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Friday, February 20, 2026

“Court Thaws Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Schools”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “The full Fifth Circuit cleared the way for Louisiana to enforce a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.”

You can access today’s en banc per curiam decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 5:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Is Secretly a Gift to Trump; Mindful of voters’ concerns about inflation, the administration may not rush to bring back all the duties”: Shawn Donnan of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 1:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Moment Trump Found Out the Supreme Court Killed His Tariffs; The high court ruled on Friday that Trump’s global tariffs were illegal”: Ken Thomas and Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 11:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Brisk Note on the Tariffs Case; Simpler than Meets the Eye”: At his Substack site, Cass Sunstein has a post that begins, “The Supreme’ Court’s decision in the tariffs case is a lot simpler than it looks.”

Posted at 11:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Strike Down Trump’s Tariffs; President Trump was the first to invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to set tariffs on imported goods from more than 100 countries”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rejects Trump’s tariffs as illegal import taxes.”

James Romoser and Gavin Bade of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs; Ruling finds president exceeded his powers by imposing duties without clear authorization from Congress.”

Maureen Groppe, Bart Jansen, and Medora Lee of USA Today report that “Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs in major setback for president.”

And Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court rules Trump’s tariffs illegal.”

You can access today’s essentially 6-to-3 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 11:32 AM by Howard Bashman