How Supreme Court precedents die before they are overruled
When the Supreme Court says a precedent has been “abandoned,” the real work has already been done. Read more Nine days in June That was the story of Lemon v.…
Nine days in June
As we await the usual late-June flurry of decisions – some of them quite significant – I wanted to reflect on what I believe to be the most extraordinary June…
Court adds three cases to 2026-27 docket
Plus, the justices denied several notable petitions for review on Monday.
Justices urged to stop Texas from enforcing age-verification and parental-consent law on apps
A student group and a trade association came to the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon on its interim docket, asking the justices to restore orders by a federal judge in…
Court agrees to hear three new cases, including on the constitutionality of six-person juries
The Supreme Court on Monday added three new cases, on issues ranging from hearings for noncitizens in immigration detention to the constitutionality of Florida’s six-person juries and the exceptions to…
The dissent that became a statute
Near the end of her career, Lilly Ledbetter received an anonymous note: she was being paid far less than every man doing the same job. Ledbetter was one of the…
Alabama responds to court’s order on nitrogen gas execution
Plus, what’s the most opinions released in one day?
Justices reject “rigid” rule punishing omissions by bankrupt debtors
Yesterday’s decision in Keathley v Buddy Ayers Construction squarely rejected a “rigid” rule adopted by the lower court to punish the failure of a debtor in bankruptcy to mention one…
The European Court of Justice
Welcome to SCOTUSblog’s recurring series in which we interview experts on different supreme courts around the world and how they compare to our own. Today’s column focuses on the highest…
Justices reject private suits to enforce investor protections against investment companies
In yesterday’s decision in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v Saba Capital Master Fund, a sharply divided court rejected the efforts of investors to sue an investment company to rescind a…