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Supreme Court Issues First Ruling of Term but Don’t Yet Get To Tariffs

Only once in the modern era have the justices taken this long to issue their first decision — and when it came, it wasn’t the hotly anticipated case on President Trump’s tariffs.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Over the last 80 years, the Supreme Court has only once before waited until January to issue its first opinion in an argued case.
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Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say

A new study found that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022, up from 45 percent in 1953.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

The study concluded that the Supreme Court has become deeply polarized in cases pitting the rich against the poor.
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