Law, Courts & Regulations
Application for stay is granted on May 19, 2025. Justice Jackson would deny the application. Recommended Citation: Noem v. National TPS Alliance , SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com /cases/ noem-v...
Because the district court's finding that race predominated in the design of South Carolina's first congressional district was clearly erroneous, the district court's racial-gerrymandering and vote-di...
Over the last two months, we have laid out in detail our ideas about the key issues in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara. Today, we compare our arguments and analysis to what the justi...
Over the last two months, we have laid out in detail our ideas about the key issues in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara. Today, we compare our arguments and analysis to what the justi...
Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and satisfies rational basis...
Application to vacate order is denied on March 5, 2025. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh joined. Emergency application to vacate order is deni...
Some sentences reproach without a single accusatory word. “The captain was sober today” impugns by implication. The officer who logs this superfluous statement damns the captain further with the surro...
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...
The federal government and the state have concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians against Indians in Indian country. Reversed and remanded , 5-4 , in an opinion by Brett K...
The Bankruptcy Code, under 11 U.S.C. § 106(a) , unequivocally abrogates the sovereign immunity of all governments, including federally recognized Indian tribes. Affirmed , 8-1 , in an opinion by Ketan...
For purposes of the Major Crimes Act , land throughout much of eastern Oklahoma reserved for the Creek Nation since the 19th century remains a Native American territory. Reversed , 5-4 , in an opinion...
In child custody proceedings governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act , the court affirms the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit's conclusion that ICWA is consistent with Congress's Article I a...
The 1868 treaty establishing the Navajo Reservation reserved necessary water to accomplish the purpose of the Navajo Reservation but did not require the United States to take affirmative steps to secu...
Whether Louisiana’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Recommended Citation: Louisiana v. Callais ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's leadership by a single director removable only for inefficiency, neglect or malfeasance violates the separation of powers. Vacated and remanded , 5-4 , in an...
Members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are inferior officers whose appointment by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is consistent with the appointments clause. R...
Controlling Opinions is a recurring series by Richard Re that explores the interaction of law, ideology, and discretion at the Supreme Court. On the surface, Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy has never ...
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has expansive powers to regulate accounting firms that audit public companies. Its members are appointed by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and ...
Application for stay of execution denied on Oct. 23, 2025. Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissent from the denial, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson. Application for stay of execution denied on Oct 23, ...
The nature of presidential power entitles a former president to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority; he is also entitl...