President Donald Trump appointed three justices to the Supreme Court of the United States during Trump's first presidential term

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Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the Republican-controlled United States Senate refused to hold hearings or a confirmation vote on President Barack Obama's nominee Merrick Garland

President Donald Trump nominated a justice to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat after Ginsburg died in 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in 2020

As of November 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States has never ruled on whether the United States House of Representatives has an affirmative right to enforce subpoenas in court

The Supreme Court of the United States established that Congress possesses constitutional authority to conduct oversight on any subject upon which legislation may be enacted

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging Colorado's exclusion of Catholic preschools from state-funded universal preschool

The United States Supreme Court rejected an effort by the Trump administration to force California to set aside ballots from thousands of individuals alleged by the administration to be non-citizens

On November 2, 2026, the US Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's attempt to prevent California from counting ballots from more than 20,000 voters suspected of being non-citizens

The Supreme Court case Monsanto v. Durnell addresses whether the Environmental Protection Agency holds sole authority over chemical safety determinations, preempting state claims

In the Supreme Court case Monsanto v. Durnell, the United States Department of Justice submitted an amicus brief supporting Bayer

Representative Chellie Pingree, Representative Thomas Massie, and Senator Cory Booker attended a congressional rally at the Supreme Court concerning glyphosate regulation

In Carson v. Makin, the Supreme Court invalidated a Maine tuition assistance program that restricted state funding to nonsectarian secondary schools

In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the Supreme Court ruled that Colorado could not compel a website designer to create websites celebrating same-sex marriages

In Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer (2017), the Supreme Court ruled that Missouri could not exclude religious schools from a playground resurfacing grant program

In Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple

St. Mary Catholic Parish argued that conditioning participation in Colorado's universal preschool program on compliance with sexual orientation non-discrimination rules violates the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause

In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, the Supreme Court held that Montana could not exclude religious schools from a state tax-credit scholarship program

Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan joined the majority opinion in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer

In Maxwell v. Dennis, the Supreme Court appointed attorney Brian Barnes as amicus curiae after the federal government supported the petitioner's position

Footnote 3 of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer stated that the ruling addressed express discrimination regarding playground resurfacing rather than religious uses of funding