The justices on Friday created the prospect of another major ruling on the role of administrative agencies and Congress’s ability to delegate power to those agencies. At the Biden administration’s request, the court agreed to review a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that invalidated parts of a program by… Read More
Justices schedule Mexico’s suit against US gun manufacturers
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 26 in a case involving the showing that plaintiffs in “reverse discrimination” cases must make, followed by oral arguments on March 4 in a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers, seeking to hold them liable for gun violence in Mexico. The court… Read More
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Alaska campaign finance laws
For the second week in a row, the Supreme Court did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2024-25 term. In a list of orders released on Monday morning, the justices turned down several dozen petitions for review that they had considered at their private conference on Friday, including petitions asking them… Read More
Trump taps lawyer who argued his immunity case for solicitor general
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he intends to nominate D. John Sauer, who successfully argued in the Supreme Court earlier this year that Trump is entitled to broad immunity from prosecution, to serve as the solicitor general of the United States. Trump made the announcement in a statement on Thursday evening, calling Sauer… Read More
Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows’ appeal in 2020 election interference case
The Supreme Court turned down a plea from Mark Meadows, who served as chief of staff to Donald Trump during his first term in office, to transfer his Georgia election interference prosecution to federal court. The announcement came as part of a list of orders released on Tuesday morning from the justices’ private conference last… Read More
Supreme Court will hear case on second majority-Black district in Louisiana redistricting
The Supreme Court will hear arguments early next year in the latest chapter in a protracted dispute over race and redistricting in Louisiana. In a list of orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday, the court announced on Monday morning that it will review a pair of appeals from a decision by a three-judge… Read More
Justices schedule major First Amendment case for January
The Supreme Court will hear an important First Amendment case on Jan. 15, 2025. During their January argument session, which begins on Jan. 13 and continues until Jan. 22, the justices will also consider questions involving the Americans with Disabilities Act, federal laws prohibiting false statements to influence financial institutions, and claims under the Fourth… Read More
Supreme Court allows Virginia to remove suspected non-citizens from voter rolls
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked an order by a federal judge that would have required Virginia to return more than 1600 people to the voter rolls. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles found that since early August the state had canceled the registration of more than 1,600 voters – at least some of… Read More
Republicans ask Supreme Court to block decision to count Pennsylvania provisional ballots
The Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania came to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to block a ruling by Pennsylvania’s highest court requiring election boards to count provisional ballots submitted by voters whose mail-in ballots had been deemed invalid. The RNC and the Pennsylvania Republicans argue that the state… Read More
Justices allow federal anti-doping horse racing law to stay in effect for now
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a federal law intended to standardize anti-doping and safety regulations in horse racing to remain in place while a challenge to that law plays out. The conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in New Orleans, ruled in July that key parts of the law are… Read More