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| − | The '''Supreme Court 2024 Term''' had 10 undecided cases as of June 23, 2025, plus 4 major emergency applications by [[Trump 2.0]] (the second Trump Administration) on its docket. | + | The '''Supreme Court 2024 Term''' had 10 undecided cases as of June 23, 2025, plus 4 major emergency applications by [[Trump 2.0]] (the second Trump Administration) on its docket. The most notable aspect of this Term was some particulary [[conservative]] opinions by Justice [[Amy Coney Barrett]]. |
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| − | Five of the remaining 10 undecided cases -- the most contentious of the 2024-2025 sitting of the Supreme Court, are: | + | The top decisions this term were: |
| | + | *CASA ([[birthright citizenship]]) |
| | + | *[[Skremetti]] (transgender operations on children) |
| | + | *''Mahmoud v. Taylor'' |
| | + | *Planned Parenthood can be excluded from [[Medicaid]] by states |
| | + | *''Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton'' |
| | + | *ObamaCare mandates |
| | + | *''Diamond Alt. Energy, LLC v. EPA'', No. 24-7, 2025 U.S. LEXIS 2383 (June 20, 2025) - broadening legal [[standing]] to include those affected by regulations (energy companies in this case) |
| | + | *''FCC v. Consumers' Rsch.'', Nos. 24-354, 24-422, 2025 U.S. LEXIS 2498, at *45 (June 27, 2025) (upholding the Universal Service Fund for rural internet connectivity because "When Congress amended the Communications Act in 1996, it provided the Commission with clear guidance on how to promote universal service using carrier contributions. Congress laid out the “general policy” to be achieved, the “principle[s]” and standards the FCC must use in pursuing that policy, and the “boundaries” the FCC may not cross. J. W. Hampton, 276 U. S., at 409; American Power & Light, 329 U. S., at 105. Our precedents do not require more. Nor do they prevent the Commission, in carrying out Congress’s policy, from obtaining the Administrator’s assistance in projecting revenues and expenses, so that carriers pay the needed amount. For nearly three decades, the work of Congress and the Commission in establishing universal-service programs has led to a more fully connected country. And it has done so while leaving fully intact the separation of powers integral to our Constitution.") (6-3 decision, Thomas/Alito/Gorsuch in dissent). |
| | + | == Chronology == |
| | + | Five of the remaining 10 undecided cases -- the most contentious of the 2024-2025 sitting of the Supreme Court, were: |
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| − | *''Mahmoud v. Taylor'' concerning the rights of parents as to objectionable instruction in public school.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Mahmoud_v._Taylor</ref> | + | * concerning the rights of parents as to objectionable instruction in public school.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Mahmoud_v._Taylor</ref> |
| | * an appeal of a [[Fifth Circuit]] ruling that the [[ObamaCare]] Task Force is unconstitutional in imposing mandates for "free" coverage | | * an appeal of a [[Fifth Circuit]] ruling that the [[ObamaCare]] Task Force is unconstitutional in imposing mandates for "free" coverage |
| | * ''Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton'' re: Texas trying to limit access to only adults to obscenity on the internet | | * ''Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton'' re: Texas trying to limit access to only adults to obscenity on the internet |