It’s Supreme Court season, and the court had been on a roll handing victories to President Trump and his administration. Last week, the court in a 6-3 ideologically-split decision allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status, the program that allowed people whose countries were deemed unsafe because of war or natural disasters to live and work legally in the U.S. The same day, the justices allowed the Trump administration to turn away migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border by physically stopping them from setting foot in the U.S. Plus, another 6-3 decision overturned a Hawaii gun law, determining it violated the Second Amendment.
But today, two outcomes at the Supreme Court bucked that trend—and both happened to be cases featuring women. First, the Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal from Trump over the $5 million he owes writer E. Jean Carroll, which he was ordered to pay after a jury in 2023 found he sexually abused and defamed her. Trump also owes Carroll an $83.3 million verdict, and Trump’s attempt to appeal that verdict could still head to the Supreme Court. The justices didn’t offer any explanation for why they declined to hear this case. For now, it’s a major victory for Carroll, after Trump attempted to wield the power of the DOJ against her—and Trump now owes her more than $100 million, including interest.
