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Environmental activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 after it ruled against the Obama administration's plan to cut climate-warming emissions at the nation's power plants. The Supreme Court has since further limited the power of federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that presidents have absolute immunity for their core constitutional powers. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Attorney General Merrick Garland drafted some of the policies that guarantee the Justice Department's independence from the White House in his first big job after law school. Those policies are now in peril. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court's immunity decision could have implications for the Justice Department

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In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court ended a historic and momentous term this week. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A closer look at the Supreme Court's decisions this historic and controversial term

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The US Supreme Court on July 1, 2024, in Washington, DC. DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court rules Trump is immune from prosecution for certain official acts

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A homeless person walks near an elementary school in Grants Pass, Ore., on March 23. The rural city became the unlikely face of the nation's homelessness crisis when it asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its anti-camping laws. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption

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U.S. Supreme Court says cities can punish people for sleeping in public places

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Reproductive rights activists demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The statue Guardian or Authority of Law sits above the west front plaza of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 7 in Washington, D.C. Among the rulings the court is expected to issue by the end of June are cases about access to abortion pills dispensed by mail, gun restrictions, the power of regulatory agencies and former President Donald Trump’s bid to avoid criminal charges for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption

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Anti-abortion hardliners want restrictions to go farther. It could cost Republicans

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6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election

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Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption

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Republicans try to soften stance on abortion as 'abolitionists' go farther

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Pedestrians pass through The Ohio State University's student union. John Minchillo/AP hide caption

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Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the CFPB is funded. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court upholds funding structure for consumer watchdog agency

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Justice Clarence Thomas poses for a photo at the Supreme Court building in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced "nastiness and lies" over the last several years. He also decried Washington, D.C., as a "hideous place." J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Former Trump White House senior adviser Stephen Bannon speaks to journalists after leaving federal court in Washington, D.C., after being sentenced in 2022. Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Missouri law requires women seeking divorce to disclose whether they're pregnant — and state judges won't finalize divorces during a pregnancy. Darya Komarova/Getty Images hide caption

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Pregnant women in Missouri can't get divorced. Critics say it fuels domestic violence

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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attends a news conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on April 12, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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