Law, Courts & Regulations
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...
Updated on April 9 at 11:41 a.m. The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block Ohio officials from removing Sam Ronan, who was running as a Republican for the state’s 15th congressional district, fr...
The New York Times is correct that the court’s ruling – to halt such a pivotal executive action on its emergency docket – was something new. But the emergency docket was long in effect – and the natur...
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. With so much going on, it might have been easy to mi...
Application for a certificate of appealability denied by Justice Kagan on Sept. 29, 2025. Recommended Citation: Medina v. United States , SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com /cases/ medina-v-united...
Justice Jackson granted the Trump administration's request for an administrative stay on Nov. 7, 2025. On Nov. 11, the court extended the administrative stay. Jackson indicated that she would not have...
Application for stay denied on Dec. 23, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment. Justice Alito wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Thomas. Justice Gorsuch wrote a...
Application for stay denied on Nov. 13, 2025. Justices Sotomayor and Jackson would grant the application. Recommended Citation: Castro v. Guevara , SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com /cases/ castr...
Application for stay granted on Sept. 22, 2025. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson. Application for stay granted on Sep 22, 2025 . Justice Kagan wrote a...
Application for injunction pending appeal denied by Justice Kagan on March 19, 2026. Recommended Citation: Lopez v. United States , SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com /cases/ lopez-v-united-states...
Application to vacate stay granted in part on March 2, 2026. Justices Thomas and Alito would grant the application in full. Justice Sotomayor would deny the application in full. Justice Barrett wrote ...
Application for injunction withdrawn on Nov. 18, 2025. Recommended Citation: Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Sanchez , SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com /cases/ chamber-of-commerce-of...
Application for stay of district court judgments is granted in part and denied in part on Aug. 21, 2025. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would deny in full. Justices T...