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Today — 10 September 2025Main stream

Supreme Court Lets Trump Block Foreign Aid for Now

10 September 2025 at 05:40
Acting on his own, the chief justice issued an “administrative stay” pausing a trial judge’s ruling while the full court considers the matter.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ordered both sides to file briefs by Friday in a convoluted case involving presidential power.
Yesterday — 9 September 2025Main stream

In New Book, Think Tank Behind Project 2025 Takes On the Constitution

9 September 2025 at 23:19
The Heritage Foundation’s clause-by-clause analysis, to be published next month, is an originalist manifesto and a showcase for aspiring Supreme Court nominees.

© Jared Soares for The New York Times

The Heritage Foundation, founded in 1973, has long shaped the personnel and policies of Republican administrations.

Trump Administration, Again, Asks Supreme Court to Let It Block Foreign Aid

8 September 2025 at 22:27
The court has been largely receptive to the administration’s claims of executive power.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

In an earlier iteration of the foreign aid case this year, the Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s request to freeze nearly $2 billion while the case continued in the lower courts.

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

8 September 2025 at 23:51
A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish.

© Stella Kalinina for The New York Times

Aggressive enforcement operations in Los Angeles — including encounters captured on video that appeared to be roundups of random Hispanic people by armed agents — have set off protests and clashes in the area.
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