Is Montgomery affirmative action’s final chapter?

On Oct. 19, the Supreme Court granted cert in a case called Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education. I am surprised it hasn’t received more press coverage because it could be the final nail in affirmative action’s coffin. Perhaps you think the Supreme Court already hammered […]

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A surge in cases on religion and schools

Welcome to a new month and a new argument session. The justices will hear argument in seven cases over the next nine days. At the Court Today, the justices will hear argument in two cases: Maxwell v. Dinis, on a federal inmate’s ability to use a habeas statute, 28 U.S.C. […]

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The SCOTUS forecasting contest

Now that the second session of oral arguments for the 2026-27 term is about to begin, we figured it would be a good time to check in on SCOTUSblog’s inaugural Supreme Court forecasting contest. To remind you, in collaboration with Good Judgment Inc., this gives SCOTUS obsessives (and non-obsessives) a […]

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The November argument session begins on Monday

[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] It was a relatively quiet week at the court, as the justices – and the SCOTUSblog team – prepared for the November argument session to begin next week. On the interim docket, the court decided one immigration-related dispute and moved closer to being able […]

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Groups ask Supreme Court to leave lower court order in place halting border wall construction in southwestern Texas

The plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to build a border wall in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to leave in place an order by a federal trial judge in El Paso temporarily halting the construction. Eric Glitzenstein, a lawyer representing the […]

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Court to hear argument in religious discrimination challenge brought by Catholic preschools in Colorado

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Nov. 3 in a challenge brought by Catholic preschools in Colorado, which argue that their exclusion from Colorado’s universal preschool program is a form of religious discrimination in violation of the First Amendment, because Colorado will not provide them with an exemption […]

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Sandy Hook parents file amicus brief on AR-15 bans

Just a reminder that you can send your burning questions about the Supreme Court to scotusblog@thedispatch.com for consideration for our “Ask Amy” series. In recent weeks, Amy has answered questions about litigants waiving their right to respond to a petition for review, how many justices are needed for a “quorum,” […]

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