American Governance Tracker

Supreme Court Rulings

• 🔥 Senate Campaign Coordination: The Supreme Court ruled in NRSC v. FEC that political parties have expanded flexibility...

• Immigration wins bolster Trump’s enforcement tools on TPS, asylum, and removals, despite blocking birthright citizenship changes.
• Election ruling...

The Trump administration's push to reshape federal workforce rules through executive action is triggering union litigation across agencies.

• Two...

Birthright Citizenship Legislative Push

• 🔥 Congressional Action Urged: House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Congress to enact legislation...

The Supreme Court’s two Monday rulings expand presidential authority while weakening the administrative state.

• Central shift: Executive power...

After the Supreme Court blocked Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing Congress to act...

Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson discussed the Supreme Court's decision upholding the state's law allowing absentee ballots mailed on...

Eighteen states, including Texas, Florida, and Ohio, have surrendered complete voter rolls with driver's license and Social Security numbers to the...

The Trump administration is advancing a record 702 regulatory cuts—twice the pace of his first term—while projecting $1.5 trillion in savings, largely...

Supreme Court Rulings

• 🔥 Birthright Citizenship Upheld: The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down Trump’s executive order, reaffirming...

A federal judge blocked Trump's executive order directing USPS changes to mail-ballot handling, ruling it exceeded presidential authority and lacked...

The Supreme Court upheld Idaho and West Virginia laws barring transgender girls from female school sports teams, giving states legal cover to enact or...

• Ruling: 6-3 decision struck down Trump's order, affirming citizenship for nearly all born on U.S. soil under the 14th Amendment.
• Legal view:...

Supreme Court Decisions

• Shadow Docket Expansion: The Supreme Court issued 63 orders on the shadow docket compared to 56 on the merits docket in...

The Supreme Court upheld unrestricted birthright citizenship 6-3 in Trump v. Barbara, with Chief Justice Roberts writing that the 14th Amendment makes...

For the first time, the Supreme Court decided more cases last term through its secretive shadow docket than via traditional open arguments and signed...

In a unanimous 9-0 ruling, the Supreme Court held that prosecuting cannabis users like Mr. Hemani under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) violates the Second...

A new academic analysis shows conservative strategy has sharply escalated: the 1981 Mandate for Leadership accepted limits on presidential power and...

Supreme Court Rulings on Executive Power

• 🔥 Independent Agencies: Supreme Court ruling allows president to fire heads of independent agencies...

Democratic governors from nine states, including battlegrounds Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, urged the USPS to withdraw its proposed rule implementing...