Author: Richard Wolf, USA TODAY

The case represented a crucial test of the Trump administration’s effort to speed removal of thousands of migrants without federal court hearings.

The program, created by President Barack Obama in 2012, allows nearly 650,000 immigrants to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation.

The court blocked a Buddhist prisoner’s execution last year without his spiritual adviser. In response, Texas barred all clergy from executions.

The ruling came in three cases involving two gay men and a transgender woman from Georgia, New York and Michigan.

The justices’ decision not to hear any new cases follows the recent death of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, while in police custody.

Must the men and women chosen on Election Day to vote for the winner of their state’s popular vote stay loyal to the cause? Or can they go rogue?

The decision brought to a close a case of partisan retribution that came to symbolize the Garden State’s unique brand of dirty politics.

The justices ruled that New York City’s repeal of gun restrictions rendered the case moot. But other Second Amendment cases are in the pipeline.

The decision represents the high court’s views on Congress’ power of the purse: Lawmakers cannot promise funding and then disavow that pledge.

Democrats have argued the coronavirus pandemic calls for increased use of voting by mail – perhaps through the general election in November.