Law, Courts & Regulations
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Amanda Pampuro is the Denver reporter for Courthouse News, covering the Mile High City, purple politics, breaking science and the 10th Circuit. Follow her stories on Twitter ...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 The justices struggled to grasp just what either side was looking for after attorneys conceded to dropping much of the argument they respectively briefed on. âHe took advan...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Polling by the Marquette Law School found that even among Republicans, support for the president's handling of the economy and the Iran war is waning. A grand jury charged Ha...
Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement...
Sonia Sotomayor was born in Bronx, New York, on June 25, 1954. She earned a B.A. in 1976 from Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and receiving the Pyne Pri...
Brett M. Kavanaugh was born in Washington, D.C., on February 12, 1965. He married Ashley Estes in 2004, and they have two daughters - Margaret and Liza. He received a B.A. from Yale College in 1987 an...
John G. Roberts, Jr. was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Sullivan in 1996 and they have two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976...
The following contribution to our post-decision symposium on the health care cases comes from Robert Cooter, Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at Berkeley Law School, and Neil Siegel, Professor of Law...
Caroline Mala Corbin is Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law. The legal question Does filing paperwork in order to obtain a religious exemption from a law constitute a substantial...
Administrative law folks looking for drama will be disappointed by yesterday’s 7-1 opinion in Azar v. Allina Health Services, a Medicare case that had potential wider implications for administrative l...
A defendant who induces a victim to enter into a transaction under materially false pretenses may be convicted of federal fraud even if the defendant did not seek to cause the victim economic loss. Af...
Petition for a writ of certiorari is granted on April 6, 2026. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for further consideration in light of...
(1) Whether the federal government’s submission to a state or territorial regulator of an application to renew a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) permit is “final agency action” t...
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) , the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who “is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance,” violates the Second Amen...
To prevail under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act , a plaintiff must plead and prove that she held or desired a job, and could perform its essential functions with or without reasonable ...
Petition for certiorari denied on June 28, 2021. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Whether Title IX or the equal protection clause requires schools to...
Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on o...
Parents challenging the Montgomery County Board of Education’s introduction of certain “LGBTQ+-inclusive” storybooks, along with the board’s decision to withhold parental opt outs from that instructio...
Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works. Supreme Court watchers are accustomed to poring over the words and phrases...
Application for stay is granted on July 8, 2025. Justice Sotomayor concurred in the grant of the stay. Justice Jackson dissented. Application for stay is granted on Jul 8, 2025 . Justice Sotomayor con...