Showing 1–50 of 97 items published in June 2025, most recent first.
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added seven new cases, covering issues ranging from campaign-finance regulations to the flexibility of the deadline to move a case from state to federal court, to its docket for the 2025-26 term.
On Saturday, one day after the Supreme Court handed down some of its most anticipated decisions of the 2024-25 term, Chief Justice John Roberts was in Charlotte, North Carolina, answering questions about judicial power and independence at a conference for the judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, as well as the lawyers who practice in that area.
Creating the prospect of a major case on campaign-finance regulations, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to revisit its 2001 ruling in Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, in which the justices upheld federal limits on coordinated campaign expenditures, which restrict political parties from spending money on campaign advertising with input from political candidates.
On Friday, June 27, the court issued its final opinions on the merits docket for the 2024-25 term. It decided the following cases: Trump v. CASA, Mahmoud v. Taylor, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, and Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research.
It was a bit of a shock on Thursday when Chief Justice John Roberts announced at the end of the session that the court would next sit on Friday and “at that time we will announce all remaining opinions ready during this term of the Court.” With six significant cases outstanding, that would make for one heckuva final day, everyone seemed to agree.
The Supreme Court will not decide right now whether Louisiana violated the Constitution when it enacted a congressional map last year that created a second majority-Black district.
Updated on June 29 at 10:29 am Last year the Supreme Court took a significant step to limit the power of administrative agencies with its decision overturning the Chevron doctrine, which for 40 years had instructed courts to show certain deference to an agency’s interpretation of the laws that it administered.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to the structure of a Department of Health and Human Services task force that makes recommendations about which preventive services, including HIV medication, insurers must cover at no additional cost to the patient.
In a major First Amendment decision, the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling by a federal appeals court that allowed Texas to enforce a state law requiring pornography sites to verify the age of their users before providing access.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a group of Maryland parents have a right to opt their elementary-school-aged children out of instruction that includes LGBTQ+ themes.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s request to partially pause rulings by three federal judges that had blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship – that is, the guarantee of citizenship to virtually anyone born in the United States.
Today is the court’s final day of issuing opinions on the merits docket for the 2024-25 term. We’re expecting opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. The following cases have yet to be decided: Trump v. CASA, Mahmoud v. Taylor, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Louisiana v. Callais, and Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research.
On Friday, June 27, we live blogged the court’s final day of issuing opinions on the merits docket for the 2024-25 term. The cases decided were Trump v. CASA, Kennedy v. […]
Friday, June 26, is the Supreme Court’s final day of issuing opinions on the merits docket for the 2024-25 term. The court has six cases left to decide, on topics ranging from the constitutionality of Louisiana’s congressional map to the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide injunctions.
On Thursday, June 26, the Supreme Court also released the following opinions: — In Hewitt v. United States, the justices considered whether the First Step Act’s sentencing reduction guidelines apply to someone who was originally sentenced before the FSA was enacted but whose sentence was later vacated.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the constitutionality of state laws governing DNA testing.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a South Carolina woman and Planned Parenthood do not have a legal right, known as standing, to bring a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s decision to exclude Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program on the basis that the organization provides abortions.
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, June 26, we were live as the court released opinions in Riley v. Bondi, Gutierrez v. Saenz, Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, and Hewitt v. United States. The court will […]
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 continues to make way for the end of the term.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
Less than one day after a majority of the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to move forward, at least for now, with deporting immigrants to countries not specifically identified in their removal orders, lawyers for the Trump administration and for immigrants seeking to
Before its summer recess begins at the end of June or in early July, the Supreme Court has 10 cases left to decide, on topics ranging from the constitutionality of Louisiana’s congressional map to the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide injunctions.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: What cases are left on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket?
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration, at least for now, to move forward with deporting immigrants to countries not specifically identified in their removal orders.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether an inmate can sue a government official in his individual capacity – that is, seeking to hold an official personally liable, rather than the government entity itself – for violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, a law enacted by Congress in 2000 partly to strengthen the religious liberty rights of prisoners.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
It’s a sweetly mild morning here on this day of the summer solstice. Outside the court, staff members of the Architect of the Capitol, who tend to the grounds not only of Congress but the court, are planting summer flowers on the north gardens of the court building.
On Friday, June 20, the Supreme Court also released the following opinions: — In Esteras v. United States, the justices considered whether courts weighing a revocation of supervised release should address certain sentencing factors, such as retribution, that are not listed in the law concerning supervised release but that are part of the law governing sentencing.
The Supreme Court on Friday shut down efforts by a retired Florida firefighter to sue her former employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act. By a vote of 8-1, the justices ruled that Karyn Stanley, who was forced to retire in 2018 because of Parkinson’s disease, cannot challenge the termination of her health insurance after she retired.
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a challenge by retailers to the Food and Drug Administration’s denial of an application by R.J. Reynolds Vapor to market e-cigarettes can go forward in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a pair of lawsuits by U.S. victims of terrorist attacks in Israel against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization can go forward.
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 Friday, June 20, we were live as the court released opinions in FDA v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., Esteras v. United States, McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., Diamond Alternative […]
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.
Good morning. I hope you have a meaningful Juneteenth. Yesterday, the court issued decisions in United States v. Skrmetti, NRC v. Texas, EPA v. Calumet, Oklahoma v. EPA, and Perttu v. Richards. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
The courtroom is quite full today as we near the end of the term. A key reason for that is this is the last day for in-person admissions to the Supreme Court Bar.
On Wednesday, June 18, the Supreme Court also released the following opinions: — In Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, the court considered who has a right to challenge the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing decisions.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued two rulings on where certain challenges to actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act must be filed.
This post was updated on June 18 at 2:22 pm The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender teenagers.
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 Wednesday, June 18, we were live as the court released opinions in United States v. Skrmetti, NRC v. Texas, EPA v. Calumet, Oklahoma v. EPA, and Perttu v. Richards. Click here for a list of […]
Update: On June 20, the court denied the companies’ request to expedite hearing their case.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received more than $2 million in book advances from Penguin Random House in 2024. The news came as part of the justices’ annual financial disclosures, which are filed each year in mid-May and then released in June.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.