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The Supreme Court is seen, April 21, 2023, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, declined to consider the case of a man on death row in Georgia whose lawyers argue that a prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors during his trial. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democrats renew push to expand Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Missouri takes Trump’s New York gag order, sentencing to Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen, April 21, 2023, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, declined to consider the case of a man on death row in Georgia whose lawyers argue that a prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors during his trial. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Supreme Court justices tempered conservative decisions; most 5th Circuit cases overturned

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Gulls follow a commercial fishing boat as crewmen haul in their catch in the Gulf of Maine, in this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo. Executive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety and other issues under a far-reaching decision by the Supreme Court. The court's 6-3 ruling on Friday overturned a 1984 decision colloquially known as Chevron that has instructed lower courts to defer to federal agencies when laws passed by Congress are not crystal clear. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Anglers chide Democrats who want to sink Supreme Court rulings on agency deference, Trump immunity

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 29, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Supreme Court again rejects activist’s lawsuit against liberal justices over 2020 election

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee after a meeting with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and the House Republican Conference on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Speaker Mike Johnson rips Biden’s proposal to push for Supreme Court term limits

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - Pens are encircled by "I Voted" stickers at an election precinct in Jackson, Miss., March 12, 2024. A federal appeals court ruled Thursday, July 18, that Mississippi legislators, not the courts, must decide whether to change the state's practice of stripping voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Court says Jim Crow-era felony voting ban in Mississippi can be altered by lawmakers, not judges

By Emily Wagster Pettus and Kevin McGill - Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court Police officers stand outside the U.S Supreme Court Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Supreme Court took a ‘bite out of the administrative state,’ experts say

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Conservatives slam reports of Biden Supreme Court overhaul, call it a legal ‘coup’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court building is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Biden to push major changes to Supreme Court: Report

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Supreme Court precedents illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

For Supreme Court liberals, some precedents are more equal than others

By Peter Parisi

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump lawyers press judge to overturn hush money conviction after Supreme Court immunity ruling

By Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Supreme Court’s Purdue Pharma ruling gives ammunition to victims in bankruptcy cases

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is seen during a meeting at the Chhaya Community Development Corporation, July 6, 2022, in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. Ocasio-Cortez is the incumbent candidate for Congress in New York's District 14. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

AOC files articles of impeachment against Justices Thomas, Alito

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen, April 21, 2023, in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, declined to consider the case of a man on death row in Georgia whose lawyers argue that a prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors during his trial. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Three states ask Supreme Court to stop Biden student loan forgiveness

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Supreme Court's possible overturning of the Chevron decision by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

SCOTUS overturning 1984 Chevron precedent key to right-sizing nation’s regulatory state

By David McIntosh

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas is absent from the court on Monday with no explanation. The 75-year-old Thomas also is not participating remotely in arguments, as justices sometimes do when they are ill or otherwise can’t be there in person. Chief Justice John Roberts announced Thomas’ absence, saying that his colleague would still participate in the day’s cases, based on the briefs and the transcripts of the arguments. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democratic senators call on Justice Dept. to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Immunity ruling raises new questions about Trump, presidential powers of self-pardons

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a group portrait in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The Supreme Court justices will take the bench Monday, July 1, 2024, to release their last few opinions of the term, including their most closely watched case: whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from criminal prosecution. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nine is fine: GOP platform vows to prevent Supreme Court expansion

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A sign encouraging the protection of transgender children stands at Central Presbyterian Church near the Texas Capitol, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Waiting lists for gender-affirming health care are growing in states that declared themselves refuges for transgender people as bans for such care for minors take effect around the country. Texas, one of the largest states, has a ban that's set to take effect Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Supreme Court to hear disputes that could affect America’s youth

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times