Law, Courts & Regulations
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,...
In Chiles v. Salazar, the Supreme Court held that Colorado’s law prohibiting licensed counselors from seeking to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors was subject to strict First ...
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. The best that can be said for Trump v. CASA is that ...
After completing a term of imprisonment, federal criminal defendants often serve terms of supervised release that usually last between one to five years, depending on the offense for which they were.....
Clear Statements is a recurring series by Abbe R. Gluck on civil litigation and the modern regulatory and statutory state. Rumors of the textualist triumph over legislative history have been greatly.....
Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' creation of a novel and unforeseeable procedural bar in its interpretation of Texas Criminal Code Article 11.071 , Section 5, precludes review of petitione...
Whether the Trump administration can end the Temporary Protected Status program for Haitian nationals. Recommended Citation: Trump v. Miot , SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com /cases/ trump-v-miot...
Whether a downstream purchaser’s liability for mishandling nuclear material that the purchaser obtained for private benefit, but that was originally produced more than a decade earlier under a governm...
Whether Bethel School District v. Fraser permits schools to censor nondisruptive political speech that is not plainly profane or lewd. Recommended Citation: D. A. ex rel. B.A. v. Tri County Area Schoo...
Whether the Trump administration can end the Temporary Protected Status program for Syrian nationals. Recommended Citation: Mullin v. Doe , SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com /cases/ noem-v-doe-3....
Whether venue is proper in a district where no offense conduct took place, so long as the statute’s intent element “contemplates” effects that could occur there. Recommended Citation: Abouammo v. Unit...
Petition for certiorari denied on March 2, 2026 . Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) ’s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment...
On Oct. 1, 2025, the court deferred action on the application for stay pending oral argument in January. Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court ruling preventing the president from fir...
Whether Stinson v. United States still correctly states the rule for deference that courts must give the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines . Recommended Citation: Beaird v. United States...
(1) Whether the court of appeals’ order departed from this court’s instructions and the separation-of-powers principles that this court articulated in Cheney v. United States District Court ; and (2) ...
The Second Amendment states that “[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” As both critics a...