Aqua RichJo | September 29, 2026 The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to let it enforce restrictions on gender-affirming healthcare for transgender people in federal prisons while a lawsuit continues. The Justice Department filed the emergency request Monday, September 28. The Court has not ruled on it. The request puts a direct question before the justices: Can the Bureau of Prisons put its new policy into effect now, despite a lower-court order blocking it?

Aqua RichJo | September 26, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily cleared the way for states to use the federal SAVE database to check voter eligibility while a lawsuit continues. The September 25 emergency order pauses a lower court’s restrictions on the revamped system. It does not finally decide whether the system is lawful, and states are not required to use it. The Court’s three liberal justices dissented. The ruling lands as Texas counties are already processing a