July 23, 2025

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Supreme Court Poised to Reassess Ten Commandments Precedent

State Battles Over Ten Commandments Move Closer to High Court Review

Republican-led statutes in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas mandating classroom displays of the Ten Commandments have produced split decisions in lower courts, setting the stage for a potential Supreme Court showdown. In June, Arkansas parents sued to block Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s law, the 5th Circuit struck down Louisiana’s nearly identical measure, and Texans filed a federal challenge days later.

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Raises an Establishment Clause question under the First Amendment.

Tests the post-Kennedy “history-and-tradition” standard versus the old Lemon test.

With divisions among federal appeals courts, lawyers say the justices may soon decide whether these religious displays violate longstanding church-state separation protections.

SCOTUS Faces Cases on Trump, Voting Rights and Redistricting

Key legal debates are heading toward the Supreme Court as observers highlight three potential showdown issues: whether the justices can curb a future President Trump’s sweeping executive orders (Slate); the fate of key protections under the Voting Rights Act (Vox); and a temporary pause on congressional redistricting challenges (National Review).

With certiorari petitions and commentary piling up, the Court may soon clarify the scope of presidential power, minority voting protections, and the timetable for House map disputes.

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Justices Face Criticism for Digital Privacy Silence

Americans’ privacy is eroding in the shadows of Supreme Court inaction. Since the landmark 2018 Carpenter v. United States decision recognizing a warrant requirement for geolocation data, the Court has steadily refused to weigh in on a string of digital-surveillance challenges.

• In ACLU v. Clearview AI, justices passed on defining whether mass facial-recognition violates the Fourth Amendment.
• Petitions over data broker sales to state agencies and widespread cellphone tracking also went unanswered.

Advocates warn that silence risks hollowing out First and Fourth Amendment protections in an age of constant monitoring.

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SCOTUS to Reconsider Classroom Ten Commandments in Church-State Clash