This article was updated on June 8 at 3:41 p.m. A California man was charged with attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice after he was arrested early Wednesday morning near the Maryland home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. According to an affidavit filed by an FBI agent to support a criminal complaint filed in federal… Read More
After three decisions on Monday, 30 still to go
With the release of three opinions on Monday morning, the justices still have 30 decisions left to release – just under half of the Supreme Court’s docket for the term. We are still waiting on the court’s opinions in high-profile cases involving abortion, gun rights, and religion, but the justices are also tackling issues such… Read More
Justices will analyze statute of limitations in Quiet Title Act
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case to its docket for the 2022-23 term, a technical dispute over the binding nature of the statute of limitations for a federal property law. The justices also invited the federal government to submit its views in a dispute over immunity for corporations that work on… Read More
As the justices enter June, here’s what’s left
The justices enter the month of June with 33 decisions left to release – over half of the Supreme Court’s docket for the term. We are still waiting on the court’s opinions in high-profile cases involving abortion, gun rights, and religion, but the justices are also tackling issues such as deference to administrative agencies, the… Read More
Divided court blocks Texas from enforcing social media law
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the technology industry and blocked a controversial Texas law that bars large social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from removing posts based on the viewpoints they express. The justices divided 5-4 in an ideologically scrambled vote. Three of the court’s conservatives (Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices… Read More
Justices allow depositions of Texas lawmakers in Voting Rights Act lawsuit
The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning rejected a request from three Texas lawmakers to put off their depositions in lawsuits seeking to block redistricting legislation in that state. There were no dissents noted from the brief order, which clears the way for the depositions to go forward next month. The order came in a dispute… Read More
Justices decline to block Biden policy on social costs of greenhouse gases
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea from Louisiana and nine other states to bar federal agencies from considering the social costs of greenhouse gases as part of their decision-making process. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices declined to reinstate a district-court ruling that had temporarily blocked the Biden administration from using the… Read More
Justices grant no new cases; Breyer reiterates doubts about constitutionality of capital punishment
The Supreme Court on Monday morning issued orders from the justices’ private conference last week. The court did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2022-23 term, nor did it seek the views of the federal government on any pending petitions. But the justices denied review in the case of an Arizona… Read More
Justices grant review in two cases that test jurisdiction of district courts
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added two new cases, both involving the jurisdiction of federal district courts, to the merits docket for the 2022-23 term. And the justices called for the federal government’s views in two more cases, involving a school board’s responsibility for student-on-student sexual harassment and pleading requirements in cases brought under… Read More
Court sides with Ted Cruz and strikes down campaign-finance restriction along ideological lines
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a federal campaign-finance law that limits how and when candidates can repay loans that they make to their own campaigns. The 6-3 ruling, which held that the law violates the First Amendment, came in a case filed by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, after his 2018 victory over Democrat… Read More