The Supreme Court on Monday added two new cases to its docket for the 2023-24 term, involving educational benefits for veterans and a rare appearance by the 16th Amendment. At the same time, the justices took two cases in which they had granted review off their docket. They dismissed one case, in which they had… Read More
Texas and Louisiana lack right to challenge Biden immigration policy, court rules
This post was updated on June 23 at 2:18 p.m. In a major victory for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Texas and Louisiana do not have a legal right, known as standing, to challenge a Biden administration policy that prioritizes certain groups of unauthorized immigrants for arrest and deportation. The… Read More
Reading the tea leaves — Part 3
With the release of four opinions on Thursday, including one opinion from the court’s November argument session and two from its April argument session, the justices now have 14 cases left to decide before their summer recess. Thursday’s opinions also shed additional light, even if they don’t bring complete clarity, on the question of which… Read More
After the release of 4 opinions, 14 cases remaining
The Supreme Court released four opinions on Thursday morning, in cases involving water rights for Native Americans, the intersection of immigration and criminal law, federal racketeering laws, and federal habeas corpus laws. The justices did not, however, release opinions in some of their most closely watched cases, including a pair of cases involving the role… Read More
With 10 days left in June, 18 cases to go
The Supreme Court will issue decisions on Thursday, June 22, and Friday, June 23. With the release of five opinions last week, the justices now have 18 cases left to decide, on topics ranging from the consideration of race in college admissions to LGBTQ rights and election law. Here is a full list, along with… Read More
Justices take up Fair Credit Reporting Act case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether Congress waived the United States’ sovereign immunity from lawsuits for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz was the lone grant of review on a list of orders released from the justices’ private conference last week…. Read More
The 20 remaining cases
The 7-2 decision in Haaland v. Brackeen, rejecting a challenge to the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, was one of three opinions released on Thursday. The justices also released a unanimous opinion in Smith v. United States, on the proper remedy when an appeals court determines that a criminal trial was held in… Read More
Supreme Court upholds Indian Child Welfare Act
In a major ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 federal law that seeks to keep Native American children with Native American families. By a vote of 7-2, the court ruled that Congress had the power to enact the law, and it… Read More
Entering the second half of June, with 23 cases left to decide
With the announcement of their decision in Allen v. Milligan last week, the justices have finally released all of the opinions from the court’s October argument session. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority in Allen, bringing his total number of opinions for the term so far to three and (at least for now)… Read More
Supreme Court upholds Section 2 of Voting Rights Act
This post was updated on June 8 at 4:44 p.m. By a vote of 5-4 on Thursday, the justices issued a major voting rights decision, ruling that Alabama’s new congressional map likely violates the Voting Rights Act. But even more significantly, the court declined an invitation to adopt an interpretation of the act that would… Read More