MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Author at The Rapid City Post

FILE - The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

The Supreme Court will evaluate Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power in its new term

October 6, 2025

The Supreme Court is beginning a new term with a sharp focus on President Donald Trump’s robust assertion of executive power. Pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people also are on the agenda. On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments over bans passed by nearly half of U.S. states on therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity. The opening session Monday has lower-profile cases. But a major thrust of the next 10 months is expected to be the justices’ evaluation of the Republican president’s expansive claims of presidential power.

FILE - Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

New Supreme Court term confronts justices with Trump’s aggressive assertion of presidential power

October 4, 2025

A monumental Supreme Court term is set to begin with major tests of presidential power on the agenda. There also are important cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people. The court’s conservative majority has far been receptive, at least in preliminary rulings, to many of President Donald Trump’s aggressive assertions of authority. They could be more skeptical when they conduct an in-depth examination of some Trump policies, including the Republican president’s imposition of tariffs and his desired restrictions on birthright citizenship. The new term gets underway Monday.

The Supreme Court is seen, June 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s term: largely good news for Trump

June 27, 2025

The Supreme Court delivered significant victories for President Donald Trump in its term that ended Friday. In the past five months, the court supported his administration on key issues, including limiting federal judges’ authority to block his policies. This trend reflects the influence of the conservative majority, bolstered by three Trump-appointed justices. Liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson have strongly dissented, warning of threats to democracy.

Supreme Court work goes on with 16 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

June 18, 2025

The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government. But the justices also have 16 cases to resolve that were argued between December and mid-May. One of the argued cases was an emergency appeal: the administration’s bid to be allowed to enforce Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who are in the country illegally. The court typically aims to finish its work by the end of June.

File - Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks to the 2025 Supreme Court Fellows Program, Feb. 13, 2025, at the Library of Congress in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Ketanji Brown Jackson reports $2 million in income last year for her memoir, ‘Lovely One’

June 17, 2025

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received more than $2 million last year for her best-selling memoir, “Lovely One,” according to her annual financial disclosure. Jackson’s outside income exceeded that of her court colleagues combined, the reports showed. Justice Neil Gorsuch reported $250,000 for the book he published last year, while Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she received $134,000 in royalties and an advance for a new book due out next year. The annual reports paint a partial picture of the justices’ finances, as they are not required to reveal the value of their homes or their spouses’ salary. The justices earn a salary of $303,600, except for Chief Justice John Roberts, who is paid $317,500.

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? 21 cases, including state bans on transgender care

June 14, 2025

The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government. But the justices also have 21 cases to resolve that were argued between December and mid-May, including a push by Republican-led states to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. One of the argued cases was an emergency appeal, the administration’s bid to be allowed to enforce Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who are in the country illegally. The court typically aims to finish its work by the end of June.

MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST.