The Biden administration on Monday urged the Supreme Court to take up a pair of challenges to the constitutionality of controversial social-media laws in Florida and Texas. In a brief filed at the justices’ request, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the court that the laws, which were enacted in response to beliefs that social-media… Read More

Lawyers for a self-appointed civil rights “tester” have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss her case as moot – that is, no longer a live controversy. Deborah Laufer, who has physical disabilities and vision impairments, told the justices that she has voluntarily dismissed her case in the district court after an attorney who represented her… Read More

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued decisions in three of the 10 as-yet-undecided cases. The justices will return to the bench on Thursday morning to issue more opinions, but Thursday will not be the final day before the justices’ summer recess. Here is a list of the seven as-yet-undecided cases, along with (when possible) discussion… Read More

As the justices enter the final week of June (and, presumably, the final week before they begin their summer recess), they have 10 cases remaining — almost all of which are among the biggest cases of the term, presenting issues such as the role of race in college admissions, the legality of the Biden administration’s… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

The Supreme Court is scheduled to release more opinions in argued cases on Thursday, June 8, at 10 a.m. With (presumably) less than a month remaining before the justices’ traditional summer recess, the court still has 27 cases to decide — including high-profile cases involving the use of race in college admissions, voting rights, election… Read More