U.S. Supreme Court

Plaintiffs opposing the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School announced Monday they are dropping their lawsuit following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed to the court by President Biden, dissented.

At issue was whether school systems are required to provide parents with an "opt-out" option when parents claim their religious beliefs conflict with their children's course material.

Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act.

The decision issues some limits on the power of federal judges to universally block President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, asking lower courts to reconsider their rulings.

A federal judge had previously said people must get at least 15 days to challenge their deportations to countries they're not originally from.

Some 20 cases remain to be decided — about a third of the total argued cases — many of them the most important of the term. But the shadow docket, with its own list of cases, looms over the other opinions.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discusses Gov. Kevin Stitt signing a bill to reduce the top income tax bracket by .25%, a legal challenge coming to a new law restricting initiative petitions and more.

Lawmakers in the Joint State-Tribal Relations Committee approved a $100,000 injection into the state District Attorneys Council last week. It's to help two local state prosecutors fight an ongoing legal battle against the Department of Justice and two Indigenous nations.

Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, says the bureau is refocusing on cases that pointed to "potential public corruption."