Top 10 Supreme Court rulings of the 2023-24 term
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on guns, abortion, social media, the homeless and former President Trump during its 2023-24 term.
It closed the year with a highly controversial decision that declared presidents and ex-presidents are largely immune from criminal prosecution over their official actions while in the White House.
In addition, the high court said people subject to domestic violence restraining orders do not have an unfettered right to carry a gun, but at the same time invalidated a federal regulation that outlawed rapid-fire bump stocks.
In three cases involving Trump, the majority ruled in his favor each time.
And the court cleared the way for more aggressive actions to clear homeless encampments in California and the West.
Here are the 10 biggest decisions:
- 1
The Supreme Court ruled that former President Trump cannot be prosecuted for his official acts while in office.
- 2
In a ruling that limits the 2nd Amendment, the justices vote 8 to 1 that dangerous people who have threatened a domestic partner can lose their right to possess a gun.
- 3
A Supreme Court ruling will make it harder to enforce new federal agency rules on the environment, worker rights and healthcare.
- 4
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that bump stocks are not the same as machine guns and cannot be outlawed.
- 5
The Supreme Court’s ruling Friday gives cities in California and the West more authority to restrict homeless encampments on sidewalks and public property.
- 6
Supreme Court tosses out conservative Christian group’s attack on the abortion pill mifepristone, the most common method of abortion in the U.S.
- 7
The Supreme Court undercuts the most serious charges against Trump supporters who in the Jan. 6 riot tried to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s presidential victory.
- 8
Moving quickly to rule for Trump, Supreme Court says states may not disqualify a former president for having ‘engaged in insurrection.’
- 9
The U.S. Supreme Court rules state and local officials may take gifts and payments for steering contracts to grateful patrons.
- 10
Casting aside claims that conservatives are censored, Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit from Republican state attorneys.
