Covering the Supreme Court and the Judiciary in (mostly) Plain English

The Supreme Court said Monday it will not take up a dispute over whether transgender students must be allowed to use restrooms that match their gender identities. The justices also added a First Amendment case and an immigration case to their docket for next term, and they ordered a lower court to take a closer… Read More

On Friday, the Supreme Court issued three more opinions in argued cases, resolving cases on topics ranging from the right to sue for violations of consumer-protection laws to eligibility of Alaska Natives for COVID aid. As we come down to the last few days of June, the court still has five more opinions to go,… Read More

On Friday, the Supreme Court issued three more opinions in argued cases. With five days remaining in June and the schedule for the release of the remaining opinions unclear, the court still has five opinions to go. Here is a brief summary of the issues in those cases:

The Supreme Court on Friday substantially narrowed a class action against TransUnion, one of the nation’s three major credit-reporting companies. By a vote of 5-4, the court ruled that roughly 1,800 people whose personal information was given to someone else have a legal right to sue on their claim that TransUnion failed to follow proper… Read More

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued four more opinions in argued cases. With (in all likelihood) less than a week to go before the justices’ summer recess, the court still has eight opinions to go. Here is a brief summary of the issues in those cases:

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued four more opinions in argued cases, resolving cases on topics ranging from student speech and the Fourth Amendment to the separation of powers and property rights. As we come down to the last few days of June, the court still has eight more opinions to go, on topics ranging… Read More

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that when police are pursuing someone for a misdemeanor, that pursuit does not automatically create the kind of emergency that allows the officer to follow the suspect into a home without a warrant. The court acknowledged that many cases will involve such emergencies – but that determination, Justice Elena… Read More

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a California regulation that permits union organizers to enter the property of agricultural businesses to talk with employees about supporting a union is unconstitutional. By a vote of 6-3, the court agreed with the two businesses challenging the regulation that the rule violates the 5th Amendment, which bars… Read More

The Supreme Court on Wednesday had mostly bad news for shareholders of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their lawsuit seeking to unwind a 2012 agreement that required the companies to transfer profits to the federal government. The justices unanimously agreed that one of the shareholders’ claims could not go forward. And although… Read More

A Pennsylvania school district on Wednesday may have won the war over regulating off-campus student speech, but it lost the battle over a cheerleader’s profanity-laden complaint on Snapchat. The justices ruled that the First Amendment allows schools to regulate at least some student speech that occurs off campus. But, by a vote of 8-1, the… Read More