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Fox News
4 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Supreme Court rules DOGE can access Social Security information
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled the Department of Government Efficiency could access Social Security information. The ruling blocked a lower court order that kept DOGE from seeking certain sensitive Social Security information. The information from the U.S. Social Security Administration includes Social Security numbers, medical information, citizenship records and tax returns. Three liberal justices dissented.
Washington Post
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire independent officials for now
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday refused to immediately reinstate a pair of independent regulators fired by Trump administration, saying the president may have the power to summarily oust the board members and calling into question a 90-year-old legal precedent that has protected the independence of key regulatory bodies. The court's order, which drew a sharp dissent from the three liberal justices, did not decide the underlying merits of the case. But it was a powerful endorsement of presidential authority at a time when President Donald Trump is trying to seize greater control of the federal bureaucracy.
Washington Post
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Supreme Court grapples with nationwide orders blocking birthright citizenship ban
The Supreme Court appeared divided Thursday about whether to scale back nationwide orders that have blocked President Donald Trump's ban on birthright citizenship, in a case with implications for judicial power and what it means to be an American. After more than two hours of oral argument, it was unclear how the high court would resolve the issue, with liberal justices asserting that Trump's order to deny automatic citizenship for U.S.-born babies is at odds with more than a hundred years of Supreme Court precedent.
