Emily Galvin Almanza on Trump’s Assault on Birthright Citizenship Using a Political Supreme Court

Dec 15, 2025 | Emily Galvin Almanza joins Anthony Davis to discuss Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship, examining the implications of the Supreme Court's decision to hear a case on the topic. The political motivations behind Trump’s authoritarian attack on immigration and citizenship, the changing dynamics of the Supreme Court influenced by political ideology, and the erosion of judicial integrity. And the effects of a far-right executive, consolidating power, upon a majority liberal minded nation.

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Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago.

The court, without comment, declined the petition, filed by Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who gained national attention in 2015 when she defied a court order and refused to issue same-sex licenses because of her religious beliefs.

She had asked the Supreme Court to reverse an order that required her to pay more than $300,000 to a couple denied a marriage license — and to overturn the same-sex marriage ruling from 2015.

At least four of the nine justices would have needed to vote to hear Ms. Davis’s case and revisit the marriage precedent, a major step that many legal experts had said they were not expecting the court to take. » | Ann E. Marimow, Reporting from Washington| | Monday, November 10, 2025

Supreme Court Reviewing Challenge to Overturn Same-sex Marriage

Nov 7, 2025 | Today, the Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors to review a potential challenge that would overturn the landmark 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges which legalized same-sex marriage. The decision is under scrutiny following an appeal by Kim Davis. Senior Writer at Slate Mark Joseph Stern and Assistant Professor of Law at University of Michigan Leah Litman join Ana Cabrera to analyze the legal implications.

Jared Yates Sexton on the Rising Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarianism - The Weekend Show

Nov 3, 2025 | Author Jared Yates Sexton joins Anthony Davis to discuss the rising resistance to Trump’s authoritarianism, including the courts ruling to restore SNAP benefits. Plus the rise of the new left in the face of the far right with Zohran Mamdani changing the rules for Democratic campaigning - only on The Weekend Show.

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Miles Taylor Exposes Trump Plan to Have Hard-right Extremist Policies Approved by Supreme Court

Miles Taylor enlarges on Trump’s plan.

Amy Coney Barrett Speaks on FoxNews

Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan give their views on her. 😂

"The Supreme Court Is Corrupt"

Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan explain.

Supreme Court Gives Trump Unchecked Power with a 6-3 Ruling Ending Lower Courts Authority

June 28, 2025 | The courts cannot protect us from Donald Trump’s unconstitutional overreach. That is the terrifying lesson of Friday’s 6–3 Supreme Court ruling limiting the power of federal judges to issue broad orders blocking Trump’s policies from taking effect while the lawsuits challenging them make their way through the courts.

Donald Trump - America's Future Caesar | The Warning

Jul 2, 2024 | The Supreme Court's ruling on Presidential immunity for official acts leaves the door open for Donald Trump to do as he pleases. Steve Schmidt breaks down what a 2nd Trump presidency could look like when he can act as he pleases.

Biden Warns That Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Will Embolden Trump

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The president, under scrutiny since his damaging debate appearance last week, did not stumble or falter during his brief remarks.

President Biden warned on Monday that the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity meant that there were “virtually no limits on what the president can do” and urged voters to prevent former President Donald J. Trump from returning to the White House freed from the constraints of the law.

“The American people must decide if they want to entrust the president once again — the presidency — to Donald Trump,” Mr. Biden said during brief remarks, “knowing he’ll be more emboldened to do whatever he pleases whenever he wants to do it.”

Mr. Biden’s response to Monday’s court ruling was his first public remarks since he spent the weekend hunkered down with family at Camp David. His disastrous debate performance in Atlanta last week has led some Democrats to call for him to drop out of the presidential race because of concerns about his age and mental fitness.

The president appeared ruddier than he did during the 90-minute debate, when many observed that he looked very pale. He did not stumble over his words on Monday or falter midsentence. But he was using a teleprompter for the remarks, which lasted about four and a half minutes. » | Michael D. Shear, Reporting from Washington | Monday, July 1, 2024

Listen to Biden speak well on this here.

This dangerous, but not surprising, ruling by the US Supreme Court shows the world just how flawed the US judicial system is. It is to be hoped that the American electorate will show superior judgment on election day. – © Mark Alexander

What the Supreme Court’s Immunity Decision Means for Trump

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The decision most likely delays Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 case past the election, and if he wins in November, people close to him expect the Justice Department to drop the charges.

A legal system that has dealt Donald J. Trump painful blows over the last six months has just granted him one of the most significant pieces of good news he’s received since his campaign began.

The U.S. Supreme Court, whose conservative supermajority was cemented by Mr. Trump’s nominations, ruled on Monday that the former president is partly shielded from prosecution as he tries to fend off an indictment from the special counsel Jack Smith in connection with Mr. Trump’s efforts to thwart the transfer of power after the 2020 election.

The broad contours of the ruling — that presidents would be entitled to substantial protection for official acts — had been expected by political and court watchers for months. Nonetheless, Mr. Trump trumpeted it as a victory.

“Big win for our constitution and democracy. Proud to be an American!” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social in all capital letters. » | Maggie Haberman | Monday, July 1, 2024

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Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling Granting No Immunity for Unofficial Acts by a President

Jul 1, 2024 | Steve Schmidt appears on Scripps News to explain and react to the Supreme Court's ruling on immunity for unofficial acts by a President and what that means for Donald Trump and the Supreme Court.

Breaking: Supreme Court Won't Immediately Settle Trump Immunity Claim

Dec 22, 2023 | Special counsel Jack Smith's request to immediately settle former President Donald Trump's claim of immunity in his election interference probe has been denied by the Supreme Court.

New Reporting Details Justice Thomas’ Complaints over His Supreme Court Salary

Dec 18, 2023 | Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica Senior Editor and Report, Senior Writer for Slate, Mark Joseph Stern and Maya Wiley Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and President of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights join Ali Velshi in for Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the new reporting detailing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas desire early in his career on the Supreme Court for wanting a higher salary and how that could have led to his career in public service which has now been defined by his acceptance of lavish gifts and relationships with wealthy donors.

Clarence Thomas Is Exactly Why the Supreme Court Needs Term Limits | #shorts

Steve Schmidt tells us why.

See GOP Confronted over 'Straights Only' Discrimination, after Scotus Echoes Parts of Jim Crow

Jul 13, 2023 | Over 400 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced this year. It comes as the Supreme Court backtracks on decades of precedent in a new discrimination ruling. Chasten Buttigieg joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on “The Beat” to discuss protecting LGBTQ rights.

"Bad for Religion": Gay Baptist Minister with Interfaith Alliance on SCOTUS LGBTQ Rights Ruling

Jul 5, 2023 | The Supreme Court has ruled 6 to 3 along ideological lines in favor of a Christian Colorado web designer who refused to create websites for same-sex couples even though the state bans such discrimination. "We're entering into a terrible moment where a Pandora's box has been opened," says president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, who warns "permission has been granted to use religion as a way to discriminate against your fellow people." Raushenbush discusses the use of Christianity to advance discrimination, the importance of the Respect for Marriage Act, and what this decision could mean for other groups. "It's just bad for religion, it's bad for freedom, and it's bad for America," he says.

Is Supreme Court's "Gay Wedding" Case Built on a Lie? Man at Center of Story Is Married to a Woman

Jun 30, 2023 | The Supreme Court has now ruled that Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Act would violate a Christian business owner's First Amendment rights by not allowing her to discriminate against same-sex couples and potentially compelling her to create websites "celebrating marriages she does not endorse." Lorie Smith of Colorado filed the lawsuit with help from the right-wing Alliance Defending Freedom as part of the group's ongoing attempt to roll back the rights of LGBTQ people. But as reporter Melissa Gira Grant discovered, part of the case may have been built on a lie. Smith has never actually built a wedding website; the lone request Smith claims to have received from a gay couple supposedly originated with a straight man in another state who told Grant he had never asked for a website and that he has been married to a woman for many years. "He had no idea that his information was in this case," says Grant, who wrote about the case for The New Republic.

Homophobic businesses in the US have a powerful ally: the US supreme court: The court is more interested in protecting the dignity of bigots than the dignity of gay couples denied services for who they are »

Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage

Gay Rights Ruling
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The decision appeared to suggest that the rights of L.G.B.T.Q. people, including to same-sex marriage, are on more vulnerable legal footing, particularly when they are at odds with claims of religious freedom.

The Supreme Court sided on Friday with a web designer in Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages despite a state law that forbids discrimination against gay people.

In a 6 to 3 vote, split along ideological lines, the court held that the First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion.

The case, though framed as a clash between free speech and gay rights, was the latest in a series of decisions in favor of religious people and groups, notably conservative Christians.

The decision also appeared to suggest that the rights of L.G.B.T.Q. people, including to same-sex marriage, are on more vulnerable legal footing, particularly when they are at odds with claims of religious freedom. At the same time, the ruling limited the ability of the governments to enforce anti-discrimination laws. » | Adam Liptak and Abbie VanSickle | Friday, June 30, 2023

US Supreme Court Overturns Race-based College Admissions

Jun 29, 2023 | In the United States, the Supreme Court has ruled that universities can no longer consider a student's race when deciding to admit them.