How William Howard Taft transformed from a portly president to a svelte chief justice
As summer comes to a close, I thought SCOTUSblog readers might appreciate a brief escape from the day’s dreary headlines to something a bit different:…
A docket in the shadow of bigger problems
Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White, which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. Read more Daubert dust-up and AEDPA angst Good…
Daubert dust-up and AEDPA angst
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. Read more In immigration cases,…
In immigration cases, the court doesn’t just settle disagreements
Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement practices. Read more What…
What oral argument reveals about Supreme Court unanimity and division
Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments, to provide insights into the justices’…
Opinions for Thursday, May 21
On Thursday, the court released its opinions in M&K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund and Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Carib…
Court rules against cruise lines in Cuban confiscation case
More than 65 years after the confiscation by Cuba’s communist government of assets owned by U.S. businesses there, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a U.S. business…
Court sidesteps death-row IQ dispute
The Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a ruling by a federal appeals court in favor of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for…
Justices agree that actuaries can use up-to-date assumptions in assessing costs of leaving a multi-employer pension plan
Yesterday’s in M&K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund was pretty much exactly what you would have expected given the argument: a brisk rejection of the…
Court puts off deciding whether to consider $5 million verdict against Trump – yet again
When the justices meet for their private conference on Thursday, there is one high-profile petition for review they will not consider, even though it has been fully briefed since late…
“Shadow docket” reform?
Plus, the court addressed a Cuban confiscation case, a death-row IQ dispute, and ERISA provisions.