“When police officers sweep up location data from cellphone users near crimes scenes, they must comply with the Fourth Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a modest victory for privacy rights in the digital age,” the New York Times reports.

“Such so-called geofence searches have become a popular tool for law enforcement, but critics say they put at risk the personal data of everyday Americans and violate the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizure.”

“The Supreme Court will hand down all of its remaining opinions from this term Tuesday, setting the stage for a blockbuster day with decisions expected on birthright citizenship, transgender athlete bans and campaign finance,” The Hill reports.

“Chief Justice John Roberts made the announcement as the court concluded its session Monday.”

“In a slashing 43-page dissent from the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday allowing the president to fire the leaders of independent agencies for any reason or no reason, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the majority had destroyed the separation of powers and upended settled constitutional law. The ruling, she wrote, ‘promises to unleash only chaos’,” the New York Times reports.

“Justice Sotomayor summarized her dissent from the bench, a rare move reserved for profound disagreements.”

Bloomberg: Supreme Court expands Trump’s power to fire top officials.

“The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s bid to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook with little legal scrutiny but gave him free rein to fire officials at other independent agencies for any reason,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The pair of decisions on Monday effectively delivers a split verdict on Trump’s second-term effort to exert maximal control over the executive branch.”

“The Supreme Court on Monday declined a request by President Trump to review a $5 million civil judgment against him after a jury found in 2023 that he sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll,” the New York Times reports.

“The announcement by the justices did not include any reasoning, and no public dissents were noted.”

CNN: Supreme Court declines to hear Trump appeal of E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict.

“For nearly three decades, during the Supreme Court’s most difficult and divisive moments, one man could be counted on to help keep the peace,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“With anecdotes about modern architecture and knock-knock jokes he learned from his grandchildren, Justice Stephen Breyer was known for lightening the mood, even as he fought for pragmatic center-left rulings on a court that tilted to the right.”

“It has been four years since Breyer, who was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1994, retired. But now, as relationships on the court appear to be fraying, several current justices have privately expressed that they miss his presence, both as a friend and for his ability to lower the temperature, according to people close to the court.”