In the 2024-25 term, Justice Barrett sided with the Court's majority in 81 percent of opinions, which from a total of 61 cases, places her in the minority in 12 decisions—typical for a reliably conservative justice who occasionally breaks from the bloc.

T he Department of Justice on Monday urged the Supreme Court to turn away an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with and aiding Epstein in his sexual abuse of underage girls.

Kansans should reject a rigged system run by a small group of elite professionals and political insiders who pretend to be above politics, and in its stead adopt a transparent system that gives voters a voice in selecting those who are the final arbiters of the meaning and application of the laws by which they are governed.

"The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them," Sotomayor wrote.

Few presidential powers are as consequential and enduring as the appointment of a judge to the Supreme Court of the United States. While the writers of the Constitution believed merit should be the sole determinant in nominations to the highest court,

Texas lawsuit over drugs and vaccines provided by insurers ends with a win for the government — and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Lower-court judges have already blocked several Trump's policies including an asylum ban at the US-Mexico border.