When the justices meet next week for their private conference, they will consider five cases in which the court had asked for the government’s views – a procedure known as a “call for the views of the solicitor general,” or “CVSG.” The Supreme Court is particularly likely to ask the solicitor general to weigh in… Read More

Over the next two weeks or so, the Supreme Court is expected to issue 21 opinions in cases that were argued during the 2020-2021 term, on topics ranging from the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act to whether schools can regulate off-campus speech by students. There is no way to know when a particular decision… Read More

Over the next three weeks or so, the Supreme Court is expected to issue 22 opinions in cases that were argued during the 2020-2021 term, on topics ranging from the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act to whether schools can regulate off-campus speech by students. There is no way to know when a particular decision… Read More

In 25 days, the justices will meet for their “long conference” – their first regularly scheduled conference since July, at which they will consider the petitions for review (roughly 1,800 of them) that have accumulated since the justices began their summer recess. Over the next few weeks, I will take a look at some of… Read More

The Supreme Court released opinions in three cases this morning, which means that there are just five decisions remaining for the term. The court has not yet announced when it will next release opinions, and it is already running historically late. As law professor Steve Vladeck has noted, the last time the justices released decisions… Read More

The Supreme Court announced today that its next day to release opinions will be Monday, July 6. With seven (or eight, depending on how you count them) decisions left to release, it seems entirely possible that Monday may not be the last day of the term. As law professor Stephen Vladeck noted, this year is… Read More

With today’s release of the opinions in Seila Law v. CFPB and June Medical Services v. Russo, both of which were part of the court’s February argument session, there is now only one outstanding decision that predates the court’s historic May argument session: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, argued in January. Justice Brett Kavanaugh… Read More

With less than a week to go before the end of June, there are now only three decisions remaining from the January and February sessions. All three of those cases involve high-profile issues: public funding for religious schools, the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s leadership structure and abortion. And although in recent years… Read More

With last week’s decisions in the Title VII and DACA cases, the Supreme Court has now released all of the opinions remaining from the 2019 argument sessions. There are now only 4 decisions remaining from the January and February sessions, three of which involve high-profile issues like school choice, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and… Read More

With last week’s decisions in the Title VII and DACA cases, the Supreme Court has now released all of the opinions remaining from the 2019 sittings. The oldest outstanding decision is now Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which was argued at the end of January 2020. Here is a list of the cases that… Read More