Supreme Court declines to take up cases on vehicle seizures in Chicago, 9/11 plea disputes, and the...

For the second week in a row, Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned a statement regarding the denial of review that was joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. Sotomayor’s opinion in O’Donnell v. City of Chicago, a…

Justices take up case on race and school admissions

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument early next year in Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, a challenge to the process that a Maryland county uses to dete…

Supreme Court agrees to consider federal ban on home distilleries

The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of an 1868 federal law that imposes a tax on distilled spirits but also bans home distilleries – that is, the at-home production of s…

Trump administration asks justices to determine courts’ ability to vacate federal agency actions

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether and when a federal court can throw out an agency’s action or rule in its entirety. In a 29-page filing docketed on Wednesda…

Challengers ask court to pause agreement between Texas and the DOJ on deportation proceedings

Three cities and a group that provides legal services to immigrants came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to pause an agreement between Texas and the Department of Justice that they describe…

The immigration term

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court added Blanche v. Ozurumba, a case on whether someone who worked as a cook for a terrorist organization is eligible for asylum protections, to its oral argument docket fo…

Justices grant Trump administration’s request to pause lower court ruling in political ad rate...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for political parties and joint fundraising committees to continue to receive favorable advertising rates in the run-up to the 2026 election. In a five-…

Court appears likely to allow internet suit based on decades-old video privacy law to go forward

A snapshot of the Supreme Court's 2025-26 interim relief docket – and some surprises on it

Court grants cases on DOGE data dispute, prisoners’ rights, and what qualifies as “material...

Court to hear argument on how a video privacy law applies in the internet age

In a 1987 article for the weekly Washington City Paper, journalist Michael Dolan published a list of the videos that Judge Robert Bork, then President Ronald Reagan’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the…

Trump asks justices to allow dismissed lawsuit against Hillary Clinton to proceed

President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to vacate a ruling by a federal appeals court that affirmed a decision by a federal judge in Florida dismissing his lawsuit against Hillary Cl…

Trump announces committee investigation of Fed Governor Lisa Cook

President Donald Trump on Friday announced the creation of a three-person committee to investigate allegations of mortgage fraud against Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governor…

Dispute over broadcasting rates for political ads returns to the Supreme Court

Updated on Oct. 8 at 3:16 p.m. EDT

Justices wrestle with procedural dispute over Air Force’s munition detonations in Guam

The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Air Force by a group that describes its mission as protecting Guam’s environment and culture. During roughly 75 minutes…

Court sends mixed signals on whether it will allow state-tort suits seeking to hold energy compan...

The Supreme Court on Monday opened its new term by hearing arguments in a lawsuit filed in state court by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, seeking to hold two major energy companies responsi…

Court declines to hear cases on “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts, felons’ Second Amendment rights,...

Updated on Oct. 5 at 3:36 p.m.

Court agrees to hear arguments in important immigration case, religious zoning dispute

Updated on Oct. 1 at 12:48 p.m.