# Supreme Court Cases **URL:** \ **Category:** Political Topics\ **Created:** [November 17, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376 "2025-11-17T18:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/1 "2025-11-17T18:14:45Z")
> **[Supreme Court turns away dispute over pregame prayer at high school football...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-turns-away-pregame-prayer-football-games/)** > > The Supreme Court will not reconsider a 25-year-old decision that found student-led and initiated prayer at football games unconstitutional. Nutjobs thought that the State MUST allow someone to use a public address system to say a prayer of a specific religion (“not any religion, just ours”), cuz religious freedum! Supreme Court didn’t even bother to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/2 "2025-11-17T22:55:33Z")
I was a little surprised back with the original case Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe was argued because the case was brought by 2 students and their parents, one an LDS student and the other a Catholic. But like DTNF says not any religion, just ours. It was in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/3 "2025-12-02T02:36:38Z")
SCOTUS leaning towards making the right call in an internet related case. What is the world coming to? (Music labels want to force ISPs to cut off pirates, ISPs want to let their customers do whatever they want so that the ISPs can make money) [https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/national-politics/supreme-court-leans-toward-internet-service-providers-in-copyright-battle-with-nation-s-music-industry/article\_b1c92925-beda-50d7-8928-9be069d069d1.html](https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/national-politics/supreme-court-leans-toward-internet-service-providers-in-copyright-battle-with-nation-s-music-industry/article_b1c92925-beda-50d7-8928-9be069d069d1.html) ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/4 "2025-12-05T00:36:29Z")
[Supreme Court allows Texas GOP to use new redistricted map for now](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-allows-texas-gop-to-use-new-redistricted-map-for-now/ar-AA1RJGSo?ocid=BingNewsSerp) Shadow docket gives middle finger to voting rights act. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/5 "2026-03-14T13:13:50Z")
A very old (but prescient) SC case: > **The US Supreme Court states that the nation “has no right to expect that it will always have wise and humane rulers, sincerely attached to the principles of the Constitution. Wicked men, ambitious of power, with hatred for liberty and contempt of law, may fill the place once occupied by Washington and Lincoln.** > > **From an April 3, 1866 Supreme Court ruling.** > **[Ex parte Milligan](https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/ex-parte-milligan-2/)** > > During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln declared martial law in certain areas of the Union and authorized US military commanders to arrest, detain, and try anyone—including American civilians—suspected of harming the Union war effort. ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/6 "2026-04-16T12:20:01Z")
Statement, not a case. Apparently progressives don’t believe in the Declaration of Independence, but the government that is going after political opponents clearly does. > **[Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasts progressivism as threat to America](https://abcnews.com/Politics/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-blasts-progressivism-threat/story?id=132084353)** > > He said that the values enshrined in the 1776 Declaration of Independence have “fallen out of favor” among Americans. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/7 "2026-04-16T14:21:46Z")
How many times is **he** in the Epstein Files? ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/8 "2026-04-16T17:35:05Z")
Worst SC Justice in over 100 years. Irony is dead, ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/9 "2026-04-16T17:55:04Z")
> [@now\_samantha](#): > > but the government that is going after political opponents clearly does. And creating a despot King. Don’t forget that part. Reading the article, I think he is confused. tRump is NOT a Progressive, yet tRump and his cronies are doing all those things ruining America. A small sample: > Thomas also said he believes many people no longer believe “all men are created equal” and deserving of “unalienable rights” protected by a limited government. Yup. Racists, MAGA shitheads believe this. > “[Progressivism] holds that our rights and our dignities come not from God, but from government,” he said. “It requires of the people a subservience and weakness incompatible with a constitution premised on the transcendent origin of our rights.” Yup. That is our current government, not Progressives. The Government is supposed to make sure these rights, wherever they come from, are protected. They are supposed to make sure we don’t have to be subservient, meaning, “You get these rights when you bow to me,” to have these rights. > Thomas said Washington has been overrun by elected and appointed officials who lack commitment to “righteous cause, to traditional morality, to national defense, to free enterprise, to religious piety or to the original meaning of the Constitution.” OK, the current government is trampling all over the Constitution. Your recent votes seem to approve of this, probably because it is YOUR side doing it, and you are benefitting financially. > “In my view, we must find in ourselves that same level of courage that the signers of the Declaration have so that we can do for our future what they did for theirs,” he said. Well, on this I agree. No Kings! Says so, right there, in the D.O.I. Did you miss that part, about taxing (tariffs) without representation? And nearly every line? ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/10 "2026-04-16T21:56:41Z")
> [@dr\_t\_non-fan](#): > > Thomas said Washington has been overrun by elected and appointed officials who lack commitment to “righteous cause, to traditional morality, to national defense, to free enterprise, to religious piety or to the original meaning of the Constitution.” Where do Coke cans and pubic hairs fall on the traditional morality scale? ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/11 "2026-04-29T15:57:59Z")
> [@Legislative Districts and the Legacy of Elbridge Gerry](https://community.goactuary.com/t/legislative-districts-and-the-legacy-of-elbridge-gerry/12163/109): > > [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) > **[US supreme court ‘demolishes’ Voting Rights Act, gutting provision that...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling)** > > Justices rule in landmark decision Louisiana must redraw congressional map, largely killing major civil rights law ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/12 "2026-06-29T15:26:52Z")
Crazy that it was only 5-4 ![Screenshot_20260629_162324_Samsung Browser](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/9/191da42773a227d7fef54209e61555642ac00826.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/13 "2026-06-29T15:49:14Z")
“'cause I wanna!!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/14 "2026-06-29T17:30:17Z")
> **[US supreme court rejects Trump’s bid to appeal $5m E Jean Carroll verdict](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/supreme-court-trump-e-jean-carroll)** > > Jury found Trump liable in 2023 for sexually ​abusing former magazine columnist and defaming her ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/15 "2026-06-29T20:53:03Z")
Shared in the Milestones thread: [Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner and overturns major restraint on presidential power | SCOTUSblog](https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-allows-trump-to-fire-ftc-commissioner-and-overturns-major-restraint-on-presidential-power/) and [Court prevents Trump from firing Fed governor | SCOTUSblog](https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-prevents-trump-from-firing-fed-governor/) Also… > **[Justices uphold state law allowing for late-arriving mail-in ballots](https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-uphold-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots/)** I think the birthright citizenship and trans athlete cases are expected tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/16 "2026-06-30T14:52:13Z")
Birthright citizenship only upheld 5-4 (case was 6-3, with Kavanaugh a separate concurring opinion saying 14th amendment doesn’t apply but siding with majority on other grounds). FFS ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/17 "2026-06-30T14:53:46Z")
What part of > **Section 1.** All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. is hard to understand? ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/18 "2026-06-30T15:02:32Z")
Thomas apparently says that that paragraph only applies to freed slaves, despite that not being mentioned at all in Section 1 (only appears in the 14th amendment in terms of not compensating slave owners for loss of their “property”) ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/19 "2026-06-30T15:22:39Z")
I remember the good ol’ days, where Scalia complained about folks wanting to interpret the Constitution, rather than taking it literally (but following the meaning of the words as of the time they were drafted). (semi- /s) ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376/20 "2026-06-30T15:35:16Z")
I will say that the “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” clause does leave some arguable room for interpretation. Admittedly, that language existed to avoid granting citizenship to indigenous people, in the continuing gymnastics surrounding questions of their sovereignty (and remember that the colonizers hadn’t yet fully conquered and pacified several indigenous nations at the time the amendment was drafted)…but interpretation of that clause is the reason that birthright citizenship isn’t extended to children of foreign diplomats stationed in the US. Such folks generally have diplomatic immunity, and thus aren’t really subject to US jurisdiction… I can see the reasoning that would lead someone to argue that children of undocumented immigrants aren’t “subject to the jurisdiction”, although I disagree with such logic. Had SCOTUS bought into such reasoning, the implications on other matters related to undocumented folks would have been very, very troubling. [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/supreme-court-cases/12376.md?page=2)