Supreme Court declines to dismiss Peter’s Pence lawsuit May 28, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ efforts to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it misled donors about the purposes of the annual Peter’s Pence collection.
Supreme Court leaves in place mail-order distribution of mifepristone during legal challenge May 15, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court on May 14 blocked an appeals court ruling that sought to pause a federal policy permitting mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill, to be dispensed through the mail.
As justices consider birthright citizenship, displaced mom says her US-born child ‘should belong’ May 11, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider a challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, the mother of a U.S.-born infant, who is displaced from her own country of origin, told OSV News her son “should belong to this country.”
Supreme Court hears case on birthright citizenship executive order with Trump in attendance April 1, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 1 on President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, with the president in attendance.
Supreme Court backs challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban March 31, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court March 31 issued a ruling finding that a Colorado law banning professional counseling services that practice “conversion therapy” for minors likely infringes on the First Amendment.
Supreme Court weighs whether policy of turning away asylum-seekers at border can be reinstated March 26, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments March 24 in a case concerning a policy of turning away asylum-seekers along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump effort to end temporary protections for Haitians March 17, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court announced late March 16 that it will hear oral arguments in April on whether the Trump administration can end a program temporarily shielding eligible Haitians living in the U.S. from deportation.
Supreme Court asked to end temporary protections for Haitians backed by U.S. bishops March 13, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The Trump administration on March 11 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a ruling by a federal judge that barred the government from ending a program temporarily shielding eligible Haitians living in the U.S. from deportation. The move has been opposed by bishops as “not realistic” given the turmoil in their country of origin.
Birthright citizenship order to impact more than children of migrants, Senate panel hears March 13, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News A Senate subcommittee hearing held March 10 on President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict access to birthright citizenship guaranteed in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution examined arguments about what the amendment’s language regarding “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” meant when originally drafted.
Supreme Court temporarily blocks California policy against parental notification of gender identity March 3, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 temporarily blocked California from enforcing policies that generally prohibit public school teachers from notifying parents about a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity, as litigation over that policy proceeds.
U.S. bishops among supporters of lawsuit against Trump birthright citizenship executive order February 27, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. bishops and a Catholic immigration advocacy group were among those who offered their support to a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs, but relief for poorer Americans uncertain February 23, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policy Feb. 20, finding it exceeded his authority, marking a major setback for his economic agenda.
