Court Adjourned

The Supreme Court is cramming like it’s finals week.

SCOTUS handed down back-to-back rulings (and one snub) in the two days before its term ended. First: a 6-3 ruling allowing presidents to fire independent agency regulators at will… with one exception: the Federal Reserve. A separate 5-4 decision let Fed Governor Cook keep her job pending her fight against mortgage fraud allegations, upholding the Central Bank’s independence.

The court also ruled, 5-4 allowing states to count mail-ballots received after Election Day (if postmarked in time); 6-3 upholding state laws banning transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports; and 6-3 blocking President Trump from limiting birthright citizenship.

Not on the docket: a $5M judgment against President Trump. By passing, the Supremes left intact a 2023 verdict finding Trump sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll.

ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
Whether justice is served or subverted in American courts, we can count on perfect justice and inexhaustible mercy from the courts of heaven. The Lord’s verdicts are impartial, and we can look forward to the day when he restores what sin has broken.

“The Rock—his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias, he is righteous and true.”
Deuteronomy 32:4 (CSB) (read full passage)