Showing 1–50 of 71 items published in May 2025, most recent first.
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 States for humanitarian or public interest reasons – to more than 500,000 noncitizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled to limit the scope of environmental review required under a seminal 1970s environmental protection law.
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 to the Supreme Court.
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 progress in sorting through the current relists. This week it disposed of four.
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 of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
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 […]
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 clerked for Justice Souter during the 1994 Term.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
This article was updated on May 28 at 10:56 a.m.
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.
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 little influence on judicial decision making.
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.
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 the federal workforce.
This article was updated on May 23 at 3:43 p.m. 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 the Department of Government Efficiency to provide information in a lawsuit filed under the Freedom of Information Act.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
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 stay in office after President Donald Trump tried to fire them.
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 on the Supreme Court’s docket for this week’s conference.
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 with a contract provision intended to promote diversity.
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 religious charter school.
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 of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
On Thursday, May 22, we were live as the court released opinions in Kousisis v. United States and Okla. Charter School Board v. Drummond. Click here for a list of FAQs about […]
This article was updated on May 21 at 2:38 p.m. The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, once again asking the justices to take action on their emergency docket.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
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 about a transgender athlete at a high school track meet in that state.
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 with a candidate for office.
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 man’s challenge to the federal government’s efforts to collect restitution from him.
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 teaches Constitutional Law, Evidence, Jurisprudence, and Torts.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
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.
Hi, everyone! I am very excited to be joining SCOTUSblog as its executive editor. Please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected], even if just to say hello. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
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 administration from implementing an executive order and a related memorandum calling for large-scale reductions in the federal workforce – the elimination of jobs, followed by the transfer or firing of the employees who did those jobs.
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.
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 a highway outside Houston.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
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 citizenship.
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 Souter from 2007 to 2008.
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 the lower courts.
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 blocking President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship.
On Thursday, May 15, we were live as the court released its opinion in Barnes v. Felix and heard oral arguments in Trump v. CASA. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
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 of Law at William & Mary Law School. She clerked for Justice David Souter from 2005 to 2006.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
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 guarantee of citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States.
Two labor unions and a grassroots advocacy group urged the Supreme Court on Monday to leave in place an order by a federal judge in Maryland that temporarily prohibits members of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the records of the Social Security Administration.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.