Adam Liptak

In a second decision, the justices sided with a death row inmate who sought to be executed by firing squad rather than lethal injection.

How the court is ruling with a 6-to-3 conservative supermajority, including three justices appointed by President Donald J. Trump.

The decision was the latest in a series of rulings forbidding the exclusion of religious institutions from government programs.

According to the conventional wisdom, the court rarely strays too far from the popular will. That view will face a reckoning in the coming weeks.

Speaking to a liberal legal group, she praised Justice Clarence Thomas and urged her audience not to lose faith in the court.

The case concerned revisions to the “public charge” rule that made it harder for immigrants who had relied on public assistance to gain permanent legal…

A federal law, the justices ruled, does not require immigration judges to consider whether immigrants may be released while their challenges are pending.

A state law required mailed ballots to be accompanied by a signed and dated declaration, but a federal appeals court ruled that undated declarations sufficed.

In a 6-to-3 decision, the justices made it harder to sue federal officials for money in cases accusing them of violating the Constitution.

Next week the justices will consider whether to resolve a long-simmering dispute about the power of state legislatures in federal elections.