Trump administration again comes to the Supreme Court seeking large-scale reductions in the federal workforce 

The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon, making another request to pause an order by a federal judge in San Francisco that bars the Trump administration […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Supreme Court adds four cases to next term’s docket 

The Supreme Court on Monday morning added four new cases to its docket for the 2025-26 term, on issues ranging from whether a political candidate can bring a lawsuit challenging […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Supreme Court declines to hear gun-control challenges 

After considering them at 15 consecutive conferences, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two challenges to gun-control laws in Maryland and Rhode Island. In each case, three justices indicated […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Monday, June 2

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Coming up: On Thursday, June 5, the court […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Supreme Court allows DHS to end parole for a half-million noncitizens

The Supreme Court on Friday morning cleared the way for the Trump administration to revoke the Biden administration’s grant of parole – that is, permission to stay in the United […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Supreme Court limits scope of environmental review 

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled to limit the scope of environmental review required under a seminal 1970s environmental protection law. The move brought a proposed 88-mile railroad line that would […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Friday, May 30

Yesterday, May 29, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Government contractors’ defenses, election challenges, and intellectual disability in capital cases

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court is making good […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Thursday, May 29

We’re expecting one or more opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. Join us for the live blog, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Each weekday, we select a short list […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Announcement of opinions for Thursday, May 29

On Thursday, May 29, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The intellectual empathy of David Souter

This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter. Kent Greenfield is Professor of Law and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar at Boston College. He […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Wednesday, May 28

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Coming up: Tomorrow, May 29, the court expects […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Trump administration seeks to stay district court order prohibiting government from deporting noncitizens absent additional analysis that they may face torture  

The Trump administration on Tuesday afternoon asked the Supreme Court to pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that prohibits the federal government from deporting immigrants to a […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Court takes up New York man’s bid for compassionate release

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh in on the bid for compassionate release by a New York man convicted of murder for hire a quarter-century ago. The justices’ […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

An unexpected shift to the right: the conservative justices’ recent embrace of law review articles

Brent Newton is a Practitioner in Residence at Penn State Dickinson Law.  Law review articles have long been criticized for being out of touch with actual legal practice and having […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Tuesday, May 27

I hope you had a meaningful Memorial Day weekend. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Trump administration withdraws request to pause order preventing government from reducing federal workforce 

The Trump administration on Friday night withdrew its request to pause an order by a federal judge in San Francisco that blocked the federal government from implementing large-scale reductions in […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Watchdog urges court to deny DOGE request to pause order for information in FOIA suit

A government watchdog group on Friday urged the Supreme Court to deny the Trump administration’s request to pause an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that would require […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Friday, May 23

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Supreme Court allows Trump to remove agency heads without cause for now

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted the Trump administration’s request to pause orders by federal judges that required government officials to allow board members at two independent federal agencies to […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

From police powers to pork: Supreme Court faces broad range of new relists

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. There are 102 petitions and applications […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Court upholds federal fraud conviction even without economic harm

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the fraud conviction of a Philadelphia-area government contractor. Stamatios Kousisis was found guilty, along with Alpha Painting and Construction, after they failed to comply […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Split Supreme Court blocks first religious charter school in Oklahoma

The Supreme Court on Thursday morning left in place a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejecting an effort by a Catholic virtual charter school to become the country’s first […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Announcement of opinions for Thursday, May 22

On Thursday, May 22, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Thursday, May 22

We’re expecting one or more opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. Join us for the live blog, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Each weekday, we select a short list […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Trump asks high court to pause another suit against DOGE 

The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, once again asking the justices to take action on their emergency docket. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Wednesday, May 21

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Coming up: Tomorrow the court expects to issue […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Supreme Court requires clerk to count votes by lawmaker censured for social media post about transgender athlete

The Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon required the clerk of the Maine House of Representatives to count votes by a Maine lawmaker who was censured for a social media post […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Trump defends Vice President Vance’s bid to toss campaign finance law

The Trump administration notified the Supreme Court on Monday that it will not defend a federal campaign finance law that restricts the amount of money that political parties can spend in coordination […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Justices appoint lawyer to argue restitution case in the fall

A former clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia and then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh was tapped on Thursday to defend a lower court ruling before the Supreme Court this fall in a Georgia […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The quiet radicalism of Justice Souter

This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter.  Charles Barzun is a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, where he […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Tuesday, May 20

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Coming up: On Thursday, May 22, the court […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Supreme Court allows Trump to end protected status for group of Venezuelan nationals

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to end the protected status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan citizens living in the United States. In a […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Monday, May 19

Hi, everyone! I am very excited to be joining SCOTUSblog as its executive editor. Please feel free to reach out to me at zachary@thedispatch.com, even if just to say hello. […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Monday, May 19

Hi, everyone! I am very excited to be joining SCOTUSblog as its executive editor. Please feel free to reach out to me at zachary@thedispatch.com, even if just to say hello. […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Trump asks justices to lift judge’s order pausing mass federal layoffs

The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon, asking the justices to temporarily block an order by a federal judge in San Francisco that bars the Trump […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Supreme Court again bars Trump from removing Venezuelan nationals

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon extended its ban on the removal from the United States of Venezuelan men currently in immigration custody in the northern region of Texas. In an […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

Supreme Court revives excessive force suit against officer in deadly Houston-area traffic stop

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Texas man who was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a police officer on […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

The morning read for Friday, May 16

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 9 months ago

A peek at the merits

Today the court will hear arguments in Trump v. CASA and its consolidated cases, plucked from the emergency docket for oral arguments about nationwide injunctions and the president’s executive order on birthright […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 10 months ago

Lessons about home and humility from Justice Souter 

This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter.  Michael Mongan currently serves as the California Solicitor General. He clerked for Justice David […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 10 months ago

No clear decision emerges from arguments on judges’ power to block Trump’s birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court on Thursday was divided over whether a federal judge has the power to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship while the case moves through […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 10 months ago

The morning read for Thursday, May 15

We’re expecting one or more opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear oral arguments in three consolidated emergency appeals over orders […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 10 months ago

Announcement of opinions and oral argument live blog for Thursday, May 15

On Thursday, May 15, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. After the opinion announcement, we’ll stick […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 10 months ago

The morning read for Wednesday, May 14

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Coming up: On Thursday, May 15, the court […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 10 months ago

The heartbeat of the law is human connection

This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter.  Allison Orr Larsen is the Alfred Wilson & Mary I.W. Lee Professor […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 10 months ago

The morning read for Tuesday, May 13

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Coming up: On Thursday, May 15, the court […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 10 months ago

Questions about Thursday’s oral argument in the birthright citizenship dispute? We have (some) answers. 

On May 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the federal government’s efforts to be able to generally implement President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship – the […] | Continue reading


@api.follow.it | 10 months ago