Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end birthright citizenship (John Fritze, CNN) Trump takes birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court (Nina. … | Continue reading
The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce an executive order signed by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to virtually anyone born in the United States. In a trio of near-identical filings … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court’s ‘Conversion Therapy’ Case Revs Up Speech Debate (Mary Anne Pazanowski, Bloomberg Law) The Supreme Court Is at a Fork in the... The … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: A fire chief says he battled Christian discrimination. Supreme Court declines to take his case (Maureen Groppe, USA Today) Supreme Court declines … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court seems intent on taking small steps in dealing with challenges to Trump’s agenda (Mark Sherman & Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Pre … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – that is, the effort to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. That announcement came as part of a list of orders released on Monday morning... T … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Supreme Court Clears Way for Rare Execution by Firing Squad (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law) Idaho AG celebrates end of ‘meddlesome’ em … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Texas tells Supreme Court it shouldn’t be ‘left holding the bag’ for US nuclear waste (Maureen Groppe, USA Today) Oklahoma’s ‘dirty political laundry … | Continue reading
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. Once again this week, the Supreme Court has been busy sifting through the relists. The court granted review of one. … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a request by the Trump administration to lift an order by a federal judge that had instructed it to temporarily reinstate Hampton Dellinger as the head of the Office of Special Counsel. In a one-sentence order on Thursday afternoon,... The … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court Rejects Trump on USAID Foreign-Aid Freeze (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg) Supreme Court split over spent nuclear fuel fight (Niina H. Farah, … | Continue reading
A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down a request by the Trump administration to lift an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that had directed the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid... The … | Continue reading
The court will issue one or more opinions this morning at 10 a.m. EST. Join us for live coverage. Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, a dispute about nuclear waste management. Each weekday, we select a short list... The … | Continue reading
On Wednesday, March 5, 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 opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, March 5 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. | Continue reading
Monday’s argument in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman took the justices back to their law school days, with a question straight out of a traditional first-semester course in Civil Procedure. The specific topic here is the standard for reopening a judgment that a court already... The po … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled that it was likely to shut down a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government, seeking to hold seven major U.S. gun makers and a gun wholesaler responsible for violence committed by Mexican drug cartels with U.S.-made weapons. A majority... The … | Continue reading
We are expecting one or more opinion from the court this morning at 10 a.m. EST. Join us for live coverage. Following the opinion announcements, the court will consider the Mexican government’s effort to hold U.S. gun manufacturers liable for cartel violence committed with U.S.-m … | Continue reading
Monday’s argument in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. was an odd one: The justices asked no questions at all about the question on which they’d granted review, because the parties agree that the lower court’s answer to that question was incorrect. So almost all... The … | Continue reading
On Tuesday, March 4, we were live as the court ruled in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Tuesday, March 4 (complete) appeared first on SCOTUSblog. | Continue reading
Just two weeks after the Trump administration designated six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Mexico will come to the Supreme Court on Tuesday in its effort to hold U.S. gun makers liable for cartel violence committed with U.S.-made weapons. Mexico is seeking b … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Monday added one new case, involving the double jeopardy clause and the Hobbs Act, to its docket for the 2025-26 term. The justices opted not to intervene in a First Amendment challenge to a “bias response” teams on a university campus,... The post Justices t … | Continue reading
The court will hear oral arguments in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. and BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman this morning. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: A... The post Th … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Trump foreign aid freeze to stay for now, US Supreme Court chief rules (Paulin Kola, BBC News) Justice Dept. hires for court battles... The post The … | Continue reading
Gary Waetzig filed an age discrimination suit against his former employer, Halliburton. He then dismissed the suit when the company pointed out that he had agreed to arbitrate. When he lost in arbitration and tried to return to federal court, the statute of limitations on... The … | Continue reading
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. After a bit of stasis on the relist front, the Supreme Court took decisive action at last week’s conference, on... … | Continue reading
The issue in Dewberry Group v. Dewberry Engineers is whether a federal court calculating the defendant’s profits in a trademark infringement lawsuit can include all the profits of related entities in the same corporate group. Justice Elena Kagan’s succinct opinion for a unanimous … | Continue reading
The Trump administration on Wednesday reiterated its request for the Supreme Court to lift an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that instructed President Donald Trump to temporarily reinstate the head of an independent federal agency tasked with protecting whistleblow … | Continue reading
Late last night, the chief justice blocked an order requiring the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid reimbursements. He instructed the parties involved to respond by tomorrow at noon. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary r … | Continue reading
Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday night temporarily froze an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that would have required the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid reimbursements for work that has already been done. In a brief order issued.. … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was sympathetic to an Ohio woman who alleges that she was the victim of reverse discrimination. Marlean Ames contends that she lost out on a promotion that she wanted, and then was demoted, simply because she is straight. With Ames... The post Court … | Continue reading
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Fourth Amendment generally requires police to get a warrant before searching someone’s belongings. When making … | Continue reading
The court will release one or more opinions this morning. Join us for live coverage at 9:45 a.m. EST. Following the opinion announcements, the justices will hear oral arguments in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. Each weekday, we select a short list of... The post The m … | Continue reading
On Wednesday, Feb. 26, 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 opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Feb. 26 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a group of Virginia drivers challenging a state motor vehicle law was not entitled to reimbursement of their attorney’s fees even though a federal district court issued an order in their favor that temporarily prohibited the state from... T … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for his role in the 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese, should get a new trial. In a decision by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the majority agreed that... The post Supreme Court grants Ri … | Continue reading
We are expecting one or more opinions from the court this morning. Join us for live coverage at 9:45 a.m. EST. Following the opinion announcements, the justices will hear oral arguments in Esteras v. U.S. and Perttu v. Richards. Each weekday, we select a short... The post The mor … | Continue reading
On Tuesday, Feb. 25, 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 opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Tuesday, Feb. 25 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. | Continue reading
The court’s 2024-25 term will close out its scheduled oral arguments on April 30 with a Catholic online school’s effort to become the nation’s first religious charter school. The court’s April argument calendar, which it released on Monday, features several other significant soci … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over whether a Texas man on death row has a legal right to sue, known as standing, to bring federal civil rights claims challenging the constitutionality of the Texas laws governing DNA testing. Ruben Gutierrez is trying to... The post Supr … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Monday morning released a long list of orders from the justices’ private conference on Feb. 21 – the first regularly scheduled conference in nearly a month. Over dissents or statements from several justices, the court denied review in cases that they... The p … | Continue reading
The justices will begin the February session today with oral arguments in Gutierrez v. Saenz. Listen to oral arguments live at 1o a.m. EST. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning... The post The … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Friday left in place for now an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that instructed President Donald Trump to temporarily reinstate the head of an independent federal agency tasked with protecting whistleblowers from retaliation. The justices did no … | Continue reading
A unanimous Supreme Court on Friday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court that allowed a lawsuit brought by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust to go forward. The survivors contended that their claims fell within an exception to the general presumption that foreign... Th … | Continue reading
The court expects to issue one or more opinions this morning. Join us for live coverage at 9:45 a.m. EST. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Kirkland Partner Tapped... The post The mor … | Continue reading
On Friday, Feb. 21, 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 opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Friday, Feb. 21 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas to argue in a case involving the application of the federal laws governing post-conviction relief for federal prisoners. In a brief order, the justices appointed Kasdin Mitchell, a partner in the Da … | Continue reading
Marlean Ames says she is the victim of reverse discrimination: She was not hired for a job that she wanted, and she was demoted, because she is straight. Ames sued and brought her case to the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the justices will hear oral... The post Ohio woman asks cou … | Continue reading
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Trump Tests His Sway at Supreme Court in Push to Oust Official (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg) Missouri Clinics Resume Abortions, Following Abortion Rights … | Continue reading