Supreme Court's 'nastiest' decision of 2025 pinpointed by expert — and it's a shock

Each year, legal commentators Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern review the Supreme Court's most problematic decisions — and their choice for 2025's most egregious comes as a surprise.

Writing in Slate, Lithwick declared the case NIH v. American Public Health Association as the year's worst ruling, citing it as emblematic of broader institutional dysfunction.

The case centered on the Trump administration's cancellation of thousands of National Institutes of Health research grants —including funding for suicide prevention...