Supreme Court Rules New Hampshire Can Block Student IDs for Voting

College students in New Hampshire just lost a key voting option. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to fully ban student IDs at the polls in the November 3 midterms, siding with Republican officials in an emergency appeal decided less than two weeks before Election Day. The unsigned order … Read more

Supreme Court Hands Trump a Rare Loss on Transgender Inmate Care

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The supreme court transgender inmate policy fight just handed President Donald Trump something he's rarely gotten from the nation's highest court: a straight-up no. On October 21, the justices declined to let his administration enforce a sweeping rule that would have stripped gender-affirming care from transgender people in federal prisons while the underlying lawsuit plays … Read more

Supreme Court Again Sides With Trump in Fight Over Campaign Ad Rates

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With less than a month until the November 3 midterms, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration its second victory in a quiet but high-stakes fight over how much political ads cost on television and radio. On October 8, the justices blocked a lower court’s attempt to force the Federal Communications Commission to rule on … Read more