Showing 1–50 of 109 items published in October 2025, most recent first.
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Happy Halloween to those who celebrate! Did you know that Halloween helped Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett connect when Barrett first joined the court? Barrett has repeatedly shared the story of Sotomayor making candy bags for her kids after her confirmation.
Updated on Oct. 31 at 8:42 a.m. On Nov. 5, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of challenges to President Donald Trump’s power to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually all goods imported into the United States.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited Inc. v. Burton, the Supreme Court will consider a disagreement among the federal courts of appeals over whether there is a time limit for setting aside a judgment as void for lack of personal jurisdiction – that is, because the trial court did not have the authority to exercise power over the litigant.
The arguments next Tuesday in The Hain Celestial Group v Palmquist probably will sound like a session of a first-year civil procedure course, as the Supreme Court will consider what to do when a trial court improperly dismisses a defendant who would have deprived it of jurisdiction to hear the case.
You’ve likely heard of AI-driven mistakes in legal filings, but what about AI juries?
The Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon asked the litigants in the challenge to President Donald Trump’s effort to deploy the National Guard to Illinois to file supplemental briefs addressing the interpretation of the law on which Trump relied in his Oct. 4 memorandum calling up the National Guard.
In Rico v. United States, the Supreme Court will consider whether the fugitive-tolling doctrine – the legal principle that a criminal defendant should not receive credit toward his sentence for time spent as a fugitive – applies when a defendant absconds from (that is, flees from or evades) supervised release, thereby preventing the term of supervision from expiring while the defendant is on the lam.
Updated on Oct. 29 at 12:36 p.m. Next Monday’s argument in Hencely v Fluor Corporation asks the justices to consider the extent to which military contractors can be held liable in tort suits – that is, a lawsuit seeking damages for harm caused by someone else’s wrongful actions or negligence – brought under state law.
In early December, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in cases asking the justices to overrule two longstanding precedents – Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1935 decision upholding a federal law that limits the president’s power to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission, and
We’re one week away from oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and SCOTUSblog and the Advisory Opinions podcast have some big plans for this.
Updated on Oct. 28 at 9:16 p.m. Since June, President Donald Trump has ordered several National Guard deployments within the United States, often against the wishes of the Democratic governors of the states where troops are being sent.
Harvard University was founded on this day in 1636. About 200 years later, in 1832, the first Supreme Court justice to have a Juris Doctorate degree, Benjamin Robbins Curtis, graduated from its law school.
The Trump administration on Monday afternoon asked the Supreme Court to pause an order by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., that temporarily reinstated the top U.S. copyright official after her firing earlier this year.
Thank you to everyone who answered our call for feedback about this newsletter — we deeply and truly appreciate it. We received some great suggestions and will be incorporating some of them in the weeks ahead. SCOTUS Quick Hits We’re one week away from the start of the court’s November sitting.
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Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Life, Law & Liberty, Justice Anthony Kennedy’s memoir, was published earlier this month. The prose is simple and direct, and the book is a worthwhile read.
To prepare this newsletter, the SCOTUSblog team reads a lot of legal news. Here’s the most memorable headline we saw this week: Court: Chimps don’t have human rights, must stay in Michigan zoo.
The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon turned down a request from an Alabama inmate to block his execution, which is scheduled for today. In an unsigned order, the justices denied Anthony Boyd’s plea to put his execution on hold and to decide whether executing him by nitrogen hypoxia would violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
The Supreme Court is done hearing argument for October, but that does not mean it’s done making major rulings. There are several applications awaiting action on the court’s interim docket, including the Trump administration’s request to be allowed to federalize and deploy the National Guard within Illinois and its attempt to change the current rules for sex markers on passports.
The court is scheduled to consider whether to hear Kim Davis’ challenge to same-sex marriage at their private conference on Friday, Nov. 7. As a general practice, the court does not grant review without considering a case at at least two consecutive conferences; this is the first conference in which Davis’ challenge will be considered.
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Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff, especially when it comes to the NBA. For court fans, October is the sweetest month.
Today marks one month since we launched SCOTUStoday, and we’d love to hear your thoughts on some questions: Are the article descriptions in the Morning Reads section too long or just right? Are there other court-related events you’d like to see noted in SCOTUS Quick Hits?
Lawyers for small businesses and states challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs on almost all goods imported into the United States urged the Supreme Court on Monday to leave in place rulings by lower courts that struck down most of the tariffs.
It’s not every day that the phrase “habitual drunkards” appears in a SCOTUSblog story. Keep reading to understand why it plays a role in the court’s new Second Amendment case.
Lawyers representing the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago urged the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon to leave in place a ruling by a federal judge that prohibits the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Illinois.
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added another dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment right to bear arms to its docket for the 2025-26 term.
The court did not announce any new grants of cases on Friday, but that doesn’t mean SCOTUSblog had a quiet afternoon. Read on to learn about three major pieces of news that hit our inbox as the weekend approached.
The Supreme Court announced on Friday afternoon that it will hear oral arguments on Dec. 8 in the battle over the president’s power to remove the heads of independent federal agencies created by Congress.
The Trump administration on Friday afternoon asked the Supreme Court to pause an order by a federal judge in Illinois that bars the federal government from deploying the National Guard to Illinois.
The fallout from the federal government shutdown, now in its 17th day, has come to the Supreme Court.
Wednesday’s argument in Louisiana v. Callais lasted nearly two-and-a-half hours, long enough that some justices mentioned being “tired” or having a “long day” during the following argument in Case v. Montana.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to side with police officers in Case v. Montana, a Montana man’s challenge to a 2021 incident that left him with a gunshot wound to the abdomen after police entered his home.
On Tuesday, the justices heard argument in Bowe v. United States, involving a complex (and confusing) area of law: habeas, which allows people confined by the government to challenge the grounds for their detention.
You’ve likely heard of the debate over how to pronounce GIF – gif like the start of “gift” or jif like the peanut butter brand? – but what about the one over Gingles?