Showing 1–50 of 86 items published in November 2025, most recent first.
The ethnic milestones and makeup of the Supreme Court have long been topics of fascination, from the notion of a “Jewish seat” filled by those who followed Justice Louis Brandeis as the first Jewish justice in 1916 to the recognition that Justice Antonin Scalia received as the first Italian American on the court in 1986 to Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s embrace of her role since 2009 as the first Latina to serve.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday put off a decision on the Trump administration’s request to be able to remove Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, from her job while her challenge to an effort to fire her moves forward.
Updated on Dec. 2 at 9:20 a.m. I’ve never been a fan of the lottery. In fourth grade, I pooled together my chore money (a grand total of $6), handed it over to my dad, and started coming up with names for the horse I’d buy with my winnings.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday, Dec. 2, in a case brought by First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a group of faith-based pregnancy centers that the New Jersey attorney general’s office alleges may have misled women about whether it provides certain reproductive-health services.
We’re wishing you a happy and restful Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving weekend. On Monday, the justices will be back in the courtroom to start the December sitting, and the SCOTUStoday newsletter will be back in your inbox.
The court will hear its big copyright case for the year during the first week of the December session, when on Monday, Dec. 1, it reviews a billion-dollar ruling against Cox Communications based on its failure to eradicate copyright infringement by its customers.
On Monday, Dec. 1, in Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, the Supreme Court will consider the federal judiciary’s role in asylum cases as it weighs whether a federal court of appeals must defer to the Board of Immigration Appeals’ judgment on an asylum seeker’s claims of persecution when it reviews the individual’s case.
On Nov. 25, 2020, in a late-night order issued hours before Thanksgiving began that year, the court blocked enforcement of New York’s attendance restrictions for houses of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated on Nov. 26 at 8:46 a.m. Civil rights groups and Texans challenging the new congressional map adopted by the Texas Legislature in August urged the Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate a ruling by a three-judge district court that barred the state from using the map in the 2026 elections.
The Supreme Court on Monday morning sent the case of a Mississippi man convicted of abusing his daughter back to the state courts for another look. It also reversed, without briefing on the merits or oral argument, a ruling by a federal appeals court in favor of a Maryland man convicted of second-degree murder.
The Supreme Court did not act on Monday on the challenges to President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to almost everyone born in the United States.
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Welcome to Thanksgiving week! Here’s what to expect from SCOTUStoday: Tomorrow, you’ll receive a regular edition of the newsletter, then Wednesday’s edition will be abridged. We will not be sending SCOTUStoday on Thursday or Friday to give our team a holiday break.
Texas came to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to clear the way for it to use a new congressional map intended to increase the chances that Republicans can retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
A new poll on the Supreme Court found that 30% of Americans have heard or read a lot about the court in the past month, 60% have heard a little, and 10% haven’t heard anything at all. What we’re hearing is that 10% of Americans are in desperate need of the SCOTUStoday newsletter.
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 churn through its relist rolls.
The SCOTUSblog team reads a lot of legal news each week. Here’s the most memorable headline from the past few days: Go fetch! Judge orders exes to bid on beloved goldendoodle.
Last month, the Supreme Court turned down an appeal from a group of Colorado parents who argued that a school district interfered with their parental rights when it left them out of discussions about their children’s gender identity.
On this day in 1794, representatives of the U.S. and Great Britain signed Jay’s Treaty, which was named after the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay.
Updated on Nov. 18 at 7:23 p.m. Over the past two weeks, the Supreme Court resolved two of the longest-standing matters on its interim docket with orders clearing the way for the Trump administration to implement new rules for sex markers on passports and denying a request to allow a young girl set to be sent to family members in Venezuela to remain in Texas with her mother.
Get ready to question how you spent your youth. On this day in 1811, Joseph Story, then just 32 years old, was confirmed to the Supreme Court. He remains the youngest justice to have ever served on the court.
Over the objections of three justices, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from the sheriff of New Orleans in a dispute over the city’s obligation to build a new facility for inmates with mental health issues.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a ruling by a federal appeals court that, the Trump administration contends, “has already caused—and, if left in place, will continue to cause—‘untold interference with the Executive Branch’s ability to manage the southern border.’” The immigrant rights
On this day in 1980, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Stone v. Graham, which said that a Kentucky statute requiring a copy of the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom violated the First Amendment’s establishment clause.
In Fernandez v. United States and Rutherford v. United States, argued on Wednesday, the Supreme Court considered what constitutes permissible grounds for a federal inmate to claim to have “extraordinary and compelling” reasons for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).
Late last week, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett took center stage at the Federalist Society’s annual gala in the nation’s capital, offering reflections on what it means to take the judicial oath and deal with public scrutiny.
On this day in 1878, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in Reynolds v. United States, on whether a federal law banning bigamy violated the First Amendment’s free exercise clause. (The court ultimately held that it did not.) Week in Review The November sitting concluded this week.
In last term’s Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court curtailed the use of universal injunctions – that is, lower court orders that grant relief to everyone, even people not involved in the case.
If you’ve followed coverage of the Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term over the past few months, you’d likely say this term’s theme is executive power.
The Supreme Court wrapped up its arguments for the November sitting yesterday and announced what cases it will hear in January. Mark your calendars accordingly – we certainly have!
The Supreme Court will kick off 2026 with a series of arguments in blockbuster cases. In a calendar released on Wednesday afternoon, the justices announced that they will hear arguments in January in cases involving transgender athletes, the latest chapter in the court’s gun rights jurisprudence, and President Donald Trump’s bid to remove Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.
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 had some good news and some bad news for the petitioners in relisted cases this week.
Justice William O. Douglas announced his retirement on this day in 1975, nearly 11 months after suffering a stroke and more than 36 years after joining the Supreme Court. He remains the longest serving justice in Supreme Court history.
Lawyers for Shira Perlmutter, who served as the head of the U.S. Copyright Office until she was fired earlier this year, urged the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon to leave in place a ruling by a federal appeals court that temporarily reinstated her to her position.
On Monday afternoon, the Trump administration and lawyers for the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed additional briefs in response to a Supreme Court order for them to discuss whether, for purposes of the federal law on which President Donald Trump relied to call up the National Guard