Among the three opinions arriving on Thursday from the April argument session was Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA v Amarin Pharma. As the quick turnaround would suggest, Hikma is not a case that produced a lot of discord among the justices. The opinion of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for a unanimous court […]

Thursday morning brought the first three decisions from the April argument session, with two of the three being unanimous. The first of those was Sripetch v SEC, which did just what the argument suggested it would, validate the SEC’s ability to use “disgorgement” to force a wrongdoer to turn over […]

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog. A short walk up a small hill from the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., stands a modest display of the prayer President Franklin […]

A new survey shows that Americans are evenly split – 50% approve and 50% disapprove – over proposals to add justices to the Supreme Court, but broadly in favor (79%) of term limits. For more of the survey’s findings, see the Morning Reads section below. At the Court On Thursday, […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge by AT&T and Verizon to the constitutionality of the process that the Federal Communications Commission uses to impose sanctions for violations of federal telecommunications laws. By a vote of 8-1, with only Justice Clarence Thomas dissenting, the justices agreed with the FCC […]

Race has played an important role in U.S. citizenship and immigration law since the earliest days of the nation’s history. By categorizing people into distinct races, Congress and the courts have periodically decided who can acquire citizenship or be subjected to questioning about their right to live in the United […]

It’s a Thursday in June, and seasoned Supreme Court watchers likely know what that means: We’re expecting opinions this morning. Our opinion day live blog begins at 9:30 a.m. EDT. At the Court After the possible announcement of opinions this morning, the justices will meet in a private conference to […]

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court has continued the relist housecleaning since our last post. The biggest development was a rare summary reversal in favor of a death-row […]

Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog. In part 1 of this post, we explained how Callais v. Louisiana extinguished vote-dilution claims under the Voting Rights Act without admitting to doing so. But many are still […]

The current court is often described as composed of six Republican-appointed conservatives and three Democratic-appointed liberals. And that shorthand explains many of the court’s most visible decisions. But it also misses one of the central patterns in close cases. While a 6-3 decision can reflect a familiar ideological split, it […]