Law, Courts & Regulations
(1) Whether Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prevents a state from consistently designating girls' and boys' sports teams based on biological sex determined at birth; and (2) whether the e...
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in holding that Hawaii may presumptively prohibit the carry of handguns by licensed concealed carry permit holders on private property open ...
The Supreme Court has not yet announced whether it will return to normal operations when the 2021-22 term begins in October. This article is part of a symposium about how the coronavirus pandemic chan...
There is no man in this country to whom the colored race is more indebted. — Washington Bee (Oct. 21, 1911) (an African American newspaper) History has vindicated John Marshall Harlan, who dissented i...
At her swearing-in ceremony to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2013, Ketanji Brown Jackson quipped to the group assembled, “It takes a village to raise a judge.” Jackson’s new ...
Pete Patterson and John Ohlendorf are attorneys at the Washington, D.C. law firm Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, which filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee supporti...
Hampton Dellinger is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the Su...
Petition for certiorari denied on March 2, 2026 . Whether the First Amendment protects begging. Recommended Citation: Taylor v. Singleton , SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com /cases/ taylor-v-sing...
Chevron has plausibly alleged a close relationship between its challenged crude-oil production and the performance of its federal aviation gas refining duties and has therefore satisfied the “relating...
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...
A conservative Supreme Court justice broadly condemning progressive ideas, and claiming they are responsible for the worst atrocities of the last century, is the antithesis of helping to find common.....
Emergency application for stay pending appeal is denied on July 9, 2025. Recommended Citation: Uthmeier v. Florida Immigrant Coalition , SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com /cases/ uthmeier-v-flori...
Emergency application for stay is granted on April 8, 2025. Justice Sotomayor and Jackson would deny the application. Recommended Citation: Office of Personnel Management v. American Federation of Gov...
Emergency application for stay is denied on Oct. 16, 2024. Justice Thomas would grant the applications for stay. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. Reco...
Because the district court’s erroneous dismissal of Whole Foods Market did not cure the jurisdictional defect that existed when this case was removed to federal court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for th...
Notwithstanding opposition by the state of New York, New Jersey may unilaterally withdraw from the 1953 Waterfront Commission Compact . New Jersey's motion for judgment on the pleadings granted; New Y...
Petition for certiorari denied on April 20, 2026 . Whether a public school violates parents’ constitutional rights when, without parental knowledge or consent, the school encourages a student to trans...
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. Vacated and remanded , 6-3 , in an opinion by John Roberts on Feb 20, 2026 . Chief Justice Roberts ...
(1) Whether the statutory removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission violate the separation of powers and, if so, whether Humphrey’s Executor v. United States should be overruled....
This is part of SCOTUSblog’s term in review series, in which scholars analyze some of the most significant cases of the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. For a contrasting view on United States v. Skrmetti,...