WEIRD: Networks OMIT Landmark Gun Rights Ruling from SCOTUS Roundups
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WEIRD: Networks OMIT Landmark Gun Rights Ruling from SCOTUS Roundups

In a weird case of bias by omission, the broadcast network newscasts all neglected to cover a landmark gun rights ruling by the Supreme Court, even as they all did roundups covering the several decisions handed down. Instead, they whined about the two opinions that bolstered the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Most emblematic of the coverage: ABC’s Mary Bruce at her Mary Bruciest, complaining that the Court delivered “two major wins for President Trump:”  WATCH: ABC's Mary Bruce whining about the Supreme Court "delivering two major wins for President Trump" on TPS and asylum, both of which were grotesquely abused by the Biden administration en route to allowing millions of illegal aliens into the country. DAVID MUIR: Tonight, the… pic.twitter.com/pxN8Afs5CX — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 26, 2026 ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 6/25/26 6:44 PM DAVID MUIR: Tonight, the Supreme Court delivering two major wins for President Trump, allowing him to expel some migrants and turn away others. Let's get right to Mary Bruce on the Supreme Court. Mary, what have we learned? MARY BRUCE: Well, David, tonight, the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority handing President Trump two wins on immigration. In a 6-3 decision, the court clearing the way for Trump to cancel the temporary protected status of hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians who have been living and working legally in the U.S. Most will now need to leave the country or face deportation. In the other case, the justices allowing the administration to turn away people seeking asylum at official ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border, meaning the U.S. can essentially shut the door to migrants fleeing violence and persecution. And, David, we are still waiting on perhaps the biggest immigration decision, the court's decision on whether Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. David. MUIR: Mary Bruce, who’s reporting here in New York with us tonight. Mary, thank you.  Bruce seems mad that people have to be on U.S. soil before applying for asylum, and that the word "temporary" still means “temporary.” We didn’t observe any of this energy when the Biden administration found the border open and allowed millions of illegal aliens to stream into the country.  In Bruce’s brief, you found no mention of the gun rights ruling, Wolford v. Lopez. Per Fox News: The ruling reverses a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which had upheld Hawaii's restrictions after the state enacted them in response to the Supreme Court's 2022 Bruen decision. After Bruen struck down New York's "proper cause" licensing requirement and held that Americans have a constitutional right to carry handguns outside the home for self-defense, Hawaii overhauled its firearms laws. Among the new provisions was a requirement that concealed-carry permit holders could not bring firearms onto another person's private property, including businesses open to the public, unless the owner provided express authorization through signage or verbal or written permission. In Second Amendment advocacy circles, the law became known as the "vampire rule."  The article goes on to note that Hawai’i cited the nefarious Black Codes as justification for its vampire rule, which was soundly rejected. Hawaiians can now concealed carry anywhere unless where expressly prohibited by private property owners. The sole newscasts to even address the Hawai’i ruling? PBS News Hour, at the end of their lengthy SCOTUS roundup: WATCH: PBS News Hour was the only national evening newscast to address the SCOTUS gun rights decision in Wolford v. Lopez, which struck down Hawaii's concealed carry "vampire rule." Aloha! GEOFF BENNETT: In the 30 seconds we have left- how might other states be affected by this… pic.twitter.com/OvyBajbq8O — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 26, 2026 PBS NEWS HOUR 6/25/2026 7:16 PM GEOFF BENNETT: In the 30 seconds we have left- how might other states be affected by this Hawai’i gun law?  AMY HOWE: So the Hawai’i gun law- there are four other states -- California, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland -- that have similar laws that require you to obtain permission, even if you are a licensed gun owner, before bringing your gun onto private property. And so it’s not a lot of states- certainly California, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland- that’s a lot of people, so those laws under the Supreme Court ruling today would also face being unconstitutional.  BENNETT: Amy Howe. Thanks as always for your insights and analysis. We appreciate it. HOWE: Thank you. That’s it. And infinitely more than ABC, CBS or NBC, who focused solely on the immigration rulings. CBS’s Jan Crawford also addressed the Roundup ruling, and NBC’s Laura Jarrett covered the back-and-forth between Justices Alito and Sotomayor. As the Elitist Media evening news demonstrates yet again, what they choose to omit is as important if not more so than what they cover. The omission, in this case, a powerful affirmation of one of our core Constitutional rights and final guarantor of our fundamental freedoms. Click “expand” to view the full transcripts of the aforementioned reports as aired on their respective network newscasts on Thursday, June 25th, 2026: CBS EVENING NEWS 6/25/26 6:41 PM TONY DOKOUPIL: We turn now to the Supreme Court. Since the start of the session last October, the justices heard arguments in dozens of cases and issued opinions in 59 of them including rulings handed down today in a pair of immigration cases. CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent Jan Crawford has been following all of it for us. Jan, good evening. Thank you for being here. So what stood out from today's decisions? JAN CRAWFORD: Well, I mean, Tony- the justices gave the president two big wins on his immigration policy. Both cases dividing the court 6-3 along ideological lines. One of the cases allows the administration to turn away asylum seekers at the border before they set foot on U.S. soil. The other would allow it to end what's called Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitians and Syrians who came to the U.S., some more than a decade ago in the wake of natural disasters and violence.  The administration said Temporary Protected Status means temporary and sought to end those removal protections and the justices agreed that those decisions are generally up to the president. The court also put a stop to lawsuits that could total billions of dollars against Monsanto for failing to warn consumers that the weed killer Roundup could cause cancer. Since the EPA has never found that the active ingredient in Roundup causes cancer, the court said that Monsanto wasn't required to put that information to the contrary on its warning labels. DOKOUPIL: You know Jan, here we are- end of June. The Court traditionally ends its term right around now but there are a number of cases left. What are you looking for? CRAWFORD: Yeah, we’ve got eight to go, including four of the biggest of term: birthright citizenship, transgender participation in girls' sports, and whether presidents have the power to fire members of independent executive agencies or the Federal Reserve Board. Now, the justices would be back here on the bench on Monday for more opinions and they'll probably add one more day next week. Tony. DOKOUPIL: And we’ll see you next week Jan, thank you very much. NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 6/25/26 6:38 PM HALLIE JACKSON: Here in Washington, a new landmark Supreme Court ruling comes down in favor of President Trump’s immigration policies and sets the stage for a possible wave of new deportations. Laura Jarrett explains. LAURA JARRETT: Tonight, immigration advocates on edge. The court's conservative majority clearing the way for the administration to now strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian refugees of the legal protections that have allowed them and others to live and work in the United States for years. HAITIAN IMMIGRATION ADVOCATE: For many of us, this ruling is not just about policy. It is about our homes. Our families. Our future. JARRETT: Congress created the program known as Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, in 1990 to help those fleeing armed conflict or natural disasters. Over 300,000 Haitians and over 600,000 Syrians in the U.S. are estimated currently to have TPS protection, but Homeland Security under President Trump has moved to end protections for several countries, prompting immigrant rights groups to sue, pointing to Trump's past derogatory statements about Haitian immigrants. DONALD TRUMP: In Springfield, they're eating the dogs. The people that came in, they're eating the cats. JARRETT: In a divided ruling, the conservative majority today finding the courts generally barred from second-guessing DHS’s decision-making, and the president's statements “not overtly racial.” Administration officials praising the decision. TOM HOMAN: Temporary means temporary. When the condition in that country gets better, they need to go home. JACKSON: Laura is joining us now and Laura, this is not the only immigration win that the Court handed the president today. JARRETT: Hallie, that’s right. The justices have now given the president the green light to turn away scores of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Obviously, part of his larger border crackdown. We’ve seen asylum- seekers trying to actually make those claims on foreign soil, but today, the justices agreeing with the Trump administration that they can in fact turn migrants away. But this case, Hallie, quite fiery. It prompted a very heated dissent from Justice Sotomayor on the liberal side, to which then Justice Alito responded, issuing his own rebuttal of sorts. Hallie, this is something you never see on the bench as opinions are handed down as this term comes to a close here in just the coming days, Hallie.  JACKSON: And more to come. Hallie, thank you very much.