s handling of rush appeal in Louisiana redistricting case
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson offered a blistering critique Monday of the Supreme Court’s handling of a recent high-profile redistricting case, asserting that the court needed to be “really, really careful” in the churn of an election year to avoid appearing political and suggesting it had failed to do so in that case.
Supreme Court deals blow to Big Pharma
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New suit would force Missouri ruling on redistricting referendum
There is a new legal fight underway over Missouri’s newly-drawn congressional maps, less than a week after a pair of unanimous state supreme court rulings on the issue.
Lone Star Politics: May 18, 2026
Early voting starts this week, Dallas sees a grudge match between Colin Allred and Julie Johnson. Then an update on congressional maps and the Supreme Courts decision.
Supreme Court sends closely watched Native American voting rights decision back to lower court
The Supreme Court has acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the Civil Rights-era law.
Murdaugh attorney SLAMMED after retrial ruling: ‘Bald-faced allegations of politics’
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson discusses the state Supreme Court’s ruling in the Alex Murdaugh retrial case and criticism of defense attorney Dick Harpootlian’s past Democratic political leanings.
Children’s Colorado must resume care to transgender plaintiffs, state Supreme Court rules by 5-2
The Colorado Supreme Court, by a 5-2 vote, ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado on Monday to resume providing certain medical services to a group of transgender plaintiffs, which it had ceased in the face of funding threats from the federal government last year. The unusual appeal before the Supreme Court stemmed from a trial judge’s rejection […]
Expert explains the science, safety, and legal landscape around mifepristone used in abortions, miscarriage care
The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved access to mifepristone—the medication used in the majority of abortions in the United States and in some miscarriage care—for now. The action maintains current rules ...
Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans target Rep. Clyburn's seat
The Southern redistricting efforts come after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened Voting Rights Act protections for minority districts.
Supreme Court sends closely watched Native American voting rights decision back to lower court
The Supreme Court has acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the Civil Rights-era law | KNSS Radio
Supreme Court sends closely watched Native American voting rights decision back to lower court
The Supreme Court has acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the Civil Rights-era law | News-Talk 1380 WAOK
The ugly reality of racial politics in today’s Republican Party
The GOP is increasingly embracing racial politics, with many of its members either expressing racist views or playing along by ignoring them, as evidenced by the recent Supreme Court ruling that di…
Supreme Court ruling throws Alabama politics into turmoil
A renewed redistricting fight deepened uncertainty over election maps, voting rights and Republican divisions, underscoring Alabama’s outsized role in national political battles.
The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision Spurred Swift Action in Louisiana and Alabama
The timing brought the court into the middle of a fight to redraw voting maps across the South, even as some primaries were underway.
Trump’s MAGA Supreme Court lawyer breaks tradition, but the justices embrace it
Over the past year, US Solicitor General D. John Sauer has been pushing the boundaries of the law at the Supreme Court with a delivery that is quickfire, confrontational and imbued with MAGA attitude.
Tri-state political maps unlikely to change despite national redistricting debate
While a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling has lawmakers in some states talking about redrawing their congressional maps, it’s unlikely Iowa, Illinois or Wisconsin will see any changes ahead of
Consumers sue Amazon for not refunding Trump tariff costs
Amazon.com Inc was sued on Friday by consumers seeking refunds for costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices as a result of tariffs the U.S. Supreme Court later concluded had been unlawfully imposed by President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court turns away Virginia Democrats seeking to reinstate new voting map
The new election map blocked the Virginia Supreme Court would have favored Democrats in 10 of its 11 congressional districts.
Supreme Court rejects bid to restore Virginia congressional map favoring Democrats
In recent days, the justices have sided with Republicans in Alabama and Louisiana who hope to redo their congressional maps to produce more GOP-leaning seats following the court’s voting rights decision.
Supreme Court deals blow to Virginia Democrats in fight over state court ruling
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency appeal seeking to revive a voter-approved congressional redistricting overhaul, leaving intact a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that struck down the effort as unconstitutional ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Supreme Court Upholds Virginia Ruling Rejecting Democrats’ New Voting Map
State officials had asked the justices to step in to allow the state to use a congressional map in the midterms that was drawn by Democrats and recently approved by voters.
Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ attempt to revive new congressional map
The decision leaves in place a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that concluded the process leading up to a referendum approving a new map was legally flawed.
US Supreme Court tosses longshot appeal from Virginians to use new congressional map that would benefit Democrats
The Supreme Court on Friday tossed out an emergency request from Virginia officials to reinstate a congressional map that would have benefited Democrats in this year’s midterm election, a widely expected decision that represented the court’s latest foray into a nationwide redistricting war.
Democrats’ redistricting push in Virginia dies at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Virginia Democrats' longshot bid to revive a new congressional map. It leaves the national party at a redistricting disadvantage.
Texas high court rejects removal of Democratic lawmakers who led quorum break over redistricting
The Texas Supreme Court has refused to declare that Democratic state lawmakers who briefly left the state last year in a quorum break to stop a vote on new congressional voting maps pushed by President Donald Trump vacated their offices.
The Weekly Closeout: Another entertainment exec at Gap Inc., and tariff refunds trickle in
The apparel conglomerate beefed up its "fashiontainment" roster, while retailers are getting their money back on import levies canceled by the Supreme Court.
New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Democratic governor on Thursday signed into law a bill that uses a novel approach to reduce the influence of corporations and hard-to-track “dark money” groups that have been able to spend unlimited amounts on politics since a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics. This move comes after the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election...
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, mifepristone, at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Access is likely to remain uninterrupted at least until into next year as the case plays out, including a potential appeal to the high court.
US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power
Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and more are pushing to eliminate Democratic districts after supreme court ruling
This Day in History: Supreme Court legalizes sports betting in 2018
On this day in 2018, the Supreme Court cleared the way to legalize sports betting.
Tracking the major Supreme Court cases of 2026
CNN is tracking the key Supreme Court cases for the 2025-2026 term, which will have far-reaching implications for millions of Americans.
In delayed U.S. House vote, Louisiana poised to temporarily move back to open primaries
Gov. Jeff Landry suspended the elections after the Supreme Court ruled the current voting map unconstitutional.
Kemp calls special session to redraw 2028 maps, overhaul voting process
The June special session comes on the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court decision gutting racial gerrymandering protections in the Voting Rights Act.
Why Is John Roberts in a Rush All of a Sudden?
Over his two decades on the Supreme Court, United States Chief Justice John Roberts had consistently played the long game.
When the Supreme Court Said Sports Betting Could Be Legalized, It Left the Issue to the States, Not the CFTC
Introduction Eight years ago today, the Supreme Court invalidated a federal ban on states legalizing sports gambling. This decision led some states to legalize betting on sports, which precipitated a nationwide epidemic of sports gambling addiction. Now, the rise of sports betting on prediction market platforms is poised to cause sports betting addiction in the
Dems’ latest Virginia redistricting scheme draws mockery amid major court filing blunder
Democrats are facing Republican ridicule from a former prosecutor after reportedly filing their Virginia redistricting appeal to the wrong Supreme Court
Supreme Court halts order on Alabama's U.S. House map, giving GOP an opening to gain seat
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for Alabama to eliminate one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections.
So the Supreme Court Is Just Letting the Republicans Get Away with Unfair Districts, Huh
I’m suddenly very worried about the midterms.
Supreme Court extends mifepristone deadline
The deadliest drug in the country, the new name for PCOS, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Virginia Democrats’ irresponsible new plan to save their gerrymander
Democrats just handed the Supreme Court’s Republicans a loaded weapon.
Fetterman weighs in after PA Supreme Court justice apparently splits from Democratic Party over antisemitism
Sen. John Fetterman responds after Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht sounds alarm about antisemitism in the Democratic Party.
Birth tourism: a key part of Trump’s anti-immigration platform
The practice may be a major factor in an upcoming Supreme Court ruling
Alabama order further weakens John Roberts’ claim that justices aren’t ‘political actors’
The GOP-appointed Supreme Court majority handed a win to Alabama Republicans in the nationwide redistricting war.
New Orleans leaders talk strategy for Louisiana redistricting at town hall: ‘We’ve got to fight together’
New Orleans leaders on Monday night expressed outrage, disappointment, and hope for fighting back against a Supreme Court decision that removes a second majority-minority congressional district from Louisiana, calling it a suppression of the local Black electorate's power.
What to know about states' efforts to limit corporate donations in politics
HONOLULU (AP) — Two states could try a new way to reduce the influence of corporations and hard-to-track “dark money” groups that have been able to spend unlimited amounts on politics since the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling.
What to know about states' efforts to limit corporate donations in politics
Two states could try to squeeze companies' money out of politics by redefining the powers of corporations. Advocates see the effort as a way to get around the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision...
Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay
The Supreme Court has barred considering race when crafting legislative districts. But race could remain embedded in political gerrymandering, despite vehement claims to the contrary.
Supreme Court hands Alabama major boost in redistricting fight
Alabama legislators are hoping to boost the GOP in November’s midterm elections in the wake of last month’s Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act.
Supreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use New Voting Map
A majority of the justices sided with Alabama in a move that could speed up efforts to put in place a congressional district map that would eliminate a majority-Black district.
Supreme Court allows Alabama to eliminate congressional district held by a Black Democrat
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday allowed Alabama to revert to a congressional map with one majority-Black district in a sudden ruling that drew a dissent from the court’s three liberal justices.
Virginia Democrats ask US Supreme Court to let them use new congressional map
Democratic officials in Virginia asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate a congressional map that would benefit their party ahead of this year’s midterm elections, the latest map drawing appeal to reach the high court amid a flurry of mid-decade redistricting.
It’s Only a Matter of Time Until the Supreme Court Cracks on the 14th Amendment
The president has upped the pressure on conservative Justices. Something tells me they won’t be able to handle it.
Democrats ask Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts
Democrats on Monday filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a Virginia ruling invalidating a ballot measure that would have given their party an additional four winnable U.S. House seats.
Supreme Court temporarily extends access to a widely used abortion pill
The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.
Virginia Officials Ask Supreme Court to Restore Voting Map Drawn by Democrats
State officials asked the justices to overturn a Virginia Supreme Court decision that struck down a congressional map, a major defeat for Democrats.
Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court has barred considering race when crafting legislative districts. But race could remain embedded in political gerrymandering, despite vehement claims to the contrary.
The connection between periods and mental health
Plans to oust Makary, a looming Supreme Court deadline on mifepristone, and other health news from Morning Rounds
Video: The G.O.P. Rush To Break Up Majority-Black Districts
Republican-controlled legislatures in the South are breaking up majority-Black congressional districts in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti describes what it means for the midterms.
How Minority Districts Fueled the G.O.P.’s Southern Ascendancy in Congress
The “majority-minority” House districts struck down by the Supreme Court last week sent a surge of Black and Hispanic lawmakers to Congress. They also opened opportunities for the G.O.P.
Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Allow it to Use New Voting Map
State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama’s congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act.
‘The hill just got a little steeper’: Dems reel after Virginia Supreme Court voids redistricting referendum ahead of midterms
Gorsuch says ideological divides on Supreme Court come down to ‘how you read law,’ not politics
Justice Gorsuch, who calls himself a “proud textualist," stressed that competing legal philosophies, not partisanship, shape rulings and relationships on the high court.
The glaring error in the Virginia Supreme Court’s gerrymandering decision
The court buried itself in dictionaries and missed the obvious.
Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan, dimming party’s midterm hopes
Voters narrowly approved the amendment April 21, but the court's ruling renders the results of that vote meaningless.
Virginia Supreme Court blocks Democratic-drawn congressional map voters approved in April
The court ruled that Democrats did not follow proper procedure when they put the constitutional amendment on the ballot in an effort to flip four House seats.
Virginia Supreme Court rules on new congressional map
The ruling is a significant victory for Republicans in the state, who argued the map was an "unconstitutional power grab," and would grant Democrats a 10-1 advantage.
Virginia Supreme Court blocks referendum that would have helped Democrats win up to four more US House seats
The Virginia Supreme Court voided Democrats’ attempt to redraw the state’s US House map in an April referendum.
The Supreme Court Crippling Black Voting Power Was Not an Accident
There is a particular kind of violence the court’s majority prefers because the justices can deny it while it is happening.
See How the G.O.P. Cut Up Tennessee’s Only Majority Black District
A recent Supreme Court ruling makes it much harder to argue that a map illegally dilutes Black voting power. Tennessee has since broken up a predominantly Black district.