Why religion and education will be in the spotlight next term
As the back-to-school spirit sweeps across the nation, education is likely on the minds of the Supreme Court justices (especially those with kids still at…
250th birthday minutes on the bench
At the Supreme Court building, there is a small exhibition tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary, titled “Revolutionary Arguments: The Legal Fight for Independence.” Read more Court rules that law…
Court rules that law enforcement’s use of “geofence warrant” was a “search”
The Supreme Court on Monday that when law enforcement officials used a “geofence warrant” – a warrant that instructed Google to provide location data for cellphone users who were near…
Justices uphold state law allowing for late-arriving mail-in ballots
Just over four months before the 2026 midterm elections, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they are…
Court prevents Trump from firing Fed governor
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors whom President Donald Trump had attempted to fire. By a…
Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner and overturns major restraint on presidential power
The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Donald Trump sweeping new authority over approximately two dozen multi-member agencies that Congress intended to be independent. By a vote of 6-3, the…
Supreme Court will not consider $5 million verdict against Trump
The Supreme Court on Monday that it will not hear an appeal by President Donald Trump seeking review of the $5 million jury verdict entered against him in the sexual…
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The home stretch
We are expecting eight opinions in argued cases.
Announcement of opinions for Monday, June 29
We will be live blogging as the court potentially releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term.
Hunter v. United States – the most important criminal case of the term
The term is not quite over, but I have no doubt that Hunter v. United States, decided on June 18, is its most important criminal case. In Hunter, the court…
When justices wade into politics
Scholar Robert Dahl, writing back , once remarked that “Americans are not quite willing to accept the fact that is a political institution and not quite capable of denying it;…